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- 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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Meet Meisha Ross Porter, New York City’s New Schools Chancellor
Alex Zimmerman, Christina Veiga, and Reema Amin, THE CITY This article was originally published on Feb 28 at 3:21pm EST by THE CITY This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here: ckbe.at/newsletters Meisha Ross Porter, who rose through the education department’s ranks as…
Coat Giveaway at Bronx Terminal Market Helps Restore Some Faith Within Community
This past Friday, the power of community and mutual aid was on full display at the Bronx Terminal Market. Hundreds of people lined up and waited in 40-degree weather to receive brand new winter coats handed out at a coat giveaway event organized by Assemblywoman Latoya Joyner of the 77th district, in partnership with the…
Thousands Face Eviction in The Bronx as $1 Billion in Rent Goes Unpaid in NYC Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
The economic crisis as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit many but nowhere is it more apparent than The Bronx. At one point during the crisis, unemployment reached a staggering 24.7%, the highest seen since the Great Depression and perhaps even higher than that. Now, according to reporting by WABC, there is $1…
Lottery Now Open for Brand New Affordable Housing Apartments in Bedford Park
BEDFORD PARK—Applications are now being accepted for over 100 brand new construction affordable apartments in the Bedford Park neighborhood of The Bronx with rents as low as $1,045 a month for two-bedroom units. Bronxview Apartments, located at 2885 Marion Avenue, is a 114 unit, 8 story mixed-income residential development comprised of one, two, and three…
Bronx Woman raises Over $2 Million for Texas Relief in Less Than 24 Hours
As millions of Texans suffer due to the severe winter weather related events that have left dozens dead across the state, a Bronx woman has raised over $2 million for relief organizations while Senator Ted Cruz vacationed in Cancun. Spurred to action by the inaction of the state’s mostly Republican leadership, who refused to help…
The East Bronx is Getting NYC’s FIRST E-Scooter Share Program
The Department of Transportation announced Thursday that the East Bronx, one of the most transit-starved areas of the borough, will get New York City’s first E-scooter share program this Spring. This will give area residents another option of getting around the neighborhood or making connections to subway stations along the 2,5, and 6 line as…
- 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