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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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• 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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• 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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• Peachwave celebrates 13 years of serving sweet treats on Arthur Avenue

  12-08-2026 16:42 via bxtimes.com
  
  Stop waiting in lines for frozen yogurt when there’s none in the Bronx. Peachwave, located at 602 East 187th Street, just marked 13 years this past month, where seasonal flavors, milkshakes, and boba are celebrated with affordable prices in New York.Bronx’s Peachwave locations are special, such as on Grand Concourse Road and Williamsbridge Road; it’s not just a favorite neighborhood dessert spot, but also a place where Fordham students and alum gather.For co-owners Lisa an
  
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• Construction almost done on 2-story logistics facility in Port Morris

  12-08-2026 12:38 via bxtimes.com
  
  Construction is beginning to wrap up on a 2-story logistics facility at 307 Bruckner Blvd. in Port Morris.The completed structure will be 59 feet tall and cover approximately 100,000 square feet, including 46,000 square feet of covered fleet parking and storage on the ground floor, a 46,000 square-foot high-bay warehouse with heights reaching 36 feet tall and an 8,200 square-foot mezzanine with additional operation space, including four loading docks and two drive-in doors.[caption id="attachmen
  
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• Mamdani admin breaks ground on Tremont Avenue busway to speed up service for 40,000 riders in Bronx

  12-08-2026 06:05 via amny.com
  
  After a long delay, the Bronx is finally getting its first busway.Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration broke ground Wednesday on the Tremont Avenue busway project, which seeks to deliver faster bus service for nearly 40,000 daily riders, amNewYork Metro learned ahead of Hizzoner's official announcement. Currently, the bus that travels on Tremont, the Bx36, moves as slowly as 5 miles per hour during peak times."We know that for too many Bronxites, riding a bus in our city doesn't get you where y
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani admin to break ground on Tremont Avenue busway to speed up service for 40,000 riders in Bronx

  12-08-2026 06:05 via amny.com
  
  After a long delay, the Bronx is finally getting its first busway.Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration will break ground Wednesday on the Tremont Avenue busway project, which seeks to deliver faster bus service for nearly 40,000 daily riders, amNewYork Metro learned ahead of Hizzoner's official announcement. Currently, the bus that travels on Tremont, the Bx36, moves as slow as 5 miles per hour during peak times.The project was supposed to begin construction last year, but it was stalled by his
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani admin breaks ground on Tremont Avenue busway to speed up service for 40,000 riders in Bronx

  12-08-2026 06:05 via amny.com
  
  After a long delay, the Bronx is finally getting its first busway.Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration broke ground Wednesday on the Tremont Avenue busway project, which seeks to deliver faster bus service for nearly 40,000 daily riders, amNewYork Metro learned ahead of Hizzoner's official announcement. Currently, the bus that travels on Tremont, the Bx36, moves as slow as 5 miles per hour during peak times."We know that for too many Bronxites, riding a bus in our city doesn't get you where you
  
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• After 96 years, family-run Webster Plumbing Supply closes its doors

  12-08-2026 01:43 via bxtimes.com
  
  A well-respected, family-run Bronx business closed its doors recently, just four years shy of the century mark.Last week, Investment Property Realty Group (IPRG), announced the sale of the Webster Plumbing’s primary warehouse at 1758 Webster Avenue, located a few hundred feet from the southbound side of the Cross Bronx Expressway and an ancillary warehouse two blocks away at 1801 Carter Avenue.The two M1-1-zoned properties, consisting of approximately 19,000 square feet of built-out space,
  
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• Tenants seek court to take over management of Fordham building due to hazardous living conditions

  12-08-2026 01:31 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx tenants are asking the courts to appoint a third-party administrator to take over management of their Fordham apartment building, alleging hazardous conditions, hundreds of unresolved violations and a campaign of harassment by their landlord.Tenants at 2440 Walton Ave., filed an Article 7A petition in Bronx Civil Court on June 3, seeking court intervention to address what they describe as dangerous conditions at the 17-unit building, ranging from live wires and mold to damage caused by an
  
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• Astor Services opens new South Bronx center to expand mental health care

  11-08-2026 23:52 via bxtimes.com
  
  A newly opened counseling center and crisis services facility in the South Bronx has expanded mental health services to meet a growing demand for mental health care in the borough.In late April, community-based non-profit organization Astor Services announced the official opening of its new Counseling Center & Crisis Services location to help address the increasing need for mental health needs for local individuals and families.The new facility, located at 1057 Southern Boulevard in Longwood
  
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• NYC lawmaker to intro bills aimed at getting illegal e-motos off city streets

  11-08-2026 23:35 via amny.com
  
  A Manhattan lawmaker is set to introduce legislation this week aimed specifically at reining in the kinds of illegal electric motorcycles (e-motos) that a 1eenager was riding when he got into a fatal crash with an SUV driver late last month.City Council Member Shaun Abreu (D-Manhattan), who chairs the body's Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, confirmed to amNewYork that he will introduce three bills on Thursday as part of a larger package that City Council Speaker Julie Menin began
  
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• Pelham Bay residents rally against e-bike corral taking up parking space

  11-08-2026 22:55 via bxtimes.com
  
  It’s standoff at the corral. This time, at the NYC Department of Transportation’s approved e-bike corrals being installed in the street beds around Pelham Bay.While a total of 38 new corrals are being created to hold the vast inventory of shared Veo and Lime scooters and bikes, some are in the street bed, necessitating the removal of a parking space.To counter this project, local residents James Rousseau and Deborah Melendez are circulating a petition demanding the corral installed a
  
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• American Turners New York volunteers prepare for 70th annual interclub races

  11-08-2026 22:42 via bxtimes.com
  
  For 70 years, the Interclub Races have remained a summer tradition along Eastchester Bay, bringing together generations of families from the area’s five beach clubs. This year, American Turners New York hosted the annual event, with volunteers spending days preparing the club to welcome hundreds of swimmers, families, and spectators.In the days leading up to the races, volunteers expanded the waterfront swim platform, prepared the pier, organized race equipment, and readied the grounds for
  
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