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• FIRST ON amNY: DOT will begin collecting public input on 4 new outerborough greenway projects next week

  26-10-2026 16:40 via Bronx Times
  
  The city Department of Transportation will begin soliciting public input on four multi-mile greenway projects in the outer boroughs next week with two workshops in the Bronx, the agency will announce Monday.amNewYork first learned that the DOT would open the public engagement period for a plan to construct a new 15-mile greenway along the east Bronx waterfront next Wednesday, Nov. 4. Greenways are continuous paths that snake between roads, greenspaces, and waterfronts — designed to give cyclis
  
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• Mamdani threatens to sue ICE over reported use of NYC park lots as staging grounds

  02-11-2026 14:14 via Bronx Times
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani is threatening to sue federal immigration authorities over reports that ICE agents have been using city-owned parking lots in the Bronx and Queens to stage enforcement operations.In a letter sent Monday, Mamdani demanded that the Department of Homeland Security immediately stop agents from using city property for immigration enforcement without permission, warning that New York City will take legal action if the activity continues.His administration also announced new rules
  
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• Mother of slain Bronx boy granted visa from President Trump, says Mamdani

  01-11-2026 16:45 via Bronx Times
  
  President Donald Trump agreed to grant an immediate visa to the mother of Javits Frimpong, the 15-year-old boy shot to death on a Bronx street last week, following outreach from Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Saturday. “The murder of a child is a pain no parent should have to endure, let alone from thousands of miles away," the mayor said. "Javits Frimpong’s mother deserves to say goodbye to her son in person. I just got off the phone with President Trump, and he has agreed to grant her visa immed
  
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• Fordham Landing developers quietly seek zoning change as project moves forward

  30-10-2026 22:05 via Bronx Times
  
  The development team behind the massive Fordham Landing project is seeking zoning changes for its first phase as the long-delayed megaproject begins to move forward again.Dynamic Star LLC is pursuing what they describes as a “relatively minor” zoning change for Fordham Landing South that would add a commercial overlay to a district currently zoned for residential use.The massive development along the Harlem River is planned in two phases, north and south of the University Heights Bridge. The
  
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• New renderings revealed for 927-unit Fordham Landing South residential complex

  30-10-2026 21:57 via Bronx Times
  
  New renderings have been made available for Fordham Landing South, an upcoming four-tower mixed-use complex that will bring 927 total affordable housing units to 330 West Fordham Rd. and 360 West Fordham Rd. in University Heights.Fordham Landing South will consist of a 33-story structure and three 18-story structures rising from a single podium. In addition to the 927 affordable apartments, 15% of which will be reserved for formerly homeless families, the complex will also feature 12,500 square
  
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• R&B legend Ginuwine reflects on his career and the experiences that shaped him ahead of Lehman Center concert

  30-10-2026 21:53 via Bronx Times
  
  Ahead of his performance Nov. 7 at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, R&B singer Ginuwine spoke with the Bronx Times about putting his past to paper, preferring the stage over the studio and his favorite color that he hopes ladies at his concerts come dressed in.Known for classics like “Pony” and “So Anxious,” Ginuwine explained that he and his son are currently writing an autobiographical project based on his own personal and professional experiences. The idea came about after v
  
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• 80-year-old Mildred Baker is running the NYC marathon, proving age is just a number

  30-10-2026 21:34 via Bronx Times
  
  One 80-year-old woman is ready to take on the 26.2 miles of the TCS NYC Marathon that runs through all five boroughs. When the race commences on Nov. 1, Mildred Baker will be one of the over 60,000 participants in the world-famous race.Baker first moved to New York in the 1970s for a job opportunity; she worked as an executive assistant at Frank E. Campbell Home until retirement. Since then, she’s been filling her time walking with the New York Road Runners (NYRR) and now, preparing for the NY
  
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• Mamdani and Menin name next racial equity watchdog chair, but Council pushback delays start until August 2027

  29-10-2026 22:00 via Bronx Times
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin on Thursday formally appointed Christopher Alexander to lead New York City's independent racial equity watchdog beginning in August 2027, reaching an agreement after Council members pushed back against replacing its current chair, Linda Tigani, sooner.Alexander, executive director of the NAACP New York State Conference, will take over as chair and executive director of the Commission on Racial Equity (CORE) on Aug. 1, 2027. Tigani, who ha
  
