The "Just Home" proposal to house seriously ill people leaving jail cleared one of its final procedural hurdles at a heated public hearing, where locals repeatedly testified that they feared for their safety.
Kristy Marmorato, the first Bronx Republican elected to the City Council in 50 years, told The Post she'll even try to work with "polar opposite" Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex if she can find her.
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Tightly contested primary races for two New York City Council districts — one in Queens and another in the Bronx — came one step closer to being settled Wednesday when the city’s Board of Elections released its preliminary ranked choice voting results. Those results eliminate the candidate with the weakest showing in each race, and in races with only three candidates, the results narrowed it .