For weeks, neighbors hoped to get answers from city officials about the proposed men’s shelter at 6661 Broadway. After deciding not to show up when they were first invited, a contingent of officials from the city’s social services department joined the recent Community Board 8 land use committee meeting. That’s where committee chair Charles Moerdler took the agency’s deputy commissioner, Erin Drinkwater, to task.
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By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ
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12/21/21
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Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez might be leaving his city council seat in just a couple weeks, but he has no plans to leave City Hall anytime soon.
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By MICHAEL HINMAN
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12/20/21
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Nobody needed a lift, no less wanted one. Nancy Reynoso was completely out of work when the coronavirus pandemic hit, and as far as she and everyone else knew at the time, her green cab was on indefinite hiatus.
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By SARAH BELLE LIN
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12/12/21
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They gathered and celebrated. After more than 15 years of hard work, fundraising and planning, the Bronx Children’s Museum is finally ready to open. Well, almost.
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By MICHAEL HINMAN
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12/12/21
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Stealing packages is always a gamble, because if you’re not the person those packages are actually intended for, you almost never know what’s inside.
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By ETHAN STARK-MILLER
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12/12/21
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It’s time to take another look at how teenagers are treated in the criminal court system, the Bronx’s top prosecutor says, but not because they’re being treated too harshly.
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By MICHAEL HINMAN
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12/12/21
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When many communities hear city officials plan to develop a homeless shelter in their neighborhood, the pushback can be strong. And the opposition can be really loud. But for those who support such shelters in their communities, getting heard seems nearly impossible. At least at anywhere near the same volume.
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By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ
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12/11/21
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They’re not condominiums or co-ops. Marble Hill Houses are a mass grouping of apartment units for families with a little help from the New York City Housing Authority. But even with city workers involved, it can be near impossible sometimes to have your voice heard among nearly 1,700 others. But that’s where the tenant association comes in.
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By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ
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12/11/21
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A mystery pervades North Riverdale, not necessarily what’s planned at 6661 Broadway near West 252nd Street, but who’s actually planning it.
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By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ
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12/11/21
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If grandma or grandpa are a bit resistant about getting the coronavirus vaccine, maybe it’s time to introduce them to Rampage.
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By MICHAEL HINMAN
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12/11/21
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