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Adams Vetoes Anti Rent-Hike Law, Widening Council Battle Over Vouchers   Members vow override vote on bill that would ensure City FHEPS households pay no more than 30% of rent, as mayor pushes higher charges for some and continues a court battle over expanded eligibility. This article originally appeared in The City. By Samantha Maldonado  Bronx Voice  November 12, 2025 NYC LOCAL NEWS - Mayor Eric Adams on Friday vetoed a bill the City Council passed to prevent rental voucher-holders from contributing more than 30% of their income for rent. The Council’s bill aimed to prevent the Department of Social Services from requiring participants in the CityFHEPS program starting in their sixth year to contribute 40% of their income to rent, up from 30%. (The rule doesn’t apply to households that include a person over age 60 or receiving Supplemental Security Income .) Adams and social service officials had said the new rule was needed to help control rapi...
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Neat Crook Steals Cleaning Supplies



By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

January 25, 2023


BRONX - A crook made a clean getaway when he robbed thousands of dollars of cleaning materials from a Bronx building. 


At around 2:17 am on January 5, police say a man hopped over a fence in the rear of a commercial building at 1382 Shakespeare Avenue in Mount Eden. The suspect entered the building through a basement door. 


Cops released surveillance video which shows the suspect coming out of an elevator with boxes of cleaning chemicals worth $500. 


The crook came back an hour later and stole a cleaning machine. Cops say the machine is valued at around $2,500. 


Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential.

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Location: 1382 Shakespeare Ave, The Bronx, NY 10452, USA

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