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• NYC rent up 18% since COVID-19, with 5.6% rise in Q1 2025 alone: report

  23-04-2025 22:26 via qns.com
  
  The median asking rent for apartments in New York City went up 5.6% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2025, from $3,218 last year to $3,397 this year, according to a report by the real estate site Realtor.com.This increase among rental properties listed on Realtor.com continues the trend of the median asking price rising annually since Spring 2022, when it originally returned to pre-pandemic levels. Now, the city's median asking rent is 18.1% higher than the $2,876 put up when the COVID-19
  
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• Permits filed to convert 1-story structure into 6-story building with 14 residences in Norwood

  23-04-2025 20:04 via bxtimes.com
  
  Permits have been filed to convert the 1-story building at 3196 Webster Ave. in Norwood into a 6-story building with 14 residences.The proposed expansion calls for a 71-foot-tall building yielding 8,438 square feet of space across the 14 units. With an average unit scope of 603 square feet, these apartments will most likely be rentals.While there is no accessory parking planned for the property, there will be a cellar. The property is within close proximity to P.S. 056 Norwood Heights School and
  
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• Hunts Point “Blue Highway” aims to reduce trucking pollution

  23-04-2025 19:59 via bxtimes.com
  
  City officials have announced plans to build a new marine transportation hub on the East River, across from the Hunts Point Fish Market, to help ease truck traffic in the South Bronx by moving food and goods from the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center by water over what the city has dubbed the "blue highway".The project, which includes a new barge, is expected to launch later this year and could divert up to 1,000 truck trips a month from the South Bronx, a community already burdened by high l
  
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• New exhibit looks to highlight Bronx’s little-known rock music history and impacts

  23-04-2025 17:00 via amny.com
  
  A brand new exhibit highlighting the Bronx's little-known rock history is going on display this week.The Bronx County Historical Society (BCHS) and The Fox and King have announced the debut of “Uptown Rumble: Heavy Music in The Bronx,” which will be on display at the Museum of Bronx History, located at 3266 Bainbridge Ave. Curated by Dr. Steven Payne (Director of BCHS), Chucky Brown (Frontman for New York hardcore punk band, Crazy Eddie) and Jeo Estrella, the exhibit explores heavy m
  
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• Bronx ‘Godfather of Instagram’ helps local businesses shine online

  23-04-2025 15:35 via bxtimes.com
  
  Pelham Gardens native Tony Pec, who calls himself the “Godfather of Instagram” on the platform where he has over 300,000 followers, has gained another loyal following by helping local businesses find their own voice on social media.In an interview with the Bronx Times, Pec, 30, said he fell into social media by accident after studying mechanical engineering at Manhattan College and later working in stock trading. Starting around 2016, the early days of Instagram, he began creating ac
  
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• Op Ed | The Forgotten Frontline: Why I’m fighting for the people who take care of the people you love

  23-04-2025 15:33 via politicsny.com
  
  I didn’t choose this work. It chose me.When my son was born with special needs, my world changed. I was suddenly part of a care community I hadn’t even known existed—one made up of tireless, compassionate, deeply committed people doing the work of holding families together. What started as a personal journey quickly became a calling. I knew I had to be part of this system, not just for my son, but for others navigating it alone.Today, I’m a human services worker. I help f
  
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