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• ‘Fix the Bus,’ transit advocates say in new campaign to organize bus riders behind push for fast and free service

  29-10-2026 22:00 via Bronx Times
  
  A group of transit advocates has launched a new campaign to push for speeding up New York City's bus system, the nation's slowest, and making it more affordable, by utilizing tactics commonly found in labor union and tenant organizing drives.The organization, Riders Alliance, kicked off the campaign, dubbed "Fix The Bus," on Monday. The effort is designed to better organize bus riders to more effectively fight for fast, free, and "funded" service, leaders with the group said during a virtual Oct
  
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• NYC Health + Hospitals North Central launches first hospital-based rape crisis program in the Bronx

  29-10-2026 21:00 via Bronx Times
  
  New York City Health + Hospitals North Central launched the first hospital-based rape crisis program in the Bronx, providing free support to survivors of sexual violence. The program joins Kingsbridge Heights Community Center as one of only two rape crisis programs in the borough, where reported rape and sex crime rates remain disproportionately high.Located at the hospital’s North Central Bronx campus, the program offers free and confidential individual and group counseling and in-person acco
  
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• John Turturro stars in new film ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,’ exploring survival and life in the Bronx

  29-10-2026 20:22 via Bronx Times
  
  Premiering in Bronx theaters on Oct. 30, writer-director Noah Segan’s “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York” stars John Turturro as Harry Lehman, an aging con man struggling to adapt his clever thievery and lifestyle to the rapidly advancing technological world around him. Harry spends his days caring for his disabled wife Rosie (Karina Arroyave) in a humble Bronx apartment and his nights scouring the city for easy targets, until he accidentally finds himself at odds with a very powerfu
  
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• Food Bank for NYC targets low-turnout Bronx neighborhoods with food and voter resources

  29-10-2026 19:58 via Bronx Times
  
  Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Food Bank For NYC’s mobile food distribution provided nearly 100 Bronx residents with food assistance near Bill Rainey Park in Longwood — a neighborhood facing high food insecurity and historically low voter turnout across the city.In addition to providing meal support, the organization distributed civic engagement materials supplied by NYC Votes — a nonpartisan initiative of the New York City Campaign Finance Board. These educational resources help loc
  
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• 41st Annual Bronx Halloween Parade brings frights and festivities to the borough

  29-10-2026 16:00 via Bronx Times
  
  NYC’s second-largest Halloween Parade returned on Oct. 24 with the 41st annual Bronx Halloween Parade.
  This year, clowns, candy, and cars riddled the street at Southern Blvd & Westchester Ave, following a “Carnival of Nightmares - The Greatest Fear on Earth” theme. “This parade still belongs to the families who line Southern Boulevard every October,” said Bronx Community Board 2, organizers of the parade.Nearly 10 months of planning and organizing resulted in a parade where influe
  
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• Hostos Community College professor runs NYC Marathon to support domestic violence survivors

  29-10-2026 14:30 via Bronx Times
  
  Ernest Lalongo is all set to run at the New York City marathon on Nov. 1 as part of Team New Destiny to raise awareness for domestic violence and its impact on education.Lalongo has been a professor of history at Hostos Community College in the Bronx for 18 years and at least once a semester, works with a student who faces domestic violence. He highlights the ways in which it affects a student’s education.“The education, at many times just stops when these folks are fleeing their homes,” L
  
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• City Council pushback stalls Mamdani’s racial equity watchdog shake-up until 2027

  29-10-2026 14:15 via Bronx Times
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plan to replace the head of New York City's independent racial equity watchdog has been delayed until at least next summer after City Council members pushed back against removing its current chair.Mamdani confirmed Wednesday that Linda Tigani, whose commission has challenged his administration's handling of the city's first racial equity plan, would remain in her post until next summer, when he hopes to install Christopher Alexander, executive director of the NAACP New Yo
  
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• After Council pushback, Mamdani and Menin name next racial equity watchdog chair, starting in 2027

