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Published 12 hours agoTwo Bronx groups receive city grants to combat hate, bias and discrimination
Two Bronx recipients are among 13 citywide awardees receiving a total of $120,000 in community grants aimed at preventing hate, bias and discrimination, the city announced Wednesday. Madison Langford and Kingsbridge Heights Community Center will each receive funding through the…
Bronx Times
Published September 22Art installation celebrating immigrant New Yorkers comes to the Bronx
A public art installation at Mill Pond Park is putting the faces and stories of immigrant New Yorkers on display as part of a citywide campaign celebrating the communities that have helped shape New York. The New York Immigration Coalition opened the Bronx chapter of its annual…
Bronx Times
Published September 22Renaissance Youth Center celebrates $7 million investment and new home in the South Bronx
You may have heard the band “Music with a Message” perform on Good Morning America, at Lincoln Center, Yankee Stadium, or even Carnegie Hall. But today, the band performed at their home, the Renaissance Youth Center, celebrating major renovations announcements to their permanent…
Gothamist
Published September 22NYC’s creative workers are increasingly self-employed, report says
While the number of arts industry jobs are growing nationally, they’re shrinking in the city. [ more › ]
Gothamist
Published September 22[sponsor] Times Travel Turns One Times Square Into an Immersive Trip Through the History of the NYE Ball Drop
Whether or not you're brave enough for the real thing on December 31, Times Travel and the Ball Experience upgrade for those who want to get even closer might be the closest you'll get to the center of it all, any day of the year. [ more › ]
Bronx Times
Published September 22Nearly 30 years after closing, Paradise Theatre set to reopen as a Bronx arts center
Nearly a century ago, the historic Loew’s Paradise Theatre opened in the Bronx. Later this year, the New York City landmark movie palace will be finding new life as the Paradise Performing Arts Center. With approximately 4,000 seats, the Paradise Performing Arts Center (PPAC)…
City Limits
Published September 21The Students Mining NYC Public Schools’ Lost-and-Found Collections for New Yorkers in Need
"Nobody would ever look through it," 16-year-old Skylar Aaron said of the "giant mountain" of unclaimed belongings at Stuyvesant High School's lost and found. So far, she and classmate Shayna Wilson, 17, have salvaged more than 2,000 pounds of clothing donations for the homeless.
Bronx Times
Published 15 hours agoMore than 12,000 runners hit the streets for Bronx 10 Mile’s 30th anniversary
Over 12,000 athletes gathered on Sept. 19 to run the sold-out New Balance Bronx 10 Mile, produced by New York Road Runners (NYRR). Now in its 30th year, it continues to bring runners of all ages together to cross the finish line. The course began on Grand Concourse and E 165th…
THE CITY
Published September 22Union Could Bag 190,000 New Home Care Workers in Medicaid-Funded Program
The powerful healthcare union 1199SEIU formally petitioned to unionize tens of thousands of home care workers across the state, the latest twist in New York’s controversial quest to streamline an $11 billion state-funded home care program. The union said Tuesday it had gathered…
Gothamist
Published September 22NJ fines data center $1 million for illegally powering facility with gas generators
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill Gov. Mikie Sherill said it was the largest fine handed out to a data center in state history. [ more › ]
THE CITY
Published September 22‘We Screwed Up’: DoorDash to Pay $131.5 Million to Stiffed NYC Delivery Workers
Delivery giant DoorDash agreed to pay a $131.5 million settlement after New York’s worker and consumer protection agency found the company had unlawfully withheld wages from thousands of delivery workers who were paid late or not at all. A majority of the settlement funds will go…
Bronx Times
Published September 22DoorDash to pay at least $131.5M after NYC finds it underpaid 260,000 workers
DoorDash will pay at least $131.5 million to settle a New York City investigation that found the delivery giant failed to properly pay more than 260,000 workers, a record enforcement action that will also force changes to how the company tracks and pays delivery workers in the…