16 year old Karol Sanchez, who was abducted yesterday and forced into a car in…
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UPDATE 12/17/2019 2:56pm: Karol Sanchez has been FOUND. Yesterday, 16 year old Karol Sanchez was…
Even if the Garabedian Bronx Christmas House on Pelham Parkway doesn’t get lit again, it…
Nestled within the world’s largest food distribution center at Hunts Point in The Bronx is…
As we reported yesterday, the Garabedian home in Pelham Parkway, otherwise known as “The Bronx…
It’s a sad day in The Bronx today. For the first time in 46 years,…
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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Veterans Vulnerable as Trump Threatens Food Aid for 70,000 New Yorkers
A bodega in Chinatown advertises accepting SNAP benefits, Dec. 5, 2019. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. A Trump administration rule to toughen work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits could deal an especially sharp…
The Bronx is Freezing: New Report Shows We’re NYC’s Coldest With Most Heat Complaints
We’re pretty sure that most of our readers will not find this shocking: The Bronx is the coldest borough in NYC. According to a new report by Renthop, not only is The Bronx the reigning champ five years running as the coldest borough, but the top six New York City neighborhoods with the most heat…
Be a Part of The Bronx’s Largest Puerto Rican Holiday Parranda!
It’s that time of the year again when Titi Maria is making her amazing coquito and abuela is making her pasteles from recipes passed down over the generations from Puerto Rico to The Bronx and across the globe. Apartment buildings throughout our borough smell of pernil, the delicious roast pork seasoned with tons of garlic…
SEE IT: Map Shows Which Languages are Spoken in The Bronx and Where
The Endangered Language Alliance recently released a map of the approximately 800 languages spoken in the New York Metropolitan Area and with 637 languages and dialects spoken in NYC alone, it makes us the most linguistically diverse city in the world and maybe even in history. This linguistic diversity is ever present in The Bronx…
The Bronx Italian Immigrant Who Helped Construct the Empire State Building
This article was originally published on May 1, 2015 and we are republishing to note that sadly, Florinda “Fiore” Conte passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2019 and is now at rest with her late husband Vincenzo Mazzella. On May 1, 1931, the Empire State Building opened to the public after 2 years of construction…
Bronx Born & Raised Actress Shelley Morrison, Who Played Rosario on ‘Will & Grace’ Dead at 83
Best known for her role as Rosario, Karen Walker’s maid on Will & Grace, Bronx born and raised actress, Shelley Morrison died on Sunday at the age of 83. Born Rachel Mitrani to Sephardic Jewish parents from Spain, she lived the first decade of her life in the South Bronx before moving to California in…