  29-10-2026 14:15 via Bronx Times
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin on Thursday formally appointed Christopher Alexander to lead New York City's independent racial equity watchdog beginning in August 2027, reaching an agreement after Council members pushed back against replacing its current chair, Linda Tigani, sooner.Alexander, executive director of the NAACP New York State Conference, will take over as chair and executive director of the Commission on Racial Equity (CORE) on Aug. 1, 2027. Tigani, who ha
  
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• MTA celebrates Halloween with spooky station sign stickers and collectors edition maps

  28-10-2026 22:40 via Bronx Times
  
  Stand clear of the closing trap doors! This Halloween, the MTA is turning the subway into the scare-way.Starting Thursday and running through Saturday, costume-clad trick-or-treaters taking the "Boo York City Subway," Long Island Rail Road, or Metro-North Railroad will get the chance to pass through several stations temporarily renamed for the scariest time of year, agency officials announced on Wednesday."We know lots of families use our system to go trick-or-treating, as well as going to ... t
  
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• Fare evasion: NYC Transit boss says probe of EAGLE agents altercations with riders will soon conclude

  28-10-2026 21:25 via Bronx Times
  
  A top MTA official said Wednesday that he expects an investigation into two recent instances of bus fare enforcement agents getting into violent tussles with riders will conclude next week, amid calls by some elected officials for the agency to stop using the teams. MTA New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow gave the update during the agency's Oct. 28 board meeting, in response to a question from board member Janette Sadik-Khan."I anticipate having the completion of the investigatio
  
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• Nuasin Next Generation Charter School breaks ground on new Tremont location

  28-10-2026 20:54 via Bronx Times
  
  Nuasin Next Generation Charter School (NNGCU) celebrates the start of construction on their new K-12 campus.With two of its campuses located in Highbridge, Nuasin Next Generation Charter School, in partnership with APEX Development Group, is expanding its campus to 1780 East Tremont Avenue in Community School District 12. The new campus is expected to open in the July 2028 school year. The six-story, 60,000 foot ground-up building will house 700 public school students. The Nuasin School is one
  
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• A NYCHA development in the South Bronx is now home to the tallest mural in the United States

  28-10-2026 20:21 via Bronx Times
  
  Standing at over 307 feet tall, the Bronx is now home to the United States’ tallest mural. Commissioned by public art nonprofit ArtBridge, “Un MAR de Gente / From Every Shore,” by Dominican artist Néstor Omar García (aka “Angurria”) is both a shining depiction and a result of the Bronx’s multicultural community and artistic skill. The mural spans across 29 stories at NYCHA’s Morrisania Air Rights (MAR) development in the South Bronx.“When we began we hoped to create the talles
  
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• Bronx Chamber of Commerce 2026 gala celebrates ‘Big Bronx energy’ and community leaders

  28-10-2026 19:42 via Bronx Times
  
  The Bronx Chamber of Commerce hosted its 2026 Annual Gala at the Marina Del Rey venue in Throggs Neck on Sep. 17. The Chamber's premier annual event draws more than 600 business executives, elected officials, entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders and community partners for an evening of networking and celebrating Bronx leadership, economic growth and civic impact.This year’s theme “Hustle, heart, history: The Bronx as the Blueprint for Growth” honors the small businesses, employers, cultural in
  
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• Republican Irene Guanill challenges Michael Benedetto in East Bronx Assembly race

  28-10-2026 17:01 via Bronx Times
  
  A longtime Bronx resident is ready to champion her East Bronx community’s needs as their next state Assembly representative.Irene Guanill, a deep-rooted real estate broker and community advocate, is running for New York State Assembly’s 82nd District on the Republican, Conservative and Vote Affordable party lines in the upcoming New York State Assembly elections in Novemeber.New York State’s 82nd Assembly District includes East Bronx neighborhoods City Island, Country Club, Co-op City, Pel
  
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• City Island project brings new oyster habitat to Eastchester Bay

  28-10-2026 16:15 via Bronx Times
  
  After more than seven years of research and planning, City Island Oyster Reef reached a major milestone on Oct. 9, placing its first six permanent oyster reef balls into Eastchester Bay.The installation took place off Tier Street near Delmour's Point, where volunteers and family members waded into the water carrying concrete reef balls weighing approximately 175 pounds each. For the organization, founded in 2019, it was a chance to celebrate how far its efforts to restore native oysters have com
  
