Yesterday the Huffington Post printed a handy list from Budget Travel on America’s Best Waterfront…
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Last week, Welcome2TheBronx was the first to talk about Jennifer Lopez’ annoying habit about clinging…
PS 31 has been finally getting the attention it deserves these past several weeks. For…
Today a Bronxite found a message of hate in the 34th Street, Penn Station stop…
According to Legislative Gazette, infamous New York State Assemblyman Jose Rivera D-Bronx, was excused from…
Sign the NAACP’s petition to the Department of Justice to open a civil rights case…
- With Congestion Pricing coming this summer, the MTA needs to drop Metro-North fares for Bronx residents
- More residential units were completed in the South Bronx in 2023 than anywhere in New York City
- The South Bronx will lose its last movie theater next month leaving the borough with just one
- The Bronx needs to think big to combat the affordable housing crisis
- Every day is Earth Day in The Bronx
New York City is facing an affordable housing crisis and nowhere is this more apparent than in the northernmost borough of The Bronx. While the borough traditionally has had and continues to…
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25 Places You’ll Find Bodega Cats
Cats. Come on let’s face it: They’re the real reason you walk into a bodega. It’s not because as a Bronxite, you might live in a food dessert nor is it for the small selection of produce that’s a little too ripe – by a month or two. These furry creatures are a bodega owner’s…
Bronx Private Sector Job Growth Outpaced Rest of City, While Unemployment Rate Grew
[NOTE: This post has been updated on 7/12 at 2:00PM to reflect that the Village Voice also found that the data reported doesn’t show the overall picture that is being presented by the Daily News or Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr, along with NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli] A new report came out yesterday which indicated…
Community Board 1’s Chaotic Meeting Last Night In The News
Mott Haven Herald The office of Community Board 1 became a cauldron of body heat and enflamed tempers, in the latest bitter clash between angry Mott Haven residents, board members and staff and lawyers and lobbyists for FreshDirect. About 60 residents squeezed into the board’s tiny headquarters in Melrose on July 10 for the board’s…
BREAKING NEWS: House Passes Farm Bill Without Including Food Stamp Funding. What does this mean for Bronxites?
The Washington Post just issued a news alert that the House has passed the Farm Bill without funding for the Food Stamp program otherwise known as SNAP or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. House Republicans have threatened to reduce funding for the program and it appears they are carrying through with their promises. What does this…
Bronx Borough Prez Ruben Diaz Jr Wants PS 31, The Castle on The Concourse, Stripped of Landmark Status, Demolished
Just last week we spoke about this very issue and SoBro’s plan to save the building with Goldman Sachs who is interested in partnering to do so. Now the Daily News reports that Bronx Borough President, Ruben Diaz Jr wants the city to strip the decaying yet beloved PS 31 of its landmark status and…
Rules & Ethics Thrown Out Window By District Manager, Board Chair At CB1’s Second Meeting With FreshDirect
Two weeks ago, 16 months after FreshDirect’s sweetheart deal was announced as a done deal, the company came to the community for the first time. The meeting with Community Board 1 was not only announced at the last minute but on the very day of the meeting the location was surreptitiously changed not once but…
- With Congestion Pricing coming this summer, the MTA needs to drop Metro-North fares for Bronx residents
- More residential units were completed in the South Bronx in 2023 than anywhere in New York City
- The South Bronx will lose its last movie theater next month leaving the borough with just one
- The Bronx needs to think big to combat the affordable housing crisis
- Every day is Earth Day in The Bronx