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• The Brilla Bodega helps feed Bronx families while school is out

  22-07-2026 23:06 via bxtimes.com
  
  As schools close for the summer and thousands of children lose access to daily school meals, Brilla Charter Schools is filling the gap with a month long food pantry serving families across its Bronx campuses.The Brilla Bodega, operating on select days throughout July, distributes free bags of shelf-stable groceries while connecting parents to employment, educational and social services through Brilla's new Family Resource Center.The pantry offers donated nonperishable items including rice, beans
  
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• Landlords sue to put Mamdani’s rent freeze on ice

  22-07-2026 22:20 via amny.com
  
  Seven landlords sued Wednesday to overturn New York City’s landmark rent freeze, accusing Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration of steering the Rent Guidelines Board toward an outcome he promised during his campaign, according to court filings.Hours after the case was filed, Richmond County Supreme Court Justice Ralph Porzio scheduled a virtual hearing for Sept. 2 on the challenge, including the landlords’ request to obtain internal communications involving City Hall, the Rent
  
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• How one NYC high schooler’s nonprofit brings sports coaching to kids in the Bronx and beyond

  22-07-2026 22:08 via bxtimes.com
  
  While still in high school, Harry Honig has made a career out of introducing kids to sports in a supportive, inclusive environment. Through his program, Together Sports, Honig, who lives on the Upper East Side, has inspired thousands of kids from the Bronx, New York City, several U.S. states and even Thailand to feel confident in picking up a tennis racket, basketball or golf club for the first time. As Honig prepares for his senior year at The Ramaz School, he’s running a succes
  
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• DOT starts work on Fordham Road project to boost speeds on Bronx’s busiest bus corridor

  22-07-2026 22:00 via amny.com
  
  The city Department of Transportation on Wednesday kicked off construction on a long-stalled project to add offset bus lanes to a stretch of Fordham Road — the Bronx's busiest bus corridor, where the vehicles crawl at speeds as slow as five miles per hour during peak times.DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn, during a July 23 groundbreaking ceremony at the intersection of Fordham and Kingsbridge Roads, said the throughfare's buses are often slowed by traffic. The slugglish speeds at which the buse
  
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• DOT starts work Fordham Road project to boost speeds on Bronx’s busiest bus corridor

  22-07-2026 22:00 via amny.com
  
  The city Department of Transportation on Wednesday kicked off construction on a long-stalled project to add offset bus lanes to a stretch of Fordham Road — the Bronx's busiest bus corridor, where the vehicles crawl at speeds as slow as five miles per hour during peak times.DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn, during a July 23 groundbreaking ceremony at the intersection of Fordham and Kingsbridge Roads, said the throughfare's buses are often slowed by traffic. The slugglish speeds at which the buse
  
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• Mamdani assembles an economic ‘dream team’ to redirect NYC’s powerful development arm toward affordability

  22-07-2026 21:45 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani paired veteran city government and business leader Anthony Shorris with progressive antitrust champion Lina Khan on Wednesday to steer the city’s influential Economic Development Corporation away from parts of its traditional development playbook and toward affordability, including making the administration’s planned city-run grocery stores a top priority.Mamdani appointed Shorris as president and CEO of the powerful development corporation and Khan, the former c
  
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• Borough President Vanessa Gibson allocates $56.3M from city budget towards Bronx education, healthcare and neighborhood upgrades

  22-07-2026 17:43 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson recently announced a total of $56.3 million in capital budget allocations for fiscal year 2027, including numerous investments in educational and medical technology.Each year, borough presidents must allocate a certain amount of discretionary capital funds depending on the borough’s size and the total city budget. Capital dollars are to be used for long-lasting upgrades or additions, for instance, purchasing computers for a school or a new heating sys
  
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• Rendering unveiled for new 162-unit dormitory at Fordham University

  22-07-2026 17:14 via bxtimes.com
  
  A new rendering has been revealed for an upcoming 12-story dormitory at Fordham University that will be capable of housing up to 600 students at the intersection of Webster Avenue and East 197th Street.The planned dormitory, which will be built at 2740 Webster Ave. in Fordham, will cover 215,129 square feet and have 162 housing units. Most of these units will likely be multi-room suites.The property for this upcoming dormitory spans approximately 10,000 square feet. In addition to the building,
  
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• Rendering unveiled for new 162-unit building near Fordham University

  22-07-2026 17:14 via bxtimes.com
  
  A new rendering has been revealed for an upcoming 12-story residential building near Fordham University that will be capable of housing up to 600 people at the intersection of Webster Avenue and East 197th Street.The planned building, which will be built at 2740 Webster Ave. in Fordham, will cover 215,129 square feet and have 162 housing units. Most of these units will likely be multi-room suites.The property for this upcoming building spans approximately 10,000 square feet. In addition to the b
  
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• Arthur Avenue food tours bring Bronx Little Italy’s history to life

  22-07-2026 17:11 via bxtimes.com
  
  While Little Italy was left off New York City's official Immigrant Enclave Map, the neighborhood around Arthur Avenue continues to celebrate its deep Italian roots—drawing tourists and Italian Americans from across the tri-state area.The original immigrant community may have largely moved away, but the businesses they built remain at the heart of the neighborhood.Danielle Oteri, an art historian by trade, began leading tours after being asked to show London food buyers around Arthur Avenue
  
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• City-owned rooftops and parking lots are ripe for solar and battery storage, NYC comptroller says

  22-07-2026 14:30 via amny.com
  
  New York City owns nearly 15,000 parcels covering roughly 14% of the five boroughs, but as of 2025, only about 31 megawatts of solar power had been installed across 187 city-owned facilities, according to a new report from City Comptroller Mark Levine.Levine is calling on the city to make better use of that sprawling real estate portfolio by installing solar panels and battery storage on more rooftops, parking lots, fleet depots and other public properties.Rather than developing projects one sit
  
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• Major service changes coming to 1, 2, 3 trains starting this weekend so MTA can update aging switches

  22-07-2026 00:17 via amny.com
  
  The MTA warned 1, 2, and 3 train riders on Tuesday of service changes it is making beginning this weekend in order to replace switches on the 7th Avenue subway line in Lower Manhattan.Straphangers on all three lines, in addition to the 5 line, should prepare for the weekend switchups starting on July 24 and running through Aug. 24, the agency said. On each of those weekends, the modified schedules will be in effect from 9:30 p.m on Friday through 5 a.m. on Monday.The MTA said the work is necessa
  
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