From the Huffington Post: “We sometimes take our waterways for granted. We know that they…
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There is a strong stigma against single mothers and The Bronx is no exception and according to Congressman José E. Serrano, The Bronx is has the 3rd highest rate of single mothers in the country.
Back in 2011, NPR had a show on the issue based on recent data from Pew Research poll and had this to say:
“The American family looks a little different now than it did in the days of Ward and June Cleaver. Sometimes, parents are married, sometimes unmarried. Sometimes dads have – kids have two dads. Some couples don’t have children at all. Some parents raise kids alone.
A new Pew Research poll found that among all those possible configurations, moms raising kids on their own are considered bad for society.”
At a press conference with Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr, and many elected officials as well as representatives from Barnes & Noble and Prestige Properties it was announced that bookstore will stain Bay Plaza in Co-op City.
Today, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Region 2, which covers the 5 boroughs…
Today, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Region 2, which covers the 5 boroughs…
Bronx residents are fighting to keep the last remaining general-interest book store in the borough from moving out.
The push started on Saturday when a 24-year-old graduate student heard that the Barnes & Noble near Bay Plaza Mall would close because of a rent dispute with its landlord.
Amelia Ziano started a petition on change.org asking Prestige Properties to keep the store open. She says it has over a thousand signatures so far.
- Rare, truly affordable apartments, as low as $454 a month, now available in The Bronx
- Housing lottery thinks $4,376 for a two-bedroom in Fordham in The Bronx is “affordable”
- Once one of the country’s ‘bluest’ counties, The Bronx takes a dramatic shift to the right
- Popular German discount supermarket Lidl to open its first Bronx store next week!
- A new area code may be coming to NYC in 2026
Bally’s gambling complex proposal at the former Trump Links in Throggs Neck relies on getting state approval to alienate parkland, but lacks local leaders’ support as the legislative session winds down. By…
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A Limited View of Boys From the Bronx – NYTimes.com
Here’s an excellent piece from The New York Times on how not to document a community but even better, through the works of Lisa Kahane’s book, “Do Not Give Way To Evil: Photographs of the South Bronx, 1979-1987”, the piece illustrates how documentary photography can be properly done.
I Love the Bronx: For Morgan Amo el Bronx: Para Morgan | The Bronx Free Press
“There were several days that I woke up to find Morgan tending flowers we had planted on our block. Other days he would knock on my door to drop off a plant, a book or a new piece of research. I especially enjoyed our “day dates” when we spent countless hours walking the Bronx together. He…
BronxTalk Celebrates 20 Years Tackling Bronx Issues On Live TV
BronxTalk, one of New York City’s LONGEST running talk shows, celebrates its 20th anniversary tomorrow, Wednesday October 22nd at 8:00PM at the historic Andrew Freedman Home by taping the 954th show which will include looking at historic archives while providing the public a chance to speak during the program. Through 953 shows, Gary Axelbank, the…
Listen: Friends of Morgan Powell Speak Out On CBS Radio 880AM On His Passing
Listen to friends speak out on Morgan’s passing this morning on WCBS 880AM.
The Cost of The “New” Bronx: The Borough Is Losing Its Last Bookstore As Barnes & Noble Is Forced Out of Bay Plaza
Imagine a borough of over 1.4 million people without a single book store.
We keep hearing our Borough President mentioning The “New” Bronx when he talks about all the developments going on in our borough — Something which many find rather offensive. When the Mall at Bay Plaza opened back in August, he used it yet again. Since the mall opened, several businesses have been forced out by rising rents at the malls developed and run by Prestige Properties and now our last bookstore has fallen victim to this “New Bronx” mantra.
Friends Hope Death Won’t Doom a Devotee of Bronx History to Oblivion – NYTimes.com
From The New York Times:
“Morgan Powell lived for Bronx history. He spoke about everything from the borough’s parks, rivers and early settlers — the kind of people for whom streets and neighborhoods are named — to the waves of African-American and Latino immigrants who remade the area during the 20th century.
- Rare, truly affordable apartments, as low as $454 a month, now available in The Bronx
- Housing lottery thinks $4,376 for a two-bedroom in Fordham in The Bronx is “affordable”
- Once one of the country’s ‘bluest’ counties, The Bronx takes a dramatic shift to the right
- Popular German discount supermarket Lidl to open its first Bronx store next week!
- A new area code may be coming to NYC in 2026
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