Bronx Times News Headlines Archive for May 16, 2024

Southbound 5 trains pass through the Gun Hill Road subway station in the Bronx on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.

Bronx cops save man who fell into train tracks after medical episode

By Camille Botello

More than 120 preschoolers, kindergarteners and second graders from the Schermerhorn Program at the New York Institute for Special Education, raced tricycles for the annual "Trike-A-Thon" fundraiser benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Young Bronx students ride tricycles to raise money for St. Jude’s

By Bronx Times

men in suits at a podium discussing social workers at NYPD police stations in NYC

AMNY

Why City Council members want to put a social worker in every NYPD precinct

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams rallies with her colleagues, advocates and hundreds of seniors outside City Hall to call for the restoration of funding for older adult centers and meal programs. Thursday, May 16, 2024.

AMNY

‘We won’t allow that’: City Hall rallygoers demand Mayor Adams roll back cuts to senior centers, meal programs

Lou Gehrig Plaza on Friday, May 10, 2024.

‘Possibilities are kind of endless’ for 161st Street BID in Lou Gehrig Plaza

By Camille Botello

Pedestrians navigate East 138th Street between Cypress Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard on Feb. 6, 2024. East 138th was identified by the nonprofit Transportation Alternatives as one of the most dangerous streets in the city for those who drive, bike or walk.

Politics

DOT, Bronx electeds advocate for more red light cameras

By Emily Swanson

DOT

QNS

NYC DOT invites commuters to join the citywide Bike-to-Work Day tomorrow

Politics

Op-Ed | Albany must reform the shadowy lawsuit lending industry before this session ends

By Assemblymember Amanda Septimo

Woman taking batch of hundred dollar bills

QNS

$2.7M settlement for wage violations reached for 332 NYC Health + Hospitals contracted temporary workers

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Borough president hosts annual Bronx Veterans Appreciation Day Luncheon

By Bronx Times

Op-Ed

Op-Ed | Access to resources is a lifeline for small business owners

By Geri Sciortino

On May 15, Gem Pawnbrokers held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new 420 East 149th St. location in the South Bronx.

Business

Gem Pawnbrokers cuts the ribbon at new South Bronx location

By Bronx Times

On May 10, Saint Barnabas Health System — in conjunction with the NYPD Sports Unit, Giants linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux and the New York City Board of Education — hosted its second annual “Youth Football Camp” at Lehman College.

Kids & Education

‘A day they will always remember’: NFL stars head to Lehman College for annual youth football camp

By Jason Cohen

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A new modernism exhibition honors the works of Pablo Picasso and Wifredo Lam.

Bloodlines of modernism: Picasso, Lam, and the art of return at Galerie Gmurzynska

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Schneps Podcasts

Max McNamara CEO and Co-Founder of Sky Cap Corp

City Council Speaker Julie Menin joins Carl Wilson at his election night party at VERS bar in Hell’s Kitchen after he declared victory in the District 3 special election.

Carl Wilson declares victory in race to succeed Erik Bottcher in Council District 3