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• Bronx fire caused by lithium-ion battery leaves boy dead and family critical

  28-10-2026 16:04 via Bronx Times
  
  A young boy died and four members of his family were hospitalized in critical condition after a fire related to an e-bike broke out in an apartment at the 13-story Patterson Houses in the South Bronx early Wednesday morning.FDNY officials said the fire erupted on the 11th floor of 320 Morris Ave. between East 140th Street and 3rd Avenue on Oct. 28. Emergency crews, including 40 units and 130 fire and EMS personnel, responded to the scene just before 1 a.m. Fire officials pulled five civilians,
  
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• Bronx apartment fire leaves boy dead and family critical

  28-10-2026 16:04 via Bronx Times
  
  A young boy died and four members of his family were hospitalized in critical condition after a fire broke out in an apartment at the 13-story Patterson Houses in the South Bronx early Wednesday morning.FDNY officials said the fire erupted on the 11th floor of 320 Morris Ave. between East 140th Street and 3rd Avenue on Oct. 28. Emergency crews, including 40 units and 130 fire and EMS personnel, responded to the scene just before 1 a.m. Fire officials pulled five civilians from the inferno. Four
  
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• New Siena poll: Hochul leads Blakeman by 14 points as Mamdani’s NYC popularity grows

  28-10-2026 10:30 via Bronx Times
  
  Gov. Kathy Hochul has widened her lead over Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman to 14 points with less than a week until Election Day, according to a new Siena University poll released Wednesday that also found Mayor Zohran Mamdani gaining popularity among New York City voters.The survey found Hochul leading Blakeman 54% to 40% among likely New York voters, compared with a 50% to 41% advantage noted in Siena's September polling.Mamdani's favorability rating among city voters climbed to 69%, up
  
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• Some NYC restaurants lost entire outdoor dining seasons waiting for permits, comptroller finds

  27-10-2026 23:00 via Bronx Times
  
  More than half of New York City restaurants that received outdoor dining permits under the city's program waited longer than 19 months for approval, according to a new investigation that also found the Department of Transportation lacks the data needed to pinpoint where applications are getting held up.The report that City Comptroller Mark Levine released Tuesday found that just 1,405 of the 4,911 applications received since the program launched in March 2024 had resulted in licenses as of June
  
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• Fare evasion: City Council’s Progressive Caucus urges MTA to permanently nix EAGLE enforcement teams after violent clashes with riders

  27-10-2026 22:45 via Bronx Times
  
  A bloc of progressive City Council members on Tuesday urged the MTA to permanently eliminate its bus fare evasion enforcement squads, known as Evasion and Graffiti Lawlessness Eradication (EAGLE) Teams, after videos showing the agents getting into violent clashes with riders recently surfaced.In an Oct. 27 statement, the 23-member Progressive Caucus called two incidents involving EAGLE Team members getting into violent altercations with straphangers that were caught on video "unacceptable." Vid
  
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• 45th Precinct offers safe exchange zone for Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist deals

  27-10-2026 21:17 via Bronx Times
  
  Buying something on Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist can be convenient, but the thought of meeting a stranger to exchange money and merchandise can leave both sides feeling uneasy.At the 45th Precinct, residents have a designated place to complete those transactions with an added layer of security.The station house, located at 2877 Barkley Ave., has an ecommerce exchange area with a camera facing the meeting spot near Revere and Barkley avenues to provide surveillance for these exchanges.No ap
  
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• ‘It’s time to try something new’ City Council hears why residents want ferry service to City Island

  27-10-2026 20:53 via Bronx Times
  
  Earlier this month, a recently introduced bill was evaluated by the City Council to determine if ferry service should be expanded to City Island.NYC Council committee held a public hearing in the wake of a newly introduced bill, Introduction 1032-2026 (Intro 1032) on Tuesday, Oct. 20, which would potentially result in a City Island ferry landing.NYC Council’s Committee on Economic Development and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure hosted the joint hearing to hear community feed
  
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