Undocumented immigrant Baba Sillah of Gambia, who lives in The Bronx with his wife (a US citizen) and 5 children, has been working hard and paying taxes for over 15 years. But…
Billions of dollars in development continues to pour into The Bronx as 2018 marked a record setting $3.48 billion as a construction frenzy takes hold of our borough. A new report issued…
Applications are now open for truly affordable units at a new development in Soundview with studio units as low as $389 a month and 1 bedroom apartments at a bargain price of…
An old Tudor-style mansion is up for grabs up in the landmarked Fieldston section of Riverdale for just $5,580,000! For all that you can get a 9 bedroom, 9 bathroom house across…
Just a few feet from the South Bronx’s waterfront along the Harlem River in Port Morris, a new skyline is emerging. What was once dominated by NYCHA’s public housing developments like Mitchell…
More development on NYCHA land is coming to The Bronx in Soundview over at Sotomayor Houses. Yesterday, NYCHA and HPD announced that a 16 story, 200 unit building called Casa Celina will…
Dinosaurs are returning to The Bronx on April 19 at as The Bronx Zoo opens its new exhibition, Dinosaur Safari. The exhibition will take you through the woods of the zoo where…
In a victory for New Yorkers with disabilities, a judge has ruled that the MTA violated the Americans with Disabilities ACT when it failed to install elevators during a renovation of the…
29 year old Israel Veliz, owner of City Tamale in Hunts Point wakes up every day at 4AM to head to work and make…well not the donuts but tamales. The popular restaurant…
It hasn’t even been a full year since the over 90 block Jerome Avenue Rezoning was approved and already the FOURTH development has been announced with plans already filed with New York…
Cardi B just seems to not be able to stop breaking records. The Bronx icon has already shattered multiple recording records and now she shattered an attendance record at RodeoHouston that Garth…
The following was originally posted in the Amsterdam News and written by Bronxite Javier Lopez who was the former Assistant Commissioner for New York City Health Department’s Center for Equity. We decided to publish this because it is an important part of the conversation when talking about the legalization of marijuana. For far too long, communities of color, especially in The Bronx, have borne the brunt of marijuana related arrests despite the fact that whites smoke marijuana at a higher rate than blacks and latinos.…
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