Known to most as Mos Def, Yasiin Bey, the actor and rapper, is opening an…
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Half of NYC’s Twelve Most Heat-Vulnerable Communities are in The Bronx
The New York City Environmental Justice Alliance has identified the twelve most heat vulnerable communities…
Massive La Central Development in South Bronx Reaches a Milestone
The first building in the five building, 992 apartment development at La Central in Melrose…
311 Complaints Rising in Gentrifying Areas of South Bronx
A new study has shown that 311 complaints are up in gentrifying parts of the…
“Downtown” Bronx to Get a $10 Million Makeover
After almost a year of going over dozens of projects submitted to be considered for…
New Analysis Shows The Bronx Leads NYC In Housing Code Violations Accounting for 33% of Cases
Localize.city, a new AI-driven site which delves into city data and makes sense of the…
The Fight for The South Bronx Waterfront: $2 Billion Housing Development Proposed For Same Site as $700 Million Soccer Stadium
Yesterday we reported on Related and Somerset’s $700 million proposal to develop 13 acres of…
Mega $700 Million Development & Soccer Stadium Proposed for Port Morris Waterfront
Two years after NYS issued a Request for Expressions of Interest to develop 12.8 acres…
Developers Behind the ‘Piano District’ Sell Their Waterfront Property for $165 Million; Highest Sale For Development Site in Bronx History
The Chetrit Group and Somerset Partners, the developers behind the Piano District and Port Morris…
Phase 1 Construction of 992 Unit ‘La Central’ Gains Momentum
Almost five years after it was announced by the outgoing Bloomberg administration in December 2013,…
South Bronx Unite to de Blasio and City—No New Prisons: Not in the South Bronx, Not Anywhere
We unequivocally reject the city’s plan to site a new jail at 320 Concord Avenue…