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Dream to cap the Cross Bronx steps closer to reality as Schumer visits to support plan

When Nilka Martell, a local Bronx resident and founder of Loving The Bronx, first mentioned to people that the Cross Bronx Expressway should be capped to create more parkland and re-stitch the communities it severed so long ago, people said she was crazy for thinking it could ever happen. She, like thousands of Bronxites who…

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The Bronx Makes History as Women Win Majority of City Council Seats

And women shall lead them. Yesterday’s elections in New York City were historic on many fronts. Democrat Eric Adams easily beat out Curtis Sliwa for major and will become America’s largest city’s second Black mayor in history. On a more local level, Democrat Vanessa Gibson sailed to victory and will become the first female and…

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Celebrating The Bronx’s Hispanic contributions to the world

As Americans across the country continue to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, many may not realize just how much one New York City borough has helped contribute to Hispanic culture across the nation. And of course, that borough is none other than The Bronx itself. While the terms Hispanic and Latino are not quite the same…

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Trump claims Bronx golf course business boomed after Jan. 6 insurrection

by Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Katie Honan, THE CITY This article was originally published on Oct 7 at 9:42pm EDT by THE CITY Business at The Bronx golf course run by former President Donald Trump’s company has “thrived” since the Jan. 6 insurrection, according to his lawyers, who say the links have reaped a record…

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Ribbon cutting ceremony held for nation’s first basketball high school in The Bronx

While The Bronx may not have created it, the borough can now lay claim to being the home of the country’s first-ever basketball high school. Opened on August 30th of this year, the Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School held its ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday attended by local elected officials and even NBA commissioner Adam Silver.…

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