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• MTA boss Lieber says agency is ready for more severe rainfall, despite social media videos of subway flooding

  21-07-2026 23:35 via amny.com
  
  MTA officials insisted on Tuesday that the agency is prepared for more torrential rainfall on the heels of deluges last weekend captured by riders in a series of apocalyptic social media videos showing water gushing into several subway stations.Janno Lieber, the MTA's chair and CEO, said during a July 21 news conference at the agency's Hydrolics Facility in Downtown Brooklyn that it is ready for multiple forecasted inches of rainfall over the next several days.The MTA chair said agency personnel
  
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• After 30 years, Giordano’s Big G is finding a new home

  21-07-2026 03:29 via bxtimes.com
  
  After over 30 years with their current location on Paulding Avenue, meat wholesaler and retailer Giordano's Big G is in the process of transitioning to a bigger location only a few blocks away.The new location is at 1852 Bronxdale Avenue – across the street from a CTown Supermarket and only a few blocks from Pine Restaurant. Carl Giordano, owner and founder, prefers how the new location is in a residential area with significant passerby driving through the area and has multiple food busine
  
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• The Build-A-Baddie universe hits the Bronx, sells out in 10 days

  21-07-2026 02:57 via bxtimes.com
  
  Hundreds of Bronxites attended Build-A-Baddie; an immersive shopping experience focused on uplifting female entrepreneurs and bringing together women on July 11 and 12. Olivia Glowacka previously founded the Jersey Creators Market, but after noticing it was dominated by primarily male owned brands, she created Build-A-Baddie. After multiple successful events throughout New Jersey, Glowacka’s friend Bella Almanzar convinced her to visit the Bronx, resulting in their most viral eve
  
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• What are you fighting for? The Bronx’s Female Fight Club teaches women how to fight for themselves

  21-07-2026 02:23 via bxtimes.com
  
  Many strong and brave women gather together everyday for the purpose of fitness and strengthening themselves at the all-female gym and health club: Female Fight Club, located at 5900 Riverdale Ave in the Bronx.The club offers more than just fitness classes, but a space for women to collectively come together for health, encouragement and community.Founded by Johanna Edmondson, Female Fight Club began as a small outdoor workout group in 2020 and has since grown into a women-centered fitness commu
  
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• What are you fighting for? The Bronx’s Female Fight Club helps women build strength through fitness

  21-07-2026 02:23 via bxtimes.com
  
  Many strong and brave women gather together everyday for the purpose of fitness and strengthening themselves at the all-female gym and health club: Female Fight Club, located at 5900 Riverdale Ave in the Bronx.The club offers more than just fitness classes, but a space for women to collectively come together for health, encouragement and community.Founded by Johanna Edmondson, Female Fight Club began as a small outdoor workout group in 2020 and has since grown into a women-centered fitness commu
  
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• Bronx elected officials inspect Horizon Juvenile Center, report overcrowded and dirty conditions

  21-07-2026 01:04 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx elected officials conducted a July 20 inspection of Horizon Juvenile Center and immediately sounded the alarm about poor conditions and overcrowding at the facility. The visit by Assembly Member Amanda Septimo and State Senators Luis Sepúlveda and José M. Serrano comes one month after 11 people were stabbed in a violent clash between residents and officers. Though no one was seriously injured, the incident shed light on problems at the center, which the officials said in
  
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• Bronx Times Opinion | The Bronx’s Little Italy deserves a place on the mayor’s ‘Immigrant Enclaves’ map

  21-07-2026 00:32 via bxtimes.com
  
  Maybe it was an accident. Maybe it was deliberate.Whatever the reason, the Mamdani Administration’s failure to include numerous immigrant neighborhoods in its new map of immigrant enclaves around the city showed a remarkable level of thoughtlessness by a team that claims to represent all New Yorkers, of all backgrounds.If the omission was an accident, then the Administration had better improve its internal vetting process.But if it was deliberate? Does that mean the new team at City Hall i
  
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