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2 days ago | 
bxtimes.com | Sadie Brown
Longwood Avenue was crowded with generations of Nuyoricans, Dominican Americans and Bronxites on Saturday, June 21, all there to kick-start summer and celebrate Puerto Rican culture at the annual Longwood Festival. Puerto Rican flags—with their bold red and white stripes and blue triangle—were plentiful, along with festive hats, umbrellas and clothing. Meanwhile, there was a variety of tchotchkes at merchandise tables throughout the venue.
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3 days ago | 
politicsny.com | Sadie Brown
Posted on Elsie Encarnacion, chief of staff to outgoing City Council Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala, is in a strong position to win the Democratic primary for New York City Council District 8, after emerging with a commanding early lead in a competitive, seven-way race.
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3 days ago | 
bxtimes.com | Sadie Brown
Elsie Encarnacion, chief of staff to outgoing City Council Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala, is in a strong position to win the Democratic primary for New York City Council District 8, after emerging with a commanding early lead in a competitive, seven-way race.
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3 days ago | 
bxtimes.com | Sadie Brown
Justin Sanchez has emerged as the frontrunner in the Democratic primary for City Council District 17, holding a commanding lead in the race to succeed term-limited Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr.According to preliminary results from the city’s Board of Elections, Sanchez garnered 40.4% of first-choice votes in the ranked-choice election, followed by Antirson Ortiz with 25.1%, Freddy Perez Jr. with 17.7%, and Elvis Santana with 15.9%.
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4 days ago | 
bxtimes.com | Sadie Brown
Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Bronxites and allies took to the streets on Saturday for the second annual Bronx Pride March, stepping off from Borough Hall and making their way down the Grand Concourse and East 149th Street in a vibrant show of queer pride, resilience and unity. With chants of “our existence is resistance,” the march honored LGBTQ+ history while celebrating the borough’s present-day diversity and strength.
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5 days ago | 
bxtimes.com | Sadie Brown
Adrienne Iapalucci is offensive, she’s irreverent, she’s funny and she’s from the Bronx. The Morris Park native has built a successful career in comedy over the past 20 years—recently with her Netflix special “The Dark Queen,” and the Bronx Times caught up with her at a show Wednesday in Manhattan at the Comedy Shop in the Village. There was little rhyme or reason to the lineup preceding Iapalucci, but the Bronx badass was clearly the main attraction.
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1 week ago | 
bxtimes.com | Sadie Brown
Two historic Bronx library branches celebrated Wednesday the unveiling of permanent public artworks alongside New York City Public Library Officials, community leaders and library patrons. New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Laurie Cumbo revealed new murals at the Hunts Point Library and announced additional commissioned works at the Melrose Library—part of a broader rollout of public art at five historic branches across three boroughs.
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1 week ago | 
bxtimes.com | Sadie Brown
A 14-year-old boy was critically injured Monday after falling from the top of a moving subway train in the Northeast Bronx, police said. According to the NYPD, the teen was riding atop a northbound 5 train with two others when he fell onto the tracks near the Baychester Avenue station around 4 p.m.Officers responding to the scene found the teen unconscious and unresponsive, suffering from severe bodily trauma.
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2 weeks ago | 
bxtimes.com | Sadie Brown
A sweeping new law aimed at cutting upfront rental costs for New Yorkers—especially those in rent-burdened communities like the Bronx—went into effect Wednesday, triggering praise from housing justice advocates across the borough. The Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses (FARE) Act bans landlords from charging broker fees when tenants did not hire the broker themselves—long a financial hurdle for many renters.
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2 weeks ago | 
politicsny.com | Sadie Brown
Posted on Bronx state lawmakers sounded the alarm at a in Albany, warning that proposed federal Medicaid cuts could jeopardize care for more than a million New Yorkers and wreak havoc on the state’s healthcare system.
