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• KIPP NYC charter school expands this fall with new South Bronx campus

  16-03-2026 23:11 via bxtimes.com
  
  The KIPP NYC charter school network is expanding with a new campus opening in the South Bronx this fall.KIPP leaders announced that the new 150,000-square-foot campus at 75 Canal Street West will serve grades 9 and 10, and the existing KIPP campus nearby on East 144th Street will serve grades 11 and 12. The new facility is “designed to mirror a collegiate environment and immerse students in a high-rigor culture from day one,” and students will be able to move seamlessly between
  
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• School slowdown: NYC to drop speed limit to 15mph in 800 school zones by end of year, Mamdani pledges

  16-03-2026 22:50 via amny.com
  New York City will reduce speed limits around over 800 public school locations to 15 miles per hour by the end of this year in a bid to make streets safer for children across the five boroughs, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Monday.The mayor, during a March 16 press conference at Queens' Flushing International High School, said the Department of Transportation (DOT) will proceed with lowering the speed limit to 15 mph at the 700 school locations where it currently stands at 20 mph. Additional
  
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• Out of order: Transit workers union, disability advocates sue MTA over temporary subway station booth closures

  16-03-2026 21:20 via amny.com
  A Transport Workers Union Local 100-led group sued the MTA to prevent it from continuing a recently enacted policy of temporarily closing service booths when station agents are unable to staff them due to an illness or emergency, rather than bringing in replacement workers.The plaintiffs' attorney, Arthur Schwartz, said during a March 16 news conference outside of the Jay Street-MetroTech station in Downtown Brooklyn that the legal action filed on March 13 in Manhattan state court hinges on
  
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• Opinion | The Bronx cannot wait four decades for transit justice

  16-03-2026 19:39 via bxtimes.com
  
  As a pediatrician in the South Bronx, I see the effect our transit maps have on its users every day. While the city debates priorities among free buses, dedicated bus lanes, and subway expansions, my patients live in the shadow of the Cross Bronx Expressway (CBE), which split communities and saddled the South Bronx with some of the nation's highest asthma rates.Simply put, clean public transportation is a public health intervention for these families.The NYU Marron Institute's "A Better Billion"
  
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• What’s happening | exhibitions on overfishing and art, candle-making and more

  16-03-2026 18:26 via bxtimes.com
  
  Exhibition Opening: Overfishing in South East Asia, an Ecological and Human Crisis by Nicole TungFriday, March 20, 6-9 p.m.Bronx Documentary Center, 614 Courtlandt Ave.FreeThis exhibition, based on a nine-month visual investigation supported by the Carmignac Photojournalism Award, offers a rare look at one of the world’s most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world’s fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and conte
  
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• Bronx Week back on after cancellation, Borough President Vanessa Gibson announces

  16-03-2026 14:55 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson announced that Bronx Week will proceed this year, after cancelling the event on March 4, stating that her office would shift its focus in response to the city’s budget deficit and city’s broader fiscal issues.Gibson first publicly announced that Bronx Week would be resuming at the end of Bronx Day in Albany, receiving cheers from the crowd of elected state officials, business leaders and nonprofits in attendance. In a statement, her office
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries endorses Rep. Ritchie Torres for re-election

  16-03-2026 14:48 via bxtimes.com
  
  U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Rep. Ritchie Torres on Monday in his bid for re-election to represent New York’s 15th Congressional District, which covers a large portion of the Bronx.Jeffries, who leads House Democrats as minority leader, praised incumbent Torres’ record representing the borough. Torres has represented the district in Congress since 2021 and previously served on the New York City Council, representing the 15th District from 2014 to 2020."Ritchie Torres is an extr
  
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• The Schneps Effect: How local media shined a spotlight on 10 talented NYers

  16-03-2026 12:00 via amny.com
  To honor 40 years since the founding of its first newspaper, Schneps Media is highlighting creators, entrepreneurs and everyday New Yorkers who have graced the local media company’s portfolio. Founded on the principle of a media company “all about you,” Schneps Media prides itself on elevating unique stories from around our communities in publications like amNewYork, The Queens Courier, Brooklyn Paper, The Bronx Times, Long Island Press and many more. Below, ten previ
  
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• Schneps Media: 40 years all about you

  16-03-2026 11:00 via amny.com
  Much has changed since Schneps Media founder Vicki Schneps launched her first newspaper, The Queens Courier, more than 40 years ago. As local news moved from the page to the screen and then to social media feeds and mobile devices, Schneps Media has kept pace, exploding across the region with more products and ways to reach their audience. But one thing never changes: We’re all about you, our readers.“It's always about the people,” Schneps said. “To educate and to in
  
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