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• Op-Ed | What state test scores get wrong about our students

  19-08-2026 13:30 via amny.com
  
  Every summer, the prior spring’s state test scores are released, and it can seem like this one data point sums up everything about public school children in our city. As a longtime educator and the leader of the nation’s largest school system, I want to be clear: state tests are important, and they are not, and should not be, the only data point that we use to measure student achievement.This is a message our communities need to hear. Last week, school districts across New York
  
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• Geronimo’s II deli opens in Throggs Neck, honors late neighborhood icon

  18-08-2026 23:26 via bxtimes.com
  
  A beloved piece of Throggs Neck history returned to Philip Avenue with a grand opening for the sequel of a longtime neighborhood deli which closed nearly a decade ago.Throggs Neck residents gathered at 3211 Philip Ave. on Friday, August 14 for the official grand opening of Geronimo’s II deli after holding a soft-opening earlier in the week to officially open the establishment and honor a late local icon it was named after.Geronimo II is a restoration of the original Geronimo’s deli,
  
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• Mamdani administration skips pied-à-terre tax rollout hearing as Council members fume over unanswered questions

  18-08-2026 23:15 via amny.com
  
  Five days after Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was confident his officials could juggle a City Council hearing with an ongoing lawsuit over the pied-à-terre tax rollout, his administration declined to show up Tuesday, leaving lawmakers to air questions without anyone from City Hall there to answer them.In written testimony submitted instead, Department of Finance (DOF) Commissioner Richard Lee said the “pending and active litigation precludes me” from appearing in person and rev
  
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• Rep. Ritchie Torres, George Latimer demand answers on medical staffing shortage at Delaney Hall

  18-08-2026 22:20 via bxtimes.com
  
  Rep. Ritchie Torres and Rep. George Latimer are calling for an independent investigation into medical staffing at Delaney Hall, after three people died in the Newark immigration detention facility in less than a year.In a letter sent Aug. 14 to Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, the two New York congressmen urged an immediate investigation into whether Delaney Hall’s medical staffing complies with federal detention standards and whether staffing shortages may
  
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• BronxWorks’ annual farm stands return with fresh, affordable produce for Bronxites

  18-08-2026 22:01 via bxtimes.com
  
  BronxWorks has once again reopened its annual seasonal farm stands, with two locations throughout the borough selling fresh, local and affordable fruits and vegetables to Bronxites until November. The farm stands have been a staple community summer resource for the better part of a decade, continuously growing in success and reach. “Here at the farm stand, it's a community, and we help to give them the healthy food access that they deserve. because it's really important with the
  
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• Speaker Julie Menin, Bronx Councilmembers Justin Sanchez and Amanda Farías announce $25M plan to transform Hunts Point fish market

  18-08-2026 21:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Tucked away behind the beltway highways and surrounded by a steady stream of large delivery trucks, the Fulton Fish Market Cooperative, operating within the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center supplies fresh and frozen seafood to restaurants, grocery stores, businesses and dining tables across the five boroughs. It is the largest supplier and distributor of fresh seafood in the United States.Speaker Julie Menin and Bronx Delegation Co-Chairs Justin Sanchez and Amanda Farias presented a $25 mill
  
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• NYers say Citi Bike has gotten too expensive, can a new advocate-led campaign make it cheaper?

  18-08-2026 21:30 via amny.com
  
  As Citi Bike has ballooned in popularity, it has also become dramatically more expensive, with the price of a 45-minute electric bike ride for members nearly tripling over the past five years.The transporation advocacy group Transportation Alternatives wants to change that.The group last week launched a campaign to cap the price of a Citi Bike member's 45-minute ride at just $3, equivilent to the cost of a subway or bus fare. The price of such a Citi Bike ride has shot up over the past five year
  
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• After 32 years of advocacy, Zimmerman Playground reopens following $6.9M renovation

  17-08-2026 23:20 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx officials and community members gathered on August 14 to celebrate the grand reopening of Corporal Louis Zimmerman Playground at 650 Britton Street following a $6.9 million reconstruction investment. The major renovation brings a new ADA-accessible layout, brand-new playground and fitness equipment, a spray shower, a synthetic turf field, two newly designed basketball courts, and other upgrades to the neighborhood playground.The project was completed through the Community Parks Initia
  
