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Mayor Keeps Bronx Casino Bid Alive With Key Veto
Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday vetoed the City Council’s decision to deny land use changes needed for a proposed casino spearheaded by Bally’s in The Bronx. The mayor’s unusual move now provides a potential lifeline for the proposal to construct a $4 billion, 500,000-square-foot gaming hall at its golf course at Ferry Point Park in […]
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Board of Elections Certified Dead People’s Votes, Says It Had No Choice
The city Board of Elections certified the results of a tightly contested Brooklyn Republican City Council primary Tuesday — and maintains that it had no choice but to count the ballots cast in the names of multiple dead people and at least one living person who did not vote. MAGA candidate George Sarantopoulos edged out […]
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MTA Wants New Year to Start With Fare Hike to $3
The cost of a subway, bus or paratransit trip could hit $3 next year under proposed fare and toll increases unveiled Wednesday by the MTA. The proposed 10-cent bump on single-ride New York City Transit trips would be the first since the price of a single ride went up to $2.90 in August 2023. It […]
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Food Vendors Ditch Noisy Generators as City Explores Cleaner Power Options
For the last 25 years, Elsayed ‘Mando’ Elgammal has sold halal food from his cart in front of LaGuardia Community College. Like most food vendors in New York City, Mando depended on a small Honda generator to power his refrigerator, gyro machine, deep fryer and lights during his 10-hour shifts. That was until 2023, when […]
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City Commits $45 Million to Redo Dangerous Three-Way Intersection in The Bronx
The Department of Design and Construction approved a $45 million contract for one of the city’s longest stalled plans to reconstruct a corridor of dangerous intersections in The Bronx, according to a post published in the City Record on Tuesday. The reconstruction, first proposed 17 years ago, is intended to reshape an area of West […]
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