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The Star-LedgerIn this Aug. 21 photo, Rosa Alvarez holds her Mega Millions lottery ticket at Te-Amo at Journal Square.

One of the two winning Mega Millions tickets from the Aug. 28 $333 million drawing was turned in Tuesday, but the identity of the winner remains a mystery, according to a report in The New York Daily News.

The winning $166.5 million ticket was sold at Fordham Grocery and Convenience Store in the Bronx, while the other winning ticket was sold in California. New York Lottery spokeswoman Jennifer Givner told the newspaper “I can confirm that the winning ticket was claimed today (Tuesday), but can divulge no further information.”

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After months of weighing the issue, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz gave a thumbs down Friday to the Related Cos.’ proposed redevelopment of the 600,000-plus-square-foot Kingsbridge Armory.

His decision came to light when he submitted his recommendations to the City Planning Commission as part of the city’s drawn-out Uniform Land Use Review Process. The borough president’s main objections were the lack of a community benefits agreement outlining a living wage policy, provisions that would allow workers to unionize and guarantees of expanded community space.

Mr. Diaz also objected to the developer’s plans to put a massive grocery store in the retail center, a step that he said would severely impact smaller grocers in the neighborhood. Far from condemning the project outright, he simply made it clear that his approval was merely contingent upon a community benefits agreement. Read more..

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