Bronx Times: Your neighborhood, your newsBronx Times: Your neighborhood, your news
  • Home Pros
  • Jobs
  • News
    • All
    • By Neighborhood
    • Arts
    • Business
    • Coronavirus
    • Development
    • Education
    • En Español
    • Health
    • Lifestyle
    • Police & Fire
    • Politics
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Transit
  • Best of
  • Things to Do
    • Local Events
    • Post an Event
    • Business Events
    • Games
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe
  • Our Network
    • amNY
    • Bronx Family
    • Brooklyn Paper
    • Brownstoner
    • Caribbean Life
    • Gay City News
    • QNS
  • Digital Editions
  • Print Subscriptions
  • Webinars
  • Podcasts
Bronx Times: Your neighborhood, your newsBronx Times: Your neighborhood, your news
  • Home Pros
  • Jobs
  • News
    • All
    • By Neighborhood
    • Arts
    • Business
    • Coronavirus
    • Development
    • Education
    • En Español
    • Health
    • Lifestyle
    • Police & Fire
    • Politics
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Transit
  • Best of
  • Things to Do
    • Local Events
    • Post an Event
    • Business Events
    • Games
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe
  • Our Network
    • amNY
    • Bronx Family
    • Brooklyn Paper
    • Brownstoner
    • Caribbean Life
    • Gay City News
    • QNS
  • Digital Editions
  • Print Subscriptions
  • Webinars
  • Podcasts
Bronx Times: Your neighborhood, your newsBronx Times: Your neighborhood, your news
  • News
  • All
  • By Neighborhood
  • Arts
  • Business
  • Coronavirus
  • Development
  • Education
  • En Español
  •  
  • Health
  • Lifestyle
  • Police & Fire
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Transit
  • Things to Do
  • Local Events
  • Post an Event
  • Business Events
  • Games
  • