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Adams Touts Universal Childcare for Low-Income Families

Mayor Eric Adams announces an additional $80 million in funding to support New York City families and expand access to childcare and early childhood education at P.S. 6 Annex, Brooklyn on July 10, 2025. -Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office It Takes a City:  Bringing New York City One Step Closer to Universal Childcare for Low-Income Families  By Mayor Eric Adams Community OpEd  Bronx Voice July 17, 2025   NEW YORK - The best way to make the American Dream a reality for all New Yorkers is by making our city more affordable for working-class families.  Childcare costs have skyrocketed across New York City, putting pressure on monthly bills and family budgets. Working families are struggling to afford these high costs, resulting in many leaving the five boroughs. Parents deserve better, and our administration is delivering for them.    L...

Courthouse Killer Nabbed, Cops Say

Shooting Took Place Across from Courthouse, Near Yankee Stadium

Miguel Rodriguez, 27, was found shot to death inside Joyce Kilmer Park across from the Bronx Supreme Courthouse in May 2022.



By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

January 19, 2023


BRONX - Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a man across the street from the Bronx Courthouse, a few blocks away from Yankee Stadium.


Police arrested 40-year-old Leonard Thalease of Crotona and charged him with murder, manslaughter and criminal posession of a weapon. Thalease was charged in the murder of 27-year-old Miguel Rodriguez back in May inside Joyce Kilmer Park. 


At around 2 am on May 14, 2022, police responding to a call of shots fired arrived at Joyce Kilmer Park, across the street from the Bronx Supreme Court building. Cops found Rodriguez lying in the park with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced deceased at Lincoln Hospital. 


Cops said Thalease shot Rodriguez during an argument in the park.

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