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As Hillary Clinton Draws a Crowd at Co-op City Rally, The Bronx Becomes An Unlikely Battleground For The Presidency of Our Nation

Never in our borough’s history have so many candidates flocked to The Bronx, and in the case of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, let alone multiple times.

However, it is only to those not familiar with the Bronx narrative that would actually believe that our borough would play an unlikely role in the election of our nation’s president in 2016.

You see, The Bronx’s story is as American as it gets. It’s one filled with a golden era, a great decline, and a transformative rebirth by the resiliency of its people.

LPC Votes to Keep Immaculate Conception Church in Melrose on Preservation List; City Island’s Schofield House Receives Landmark Status

New York City’s Landmark Preservation Commission voted today to grant landmark status to 165 Schofield on City Island and put off a vote for Immaculate Conception Church in Melrose for a later date.

This is a victory for the people of The Bronx to be able to hold on to two precious landmarks and part of Bronx history. Although LPC did not vote on landmarking Immaculate Conception, they will eventually do so on a later date according to sources at LPC.

Wine Tasting & The Splendor of 150,000 Daffodils Blooming at NYBG

Last November, 150,000 daffodil bulbs were planted at The New York Botanical Garden as part of their effort to create New York’s, “…most extensive display of daffodils,” spread across 4 acres and eventually totalling 1 million bulbs.

Now you can enjoy the resulting blooms along with some serious wine tasting on Saturday, April 23rd and Sunday, April 24th from Noon to 5PM.

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Hillary Comes to The Bronx…To Show She Can Ride The Subway

Ok, so last week for April Fool’s we joked how Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton were coming to The Bronx after Bernie Sanders huge rally last at St Mary’s Park.

Turns out we were half right.

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From Expressway To Boulevard of Green, The Sheridan Moves Closer to Conversion

After almost 20 years of pushing for a greener, safer, and more sustainable community, The Point CDC (and the rest of the community) are celebrating the allocation of $97 million in New York State’s recently approved budget to begin converting the ugly Sheridan Expressway into a beautiful, green boulevard along The Bronx River.

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Bronx School Cancels Ted Cruz’s Visit After Students Threaten to Walk Out

Ted Cruz thought he could just simply waltz into The Bronx without a peep from folks—but he was sorely mistaken.

Cruz originally had planned to visit Bronx Lighthouse College Preparatory Academy in Longwood, however, school’s CEO, Khori Whittaker, canceled the Republican candidate for the presidency’s trip due to students expressing their concerns and frustrations that he would be allowed on school grounds.

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Ted Cruz Visits The Bronx Two Years After Disrespecting Us; Protesters Greet Him With a Bronx ‘Welcome’

First, Senator Bernie Sanders took his presidential campaign to The Bronx which was met with roughly 18,500 supporters and was nothing but love.

Two years after Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz took an uneducated jab at our borough, he has the audacity to come to The Bronx and have lunch with none other than Senator Ruben Diaz. (We shouldn’t be surprised because Senator Diaz shares similar conservative and homophobic values unlike real New York values)

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