Alex Rosenblum, 74, grew up as an athlete playing hockey and tennis. Being active was a huge part of his life until he had his first heart attack at 42. Rosenblum’s cardiologist told him to “take it easy.” Taking his doctors advice Rosenblum bought a place down in Florida and spent his winters there — […]
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Pickleball Is On The Rise: One Bronx Resident Requests More Courts
Posted on 04 October 2022.
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Disruption and Delay: Ongoing Transit Issues Continue to Cause Problems for River Park Towers Residents
Posted on 04 October 2022.
River Park Towers, a housing complex located in Morris Heights in the West Bronx, is home to more than 1,500 rental units. About 7 miles from Manhattan, the dual building complex is sandwiched between the Harlem River and the Major Deegan Expressway, with little else around it. Residents of the 428ft tall buildings have relative […]
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Bronx School Pilots Mayor Adams’ Gifted and Talented Expansion
Posted on 02 October 2022.
On a warm August morning, a class of third grade students were working on their computers, creating animations using the programming language Scratch. Cartoons of animals moved across backgrounds of mountains, seas, and forests on laptop screens. It was only a pre-term meet and greet but the teacher Jayra Sanchez explained that the eight and […]
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Orchard Beach Migrant Tent Site Raises Concerns
Posted on 02 October 2022.
City Councilmember Shahana Hanif, (D- Brooklyn) Chair of the Immigration Committee, called Friday’s City Council oversight hearing into session with a bang of her mallet. The packed chamber grew silent when Hanif began her opening remarks. “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free,” Hanif quoted The New Colossus, a […]
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Morris Heights Residents Voice Concerns About Noise and Pollution as City Plans to Renovate Jennie Jerome Playground
Posted on 30 September 2022.
Community members in Morris Heights are asking the city to address noise and pollution as it begins the process of renovating the Jennie Jerome Playground. The park, located on Jerome Ave. near the Bronx Expressway, is getting a $4 million dollar facelift. The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation held a scope meeting […]
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Vying for a chance to be among NY’s first cannabis retailers
Posted on 30 September 2022.
Growing up, Earl Jones Sr. was easily distracted and had trouble concentrating. Playing basketball and soccer helped, but they weren’t enough. Soon, his aunt suggested an unlikely solution: cannabis. “I started smoking cannabis, not because I wanted to be cool or apart of the crowd, but because I wanted to feel…comfortable being in crowded spaces […]
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A forgotten hero: Putting Cornell Benjamin on the map
Posted on 29 September 2022.
In December 1971 Cornell Benjamin, a member of the Ghetto Brothers, was on his way to negotiate peace between two street gangs in the South Bronx. Before Benjamin could fulfill his quest, a pipe hit him in the skull; he was murdered. Back then, Benjamin’s death only heightened the tension between the gangs, but his mother […]
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All Eyes on Throggs Neck Amid New York City’s Affordable Housing Crisis
Posted on 29 September 2022.
Compared to the fast-paced, chaotic borough of Manhattan, Throggs Neck sticks out as an almost suburban neighborhood. Located in the southeastern corner of the Bronx, it’s made up of mostly single, free-standing homes. It can be hard to remember it exists within the boundaries of New York City until making the mile trek to the […]
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