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• From Greenpoint merchants to Chinatown lights: Where NYC’s $8.4M small-business grants are going

  17-08-2026 22:50 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani is allocating a large chunk of an $8.4 million small-business grant package toward strengthening merchant groups and business improvement districts,  and, in some neighborhoods, laying the groundwork for new merchant organizations along New York City’s commercial corridors.The grants announced Monday by Mamdani and the Department of Small Business Services will also pay for street cleaning, lighting, public art, wayfinding, marketing and other neighborhood improve
  
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• Bronx volunteers turn donated bikes into memorials for cyclists killed on NYC streets

  17-08-2026 22:33 via bxtimes.com
  
  A small band of volunteers draped tarps over the chain link fence on August 16, that debuts Lee Street Garden in Pelham Bay, in anticipation of their prepping of six “ghost” bikes to memorialize fellow cyclists who have tragically died in riding accidents.Kevin DeLoia, an avid cyclist, led the dozen or so volunteers that came together from across NYC. By 10 a.m. the donated relics were stripped down and transformed into street memorials.With bolt cutters and socket wrenches in hand,
  
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• What’s happening | Morgan Walk, Gardiner Memorial Basketball Classic, cleaning Orchard Beach and more

  17-08-2026 22:05 via bxtimes.com
  
  Morgan Walk: St. George’s CrescentFriday, Aug. 21, 2-4 p.m.St. George’s Crescent in Mosholu Parkway, 3202 Steuben Ave.FreeJoin historian Terrell L. Armistead in a special tour along the Bronx River at St. George’s Crescent as they share the ecological stories and community histories of the Bronx River. Led in honor of Morgan Powell, a founding member of the Bronx River Restoration and a passionate advocate for the reclamation of the Bronx River. His research has been fundamenta
  
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• Rep. Ritchie Torres and George Latimer introduce bill requiring ICE to notify families of deaths and medical emergencies

  14-08-2026 22:45 via bxtimes.com
  
  Rep. Ritchie Torres and Rep. George Latimer introduced legislation Friday that would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to notify families when a detainee dies, is hospitalized or experiences a medical emergency in custody.The Families Deserve to Know Act comes after the lawmakers visited Delaney Hall, an ICE detention facility in Newark, where Edwin Lopez-Cornejo died in ICE custody.Lopez-Cornejo, who emigrated from El Salvador nearly two decades ago, was detained by ICE on
  
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• Bronx Power List shines a spotlight on best of the borough

  14-08-2026 22:01 via bxtimes.com
  
  Hundreds joined on Thursday evening to celebrate nearly 50 Bronx leaders ranging from healthcare to law, nonprofits to economic development, business improvement districts and homeless service providers, collectively making the Bronx a better, more economically vibrant borough.They united at Villa Barone Manor August 13 to honor the Bronx Power List, a group of nearly 50 singled out this year in a tradition that has lasted more than 20 years, for their impact on the community at the event that a
  
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• Bronx Times Opinion | Disability inclusion in film is the future of great storytelling

  14-08-2026 21:17 via bxtimes.com
  
  Hollywood loves to talk about diversity. Studios celebrate inclusion initiatives, awards shows applaud progress, and marketing campaigns proudly proclaim that every voice matters. Yet one of the largest and most overlooked communities in the world continues to fight for something many others take for granted: the opportunity to tell its own stories.People with disabilities make up roughly 16% of the global population, but our presence in film remains strikingly absent. When we do appear on scree
  
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• The ‘SCOOP’ on poop: City Council approves bills aimed at getting New Yorkers to clean up after their dogs

  14-08-2026 19:05 via amny.com
  
  The City Council on Thursday took action to battle the scourge of dog owners not doing their "doo-ty" of cleaning up poop left on city streets and in parks by their canine pals with its passage of the " Safe and Clean Outdoor Ownership Practices (SCOOP) Act."The four-bill package is designed to encourage dog owners to pick up their animals' waste rather than let them do their business and leave the feces for unwitting pedestrians to step in.The measures would require the city to make dog waste b
  
