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MTA Fare Hike Hearing Today in The Bronx

The dysfunctional organization known at the Metropolitan Transit Authority, aka the MTA, is seeking yet again to hike fares but worry not, you have a chance to tell them what you think about this ill-advised move. With the cost of living in NYC ever increasing and yet wages, particularly for low-income New Yorkers, remaining stagnant,…

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Watch: When Food Gets Gentrified—The Story of The Beloved Chopped Cheese

Please enable Javascript to watch this video “Yo, lemme get a chopped cheese!” is something one hears quite frequently when entering a bodega, whether somewhere in The Bronx or any bodega throughout the city. But what happens when even your favorite “poor man’s” food gets appropriated and “gentrified”? Is it even possible for food to…

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Bronx Community Gardens Grew & Sold A Record Setting 1,500 lbs of Serrano Peppers For The Bronx Hot Sauce

The Bronx sets a modern record for non-hydroponic urban agriculture! What started out back in 2014 with less than ten community gardens growing 100 lbs of serrano peppers for The Bronx Hot Sauce has exploded to a record-breaking 1,500 pound harvest this year—a 1,500% increase thanks to 28 participating Bronx community gardens this year according…

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Languages of The Bronx & Its Neighborhoods

With over half of Bronx households identifying as Latino, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Spanish, along with English, is the dominant language of our borough. But what are we left with if we take a look at the dominant languages spoken in any given area if you exclude those two languages? Thanks to…

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