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Bronx Hearing on Controversial Monuments in NYC Set For November 27th 

Several weeks after the removal of the busts of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson from Bronx Community College’s Hall of Fame back in August, Mayor Bill de Blasio created an 18-member commission to review “how the city should address monuments seen as oppressive and inconsistent with the values of New York City.” On Monday,…

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The Bronx Had the Lowest Voter Turnout of All NYC Boroughs

Only 19% of 718,302 active Bronx voters came out to vote during this past Tuesday’s election. Let that sink in. 19%. Not that the rest of New York City fared much better with an overall average of 24% of active voters in the city coming out to the polls but, as per usual, The Bronx…

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Despite His Million Dollar Campaign, Gjonaj’s City Council Race Is Worst Performing Race in City

Mark Gjonaj’s campaign to jump from the New York State Assembly into New York City Council was the most expensive in city history spending $1,179,856.46 according to New York City Campaign Finance Board records but after last night’s election, all that money didn’t equal into a major victory. Of all 51 New York City Council races…

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Welcome2TheBronx To Expand As DNAinfo and Gothamist Are Shut Down

When we read the news on Thursday that DNAinfo and Gothamist were shut down just a week after they voted to unionize we were stunned but we immediately realized that The Bronx lost yet another media outlet covering what’s important to the people of our borough. Perhaps not so much with Gothamist but for years…

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