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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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• FIRST ON amNY: You can win replica ‘Champions Way’ Knicks parade signs at DOT Summer Streets events

  23-07-2026 13:00 via amny.com
  
  What if last month's New York Knicks championship parade never had to end?With the kickoff of its annual Summer Streets program this weekend, the city Department of Transportation is giving Knicks fanatics the chance to keep the celebratory vibes of the ticker tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes going in perpetuity.To promote the events, the agency is raffling off replicas of the "Champions Way" signs that adorned street poles along the Knicks parade route. Summer Streets participants in Manha
  
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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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• 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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• Robotaxis in NYC could cause more deaths and serious injuries than for-hire-vehicles they’d replace, report projects

  20-07-2026 23:30 via amny.com
  
  A new study out Monday found that autonomous robotaxis in New York City would likely be 1.5 times more likely to cause traffic crashes resulting in deaths and serious injuries, per one million miles driven, than the human for-hire vehicle drivers they could replace, while also leading to more gridlock on city streets.The report seeks to understand how robotaxis — also known as for-hire autonomous vehicles (AVs) — would impact human for-hire-vehicle drivers who could be replaced by th
  
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• South Bronx United helps Bronx youth step onto the World Cup stage

  20-07-2026 22:16 via bxtimes.com
  
  Alejandro Pareja Nazario never imagined his hard work on and off the soccer field would lead him to stand alongside some of the world's biggest soccer stars.The 11-year-old was one of 27 South Bronx United players selected to serve as player escorts during this summer's FIFA Club World Cup, an opportunity that brought Bronx youth onto the field before kickoff at several tournament matches, including Sunday's final."It felt exciting at first," Pareja Nazario said. "I was very nervous since millio
  
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• What’s happening | Comedy, dance, yoga and more

  20-07-2026 20:40 via bxtimes.com
  
  Cafecito Comedy at Artizen NYCFriday, July 24, 9-10:30 p.m.Artizen NYC, 3700 Riverdale Ave.$20-25Join us for an unforgettable evening filled with laughs and good vibes at Artizen Comedy Night. This is your chance to catch some of the funniest acts NYC has to offer. Bring your friends, grab a drink and soak up the hilarious energy that only a live comedy show can deliver. Don’t miss out on a night packed with humor, fun, and great company!For more information, visit eventbrite.com/e/cafecit
  
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• Parkchester street renamed for NYPD Detective Didarul Islam, who was killed in Midtown office shooting

  20-07-2026 19:21 via bxtimes.com
  
  Nearly a year after NYPD detective Didarul Islam was killed in a Midtown mass shooting, a crowd of family, friends, elected officials, neighbors and fellow officers honored him with a street sign bearing his name on the Parkchester block he called home. The street co-naming ceremony at East 172nd Street and Beach Avenue unveiled the sign for Detective First Grade Didarul Islam Way. Islam died July 28, 2025, while working security detail at an office tower at 345 Park Avenue. Four other peop
  
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• Housing lottery underway for 169 units at Starhill Phase II in Morris Heights, rent starts at $777

  17-07-2026 22:45 via bxtimes.com
  
  Sign up for our weekly email newsletter to stay updated on the latest housing lotteries in New York City.An affordable housing lottery recently launched for all 169 units at Starhill Phase II, located at 51 Featherbed Ln. in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx.The 6-story residential building's 169 housing units include 55 for those earning 40% of the area median income and with a $67,840 asset limit, 56 for those earning 50% of the area median income and with an asset limit o
  
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• Stand Up to Violence Program Manager honored with proclamation by City Council

  17-07-2026 22:43 via bxtimes.com
  
  NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi | North Central Bronx Stand Up to Violence Program Manager Heriberto “Eddie” Miranda was recently issued a proclamation by the New York City Council in recognition of his service, advocacy and unwavering commitment to violence prevention in the Bronx for over a decade.Since becoming a member of Stand Up to Violence's leadership team in 2018, Miranda has helped the program expand its community presence and impact through youth engagement initiatives, work
  
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• The MTA still accepts MetroCards in the OMNY era — but does anyone still swipe? Here are a few who do.

  17-07-2026 22:00 via amny.com
  
  Over half a year after the MTA switched to its OMNY tap-and-pay system, 98% of transit riders in New York City have adopted it. But who, if anyone, still uses the agency's prior payment method: the MetroCard?The MTA ended sales of the MetroCard, which had been in use for three decades, as soon as the calendar flipped to 2026. The agency framed the move as bidding farewell to the iconic yellow-and-blue plastic card and as marking the system's full transition to OMNY after years of introducing str
  
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• Trump administration cuts grant for Bronx teen pregnancy prevention program

  17-07-2026 21:44 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Trump administration recently eliminated grant funding across the state and in the Bronx for a program aimed at preventing teen pregnancy.The nonprofit Children’s Aid has received millions in federal grant funds since 2015 and operated its Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program under a recently renewed, multi-year grant set to end in 2028. But the organization received a June 26 letter from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stating that funding was terminated as o
  
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• Pelham Bay Little League calls for city action over drug use, encampments around Westchester Avenue fields

  17-07-2026 21:32 via bxtimes.com
  
  Pelham Bay Little League leaders are calling on elected officials and city agencies to address longstanding public safety and quality-of-life issues surrounding the league's fields, while seeking support for an ambitious overhaul of the decades-old facility.At a meeting Friday attended by Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, State Sen. Nathalia Fernandez, Council Member Shirley Aldebol and representatives from the Department of Transportation, Department of Social Services, NYPD, NYC Parks an
  
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• NYC Council gives itself an 18.2% raise — but Mamdani and Menin say no thanks

  17-07-2026 21:15 via amny.com
  
  The City Council voted Thursday to give its members an 18.2% raise, increasing rank-and-file lawmakers’ salaries from $148,500 to $175,500 and approving higher salaries for other elected offices across city government.The measure passed 42-6, with Speaker Julie Menin casting the lone abstention. It marks the first salary increase since 2016 for most of the affected officials and would also raise pay for the mayor, public advocate, comptroller, borough presidents, Council speaker and distri
  
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