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NYCHA Getting $2 Billion To Fix Health and Safety Issues; Federal Monitor Will Oversee Work

A deal has been struck between the city and the federal government that will not only force the city to pay $2 billion for needed repairs but also basically relinquish control to the federal government for a decade who will oversee the work. Sadly, this is but a drop in the bucket to truly address…

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A Bronx Thank You For Anthony Bourdain

The news of Anthony Bourdain’s death by suicide today caught us off guard completely. In 2013  Bourdain announced that the prospect of doing a full hour episode in The Bronx appealed to him. We immediately wrote that should he decide to come to The Bronx that he would have to do so with Baron Ambrosia,…

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Watch: Take a Tour of Where The Bronx’s Delicioso Coco Helado Comes From!

Vice recently toured a beloved Bronx institution, the headquarters of Delicioso Coco Helado which floods our streets with street carts selling coquitos. When I was a kid, I remember you could snatch a big creamy coconut one for just 25 cents, now they’re about double that for the smallest size. Check out the video below from…

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New Analysis Shows The Bronx Leads NYC In Housing Code Violations Accounting for 33% of Cases

Localize.city, a new AI-driven site which delves into city data and makes sense of the massive web of information available, has found that The Bronx leads NYC in housing code violations with 33% of cases in our borough. Furthermore, the new analysis reveals that low-income neighborhoods where the median yearly income is below $30K a…

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