Fordham University has received a record-breaking donation from a Bronx native turned billionaire. Mario J.…
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This holiday season is supposed to be filled with joyous celebrations for many, however, this…
Affordable housing lottery for a brand new development in Soundview is now open and accepting…
After months of wrangling in Congress over who should get how much in a new…
Abubakar Ahmed Ali shares an apartment in Yonkers, N.Y. with his wife of nearly 17…
Taste of The Bronx, the popular subscription box and pop-up market celebrating the best of…
Recently released data from the New York City Department of Health indicates a grim statistic: The 10470 zip code in The Bronx, covering Woodlawn and parts of Wakefield, has a positivity rate…
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Local Bronx Restaurant to Provide 300 Meals to Families in Need for Thanksgiving
MORRIS PARK—La Masa, one of our favorite restaurants in The Bronx, is sharing the love this Thanksgiving by providing free meals for 300 families in need. The popular Colombian restaurant is seeking contacts to families in need in our borough so that they can deliver the meals on November 25th and now, more than ever…
The South Bronx Saw Biggest Gains in Votes for Donald Trump in 2020 Than Anywhere Else in New York City
We’ve been looking at several maps comparing election results from 2016 to 2020 and it is quite clear that more people voted for Donald Trump in this election than before. Although the city was overwhelmingly blue, all across the five boroughs there were tens of thousands of more votes for the Trump. And the South…
As COVID-19 Infection Rates Rise Again, People Are Lining Up at Testing Sites in The Bronx
Alarms are being sounded across New York City and State as the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 a day are reaching numbers we haven’t seen since May. During the first few dark months of the coronavirus pandemic in America, The Bronx was the epicenter of the deadly virus not just with infection rates…
WATCH: Bronx Street Renamed After Hero Teen Who Died Trying to Save a Child in a Fire
Two years ago a blaze broke out in a 16 story apartment building in the Belmont area of The Bronx that left a dozen injured and two dead. One of the victims was 19 year old Lucas Silverio Mendoza who had already rescued his grandmother from the burning building when he ran back in to…
With the Election of Jamaal Bowman to Congress, is The Bronx America’s Most Progressive County?
After defeating Congressman Eliot L. Engel, the 16-term 31 year democratic incumbent in the June primaries, Bronx middle school principal Jamaal Bowman cruised to an easy landslide last night garnering over 80% of the votes tallied thus far in the 16th congressional district. And with this win, The Squad is growing. Come this January, Bowman…
HISTORIC: The Bronx Elects Ritchie Torres as America’s First Openly Gay Latino in Congress
Councilman Ritchie Torres who has represented the 15th City Council District in The Bronx for the past almost 6 years has been declared the winner of the 15th Congressional District in the South Bronx in yesterday’s election to replace outgoing Congressman José E Serrano. Torres, who is Puerto Rican, will be the first openly gay…