NY Bronx news

• Signal issues: Council presses City Hall over influencer records as key officials decline to testify

  22-09-2026 23:45 via amny.com
  
  The messages were set to disappear, but the questions surrounding them have not.Less than three weeks after City Hall acknowledged that disappearing messages had been enabled in a Signal group used to communicate with social media influencers, City Council members pressed the Mamdani administration on Tuesday over whether government records should have been preserved from the chat.But the communications officials with firsthand knowledge of how the group operated did not testify.Instead, the adm
  
  Read more

• Signal issues: Council presses City Hall over influencer records as admin declines to send key official

  22-09-2026 23:45 via amny.com
  
  The messages were set to disappear, but the questions surrounding them have not.Less than three weeks after City Hall acknowledged that disappearing messages had been enabled in a Signal group used to communicate with social media influencers, City Council members pressed the Mamdani administration on Tuesday over whether government records should have been preserved from the chat.But the communications officials with firsthand knowledge of how the group operated did not testify.Instead, the adm
  
  Read more

• Art installation celebrating immigrant New Yorkers comes to the Bronx

  22-09-2026 22:43 via bxtimes.com
  
  A public art installation at Mill Pond Park is putting the faces and stories of immigrant New Yorkers on display as part of a citywide campaign celebrating the communities that have helped shape New York.The New York Immigration Coalition opened the Bronx chapter of its annual New York Proud campaign on Sept. 15, bringing large-scale portraits and personal stories of immigrant New Yorkers to the South Bronx.The installation at Mill Pond Park, near Exterior Street and East 150th Street along the
  
  Read more

• Bronx Democratic Party honors education advocate Crystal McQueen-Taylor

  22-09-2026 22:22 via bxtimes.com
  
  From fighting for Bronx classrooms to championing statewide education advocacy, a longtime educator’s journey came full circle at a recent gala.The Bronx County Democratic Party honored StudentsFirstNY’s own Crystal McQueen-Taylor at its annual dinner gala earlier this month at Marina Del Rey in Throggs Neck.StudentsFirstNY is one of the state’s largest education advocacy organizations dedicated to improving public school options for all New York children.Among other honorees,
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• MTA boss Lieber says agency’s targeting ‘kooky’ work rules, health insurance contributions in labor talks with transit union

  22-09-2026 21:45 via amny.com
  
  In the MTA's contract negotiations with the union representing nearly 40,000 New York City Transit workers — Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 — the authority is pushing to ensure that some workers show up to the job more often while also increasing all health care contributions, agency Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said on Tuesday.The MTA is pursuing both changes possibly in exchange for the wage increases that Local 100 is seeking, Lieber said during a Sept. 22 Citizens Budget C
  
  Read more

• Renaissance Youth Center celebrates $7 million investment and new home in the South Bronx

  22-09-2026 20:34 via bxtimes.com
  
  You may have heard the band “Music with a Message” perform on Good Morning America, at Lincoln Center, Yankee Stadium, or even Carnegie Hall. But today, the band performed at their home, the Renaissance Youth Center, celebrating major renovations announcements to their permanent home.Joined by elected officials, parents, and community members, the Renaissance Youth Center (RYC) celebrated 25 years of serving the community on Sept. 17., with a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate thei
  
  Read more

• Renaissance Youth Center celebrates $7 investment and new home in the South Bronx

  22-09-2026 20:34 via bxtimes.com
  
  You may have heard the band “Music with a Message” perform on Good Morning America, at Lincoln Center, Yankee Stadium, or even Carnegie Hall. But today, the band performed at their home, the Renaissance Youth Center, celebrating major renovations announcements to their permanent home.Joined by elected officials, parents, and community members, the Renaissance Youth Center (RYC) celebrated 25 years of serving the community on Sept. 17., with a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate thei
  
  Read more

• City expands outreach to two more ZIP codes amid South Bronx Legionnaires’ outbreak

  22-09-2026 19:35 via bxtimes.com
  
  The New York City Health Department has expanded its community outreach to two additional South Bronx ZIP codes as it continues investigating a cluster of Legionnaires’ disease that has now sickened 22 people and killed two.The department announced Saturday that it was expanding outreach to ZIP codes 10455 and 10459 after identifying cases within a few blocks of ZIP code 10456, one of two ZIP codes at the center of the investigation.The expanded outreach area includes parts of Mott Haven,
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• What’s happening | Plant sale, scavenger hunt, Boogie Down Comedy and more

  22-09-2026 15:23 via bxtimes.com
  
  Plant SaleFriday, Sept. 25, 12-4 p.mWave Hill, 4900 Independence Ave.Free with admission to the grounds ($4-10)Take a piece of the garden home with you at Wave Hill’s renowned Plant Sale! Open to the public, this special event offers a thoughtfully curated selection of plants for every kind of gardener—whether you’re a seasoned expert or just beginning to explore the magical world of plants. Garden staff will be available to answer questions and help you find the right plants f
  
  Read more

• Nearly 30 years after closing, Paradise Theatre set to reopen as a Bronx arts center

  22-09-2026 14:51 via bxtimes.com
  
  Nearly a century ago, the historic Loew’s Paradise Theatre opened in the Bronx. Later this year, the New York City landmark movie palace will be finding new life as the Paradise Performing Arts Center. With approximately 4,000 seats, the Paradise Performing Arts Center (PPAC) will be the second-largest theatre in New York after Radio City Music Hall. “Every borough of New York City has major performing arts centers except The Bronx, so we've reimagined a magnificent, underu
  
  Read more

• At Gracie Mansion, Trump says it ‘feels like a home’ as Mamdani advances Sunnyside Yard talks

  22-09-2026 00:44 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump held their latest meeting Monday, this time at Gracie Mansion, to open technical talks between City Hall and the White House over the mayor’s $21 billion federal funding pitch to build 12,000 homes above Sunnyside Yard in Queens.The mayor initially pitched the idea to Trump during a trip to Washington back in February, and while Monday's conversation on the Upper East Side advanced the massive Queens proposal, it stopped well short of a feder
  
  Read more

Follow @NY_BronxNews on Twitter!