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• Councilmember Justin Sanchez’s bill aimed at expanding outdoor dining and keeping sidewalks tidy passed by Council

  14-08-2026 17:15 via bxtimes.com
  
  A legislation proposed by New York City Council Member Justin Sanchez was among a package of bills recently approved by the Council to help expand outdoor dining across New York City.Sanchez's bill, Int. 917-A, requires operators of roadway and sidewalk cafes to make sure their outdoor setups are clear of trash, debris, food scraps, graffiti, vermin and other unsanitary conditions. Those who fail to comply will face fines ranging from $200 for first-time offenders to $500 for repeated offenses.T
  
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• OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Is the Bronx’s image changing? Meet content creators putting a spotlight on our borough

  14-08-2026 15:05 via bxtimes.com
  
  How are people on social media from the Bronx showcasing their home borough? Here’s what six context creators told the Bronx Times.Kenia Valerio @keniainthebxValerio has been posting about life in New York City for a long time, but after the passing of a friend who always encouraged her to showcase more than just Manhattan, she began taking content creation in the Bronx more seriously. “The other part of it was also my community. I feel like there's so many things going aro
  
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• OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | A borough of arrivals: How immigration made the Bronx

  14-08-2026 15:03 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Bronx was not always the Bronx. Until 1874, it was part of Westchester County. Until 1898, it was not its own borough, as it was incorporated into the greater City of New York; at the time, it was part of Manhattan (New York County). The Bronx was established as the 62nd county of the state, and the fifth borough of New York City, in 1914. Over the course of more than a century, the Bronx has evolved from pastoral farmland to bustling urban neighborhoods. So have the people who hav
  
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• OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | ‘We know we have to hold onto it’: How one South Bronx family’s legacy is wrapped up in their home

  14-08-2026 15:02 via bxtimes.com
  
  For Sheila Edwards, 73, and her 30-year-old son Kimani, their brick row house at 1123 Forest Ave. in Morrisania/Longwood is not just a property. It’s a hard-won legacy they’re fighting to protect. Their four-family home, built in 1920, is in a South Bronx neighborhood some view as on the front lines of gentrification. But they have no plans to leave and are renovating to preserve, not modernize, their house’s unique character.The area was once rural, with an actual forest
  
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• OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Mott Haven businesses bet on a waterfront boom. Years later, many are still waiting

  14-08-2026 15:01 via bxtimes.com
  
  When Alfredo Angueira and his business partner, Junior Martinez, invested nearly $1 million to open up Beatsro near the Mott Haven waterfront in 2017, he believed he was getting in early on what many believed would become one of The Bronx's fastest-growing neighborhoods.Developers were assembling land along the Harlem River waterfront, believing the South Bronx neighborhood was poised to become the next Long Island City, according to developers. Plans for luxury high-rises were drawn to transfor
  
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• OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | The Bronx is changing. But is it finally for the better?

  14-08-2026 15:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Two major events in the latter half of the 20th century brought dramatic changes to the Bronx and its people, from which it would take decades to recover.First came the ramming of the Cross Bronx Expressway across vibrant neighborhoods, driving out tens of thousands of people and cementing communities into poverty. Then came years of arson fires that gutted entire blocks and made the borough an international symbol of urban blight.But in 2026, the Bronx is changing once more — this time in
  
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• Bronx shooting: Man survives six shots to body after ambush near home, cops say

  14-08-2026 14:48 via amny.com
  
  Bronx detectives are looking for four men who shot a man multiple times in front of a home on Thursday night.The victim managed to survive after taking six bullets during the shooting that occurred at around 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 13 in front of 1040 East 219th St. in Williamsbridge.Officers from the 47th Precinct rushed to the scene after receiving a 911 call about the incident. When they arrived, they found the victim, a 24-year-old man, shot multiple times in his body.The motive for the shooting r
  
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• SBH Health System launches the Bronx’s first bloodless medicine and surgery program

