Op-Ed: Salute Those Who Advocated to End Medical Debt and Support Health Justice

By HELEN MELTZER-KRIM & ROBERTA TODD

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the legislature took significant steps in the 2024-25 budget to end medical debt and enable more patients living in New York to secure the healthcare they need, without fear of facing financial ruin.

UPDATE Norwood: 70-Year-Old Pedestrian Dies after Being Hit While Crossing Bainbridge Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A 70-year-old male pedestrian from Norwood has died after he was hit by a car while crossing a Norwood street on Thursday evening.

University Heights: HPD Launches Housing Lottery Described as Affordable for Units at 2621 Grand Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY

NYC Department of Housing, Preservation & Development (HPD) has launched a housing lottery, described as affordable, for units at 2621 Grand Avenue, a 4-story, residential building in the University Heights section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY.

UPDATE Build-up Surrounds End of Trump Trial and Planned Crotona Park Rally & Counter Protest

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

A day before the defense rested its case in the first-ever criminal trial of a former president of the United States, and as build up surrounds a planned Trump rally in The Bronx on May 23, a Brooklyn man was spotted on East Fordham Road with a homemade doll he had created using a Donald Trump Halloween mask.

Neighborhood Notes: Annual Autism Walk, Housing Lotteries, Spend the People’s Money & More!

By SÍLE MOLONEY & ARIEL PACHECO

Neighborhood Notes: Annual Autism Walk, Housing Lotteries, Spend the People’s Money & More!

Update on Ad Hoc Weekend 4 Train Suspended Service

By SÍLE MOLONEY

As reported, due to required track maintenance, there has been ad hoc suspended weekend service at certain Bronx subway stations serving the 4 train and D train in recent months.

Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on the Upcoming Implementation of Congestion Pricing

By DAVID GREENE

This week, we asked readers their thoughts on the soon-to-be implemented ‘congestion pricing’ where drivers of private vehicles will be charged an additional toll when they travel to Manhattan below 60th Street, beginning in June.

Hip Hop Fever Returns to Lehman Center for the Performing Arts on May 18

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Following last year’s successful Hip Hop Fever concert at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, to mark the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop, 50 years after the Hip Hop musical genre was born in the neighborhoods of the South Bronx in the early 1970s, “Hip Hop Fever” is back!

Neighborhood Notes: Bronx Park Skatepark Reconstruction, OD Prevention Training, Recruitment Drives, Housing Lotteries & More!

By SÍLE MOLONEY & ARIEL PACHECO

Neighborhood Notes: Bronx Park Skatepark Reconstruction, OD Prevention Training, Recruitment Drives, Housing Lotteries & More!

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Op-Ed: Salute Those Who Advocated to End Medical Debt and Support Health Justice

UPDATE Norwood: 70-Year-Old Pedestrian Dies after Being Hit While Crossing Bainbridge Avenue

University Heights: HPD Launches Housing Lottery Described as Affordable for Units at 2621 Grand Avenue

UPDATE Build-up Surrounds End of Trump Trial and Planned Crotona Park Rally & Counter Protest

Neighborhood Notes: Annual Autism Walk, Housing Lotteries, Spend the People’s Money & More!

Update on Ad Hoc Weekend 4 Train Suspended Service

Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on the Upcoming Implementation of Congestion Pricing

Hip Hop Fever Returns to Lehman Center for the Performing Arts on May 18

Neighborhood Notes: Bronx Park Skatepark Reconstruction, OD Prevention Training, Recruitment Drives, Housing Lotteries & More!