Bronx Times News Headlines Archive for April 17, 2026

City and state officials break ground on Haffen Pool reconstruction.

Construction kicks off on $13.4M Haffen Park Pool Complex reconstruction in Baychester

By Marina Samuel Conversation…

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Opinion | Bronx Families and all New Yorkers deserve transparency on 340B

By Assemblymember Amanda N. Septimo Conversation…

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Two Bronx districts tapped for major NYC trash bin expansion

By Emily Swanson Conversation…

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What’s going on during Bronx Week 2026: All events April 27 through July 11

By The Bronx Times Conversation…

Mayor Mamdani announced new trash cans for select neighborhoods.

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Thousands of curbside ‘Empire’ trash bins coming to more parts of NYC

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's 80th session on Sept. 26, 2025.

Caribbean Life

Trinidad lists Hamas, Hezbollah as terror organizations. Freezes connected local assets

Duckens Nazon signs a Haitian flag at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) Gallery + Café in Brooklyn during “A Night for Haiti” event on April 13, 2026.

Caribbean Life

Brooklyn fetes Haiti’s Nazon ahead of World Cup

Rep. Ritchie Torres and Rep. George Latimer are pushing to require ICE to notify families when a detainee dies, is hospitalized or experiences a medical emergency in custody under a new bill introduced Friday.

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Rep. Ritchie Torres calls on Community Preservation Corporation to help tenants of Ved Parkash buildings in foreclosure

By Marina Samuel Conversation…

Police are looking for a suspect who assaulted a man on a Bronx bus.

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Suspect sought for assaulting man on a Bronx bus

Red and blue flashing police lights at a crime scene.

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Senior man fatally shot near his home in the Bronx: NYPD

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First on amNY | DOT asks NYers to weigh-in on e-bike charging cabinet locations with new portal

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A merchant group took aim and Mayor Zohran Mamdani's public grocery store plan in a lawsuit Monday.

Ethnic merchants association sues to stop Mamdani’s city-run grocery store plan

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This year's Latex Ball was held on Aug. 22 at Terminal 5 at 610 W. 56th St.

PHOTOS: The faces of the 2026 Latex Ball