  13-08-2026 22:19 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx patients will have a new option when it comes to blood transfusions, as SBH Health System launches a program allowing patients to choose whether they receive blood or blood products as part of their medical care.The new Bloodless Medicine & Surgery Program makes SBH one of only a few facilities in the tri-state region offering this type of service and, according to the hospital, the only one in the Bronx.The program will coordinate care for patients who opt out of transfusions through
  
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• E-bike safety push: Lyft would have to report Citi Bike crash info to city under newly proposed council bill

  13-08-2026 21:45 via amny.com
  
  The City Council is making a new push to stem traffic crashes involving e-bikes, e-scooters, and other micromobility devices. A city lawmaker argues that effort must include knowing more about crashes involving the widely popular electric silver Citi Bikes.City Council Transportation Chair Shaun Abreu introduced a bill Thursday designed to get more information on those incidents from the company that runs the city's bike share program, rideshare giant Lyft. While e-bikes account for roughly 45%
  
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• ‘A person’s past will not define their future’: How the Bronx’s Fulton Reentry Community Center helps formerly incarcerated men build futures

  13-08-2026 21:09 via bxtimes.com
  
  Many have celebrated graduation city-wide recently, including a small group of previously incarcerated men on August 7, after completing the workforce development program at the Bronx’s Fulton Reentry Community Center.Christina Greene, Vice President of Housing Operations and Projects at Osborne Association, expressed immense pride in the graduates, particularly as she’s an alum of the workforce development program herself.“Every graduate we celebrate today represents resilienc
  
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• Rabbis say Mamdani listened to them. Now they’re waiting on his plan to fight antisemitism

  13-08-2026 20:00 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani is trying to repair a troubled relationship with some Jewish New Yorkers without backing away from the positions on Israel and Palestine that have long been central to his politics — a balancing act that came into sharp focus during a private meeting with 10 rabbis earlier this week.Four participants who took part in the closed-door, no-camera meeting, in speaking with amNewYork, described broad agreement among them that many Jewish New Yorkers do not feel the safety a
  
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• Rabbis say Mamdani listened to them. Now they’re waiting on his plan to fight antisemitism.

  13-08-2026 20:00 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani is trying to repair a troubled relationship with some Jewish New Yorkers without backing away from the positions on Israel and Palestine that have long been central to his politics — a balancing act that came into sharp focus during a private meeting with 10 rabbis earlier this week.Four participants who took part in the closed-door, no-camera meeting, in speaking with amNewYork, described broad agreement among them that many Jewish New Yorkers do not feel the safety a
  
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• Last phase of construction almost done on One Kingsland, 90-unit townhome neighborhood in Westchester

  13-08-2026 19:01 via bxtimes.com
  
  Construction is wrapping up on the third and final phase of One Kingsland, a 4-story townhome neighborhood with 90 residences at 405 Legend Dr. in the Sleepy Hollow neighborhood of Westchester County.[caption id="attachment_147195" align="alignnone" width="823"] Rendering courtesy of Sun Homes[/caption]Residences at One Kingsland range from 2,955 square feet to 4,140 square feet across five model types: Mulberry, Jasper, Ainsley, Elm and Hendricks.[caption id="attachment_147196" align="alignnone
  
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• Where to eat in the Bronx for NYC Restaurant Week

  13-08-2026 17:58 via bxtimes.com
  
  Restaurant Week is back in New York City this summer, giving diners a chance to try prix-fixe menus at restaurants across the five boroughs.While many New Yorkers may be looking to snag a table at a buzzy spot in Manhattan or Brooklyn, the Bronx has its own lineup of under-the-radar restaurants that showcase the borough's food scene and the cultures that shape it, serving up everything from Caribbean favorites to vegan dishes.Only four Bronx restaurants are participating in this summer’s R
  
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• Mamdani’s first NYC budget gets cheers for bookkeeping, jeers for big budget gaps, from state oversight board

  12-08-2026 21:35 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first appearance before the state Financial Control Board brought praise Wednesday for making New York City’s budget more transparent, but also repeated warnings that the city still faces a persistent gap between what it spends and what it earns.State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and City Comptroller Mark Levine credited the Mamdani administration with putting billions of dollars in previously underbudgeted expenses onto the books, while cautioning that the city
  
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