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South Bronx Luxury Development Advertised as “Affordable” With $2,000 a Month Studios

MOTT HAVEN-Yet another new development has entered the New York City Housing Connect affordable housing lottery but the latest entry is anything but affordable to the local, existing community. 276 Grand Concourse at East 140th Street is a 12 story luxury development constructed in the Lower Concourse Area of Mott Haven that was rezoned in…

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New Affordable Apartments in Mott Haven Now Available

MOTT HAVEN-Brand new affordable apartments are now available via New York City’s Housing Connect Lottery. Located at 880 East 147th Street just off Austin Place in the Mott Haven area of the South Bronx, the 11 story brand new building has studios, one, and two bedroom units available with rents as low as $622 a…

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Group Seeks to Open Salsa Museum in the Bronx

While many globally know that The Bronx is the birthplace of hip hop, another music genre was nurtured on the streets and inside the many dancehalls that once dotted the South Bronx: Salsa Now a group wants to firmly cement the roots of salsa in The Bronx with an International Museum of Salsa (ISM) that…

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As New York Fully Reopens, The Bronx Continues to Have Lowest Vaccination Rates in the City

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York City and the country last year, The Bronx became the epicenter with the highest rates of infection and deaths from the deadly disease leaving a devastating toll across the borough. But as the city and state are now reopened with the state of emergency lifted as of yesterday,…

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MacKenzie Scott, 3rd Richest Woman in The World, Donates $15 Million to Hostos Community College

Writer and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has just donated $2.7 billion to 286 organizations with $15 million going to Hostos Community College. Since becoming the third richest women in the world as a result of her divorce from Amazon founder and tycoon, Jeff Bezos, Scott has made it her mission to give away billions to organizations…

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Orchard Beach Water Quality Among the Top Ten Best on Long Island Sound

For many years, decades even, many Bronxites saw Orchard Beach as a place to go and hang out, catch some sun, dance some salsa but never to go into the water because of poor water quality. Now, the “Riviera” of The Bronx has earned top marks from an environmental group called ‘Save the Sound’ that…

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