Bronx BP Ruben Diaz Jr To Commit $10 Million for Restoration of Historic Orchard Beach Pavilion
Although Robert Moses created Orchard Beach by destroying LeRoy's Bay in Pelham Bay Park by filling in 1/3 of the…
February 18, 2016
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Tomorrow: New York Paid Family Sick Leave Breakfast Series
Tomorrow, Thursday, February 18th at the Andrew Freedman Home located at 1125 Grand Concourse, join small businesses for a discussion…
February 17, 2016
Groups Reveal NYC is Spraying Bronx and Citywide Parks With Controversial Cancer-Linked ‘Roundup’ Monsanto Pesticide
In 2014, New York City sprayed Monsanto's Roundup pesticide—now classified as a possible carcinogen by The World Health Organization—2,748 times…
February 16, 2016
A Love For The Bronx Forged by Growing Up in Our Borough
My family moved from Manhattan to the Bronx in 1954. I was raised by my grandparents and we lived in…
February 11, 2016
NYC Council Has a Big Opportunity to Do the Right Thing
When all testimonies are done, whether in favor or against changes to zoning via mandatory Inclusionary housing (MIH) or zoning…
February 10, 2016
America’s Fukushima? 25 Miles North of The Bronx, Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant is Leaking Radiation Into Groundwater
Is this a sensationalist headline? No. Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant is considered America's most dangerous nuclear plant by the…
February 9, 2016
Bronx Equality Night: A New Social Event for the LGBTQ Community
One thing The Bronx sorely lacks besides safe spaces for the LGBTQ community and its youth is a place for…
February 9, 2016
Bronx Birthplace of Hip Hop Being Honored With Street Renaming
It was a hot summer day on August 11, 1973 in the Bronx at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue as DJ Kool…
February 9, 2016
Parkchester Receives Staggering “Temporary” 15.19% Common Charge Hike For Capital Improvements
Parkchester South Condominiums, the largest of the two separate condominiums that make up Parkchester—with 8,286 of the more than 12,000…
February 8, 2016
Bronx Artist is One of 2 Selected for New 40th Precinct Public Art Which Will Be First of Its Kind in NYC
Two weeks ago we reported on the artist selection process for the permanent public art for the new 40th Precinct…
February 8, 2016
A Wholesale Upzoning of all Five Boroughs is a Handout to Developers
An important message from the Historic Districts Council regarding the changes to zoning which the the overwhelming majority of community…
February 5, 2016
Carnegie Hall Comes to The Bronx Tonight at The Bronx Museum!
Let there be Latin Jazz!! Tonight, as part of The Bronx Museum's First Friday events, in collaboration with Carnegie Hall,…
February 5, 2016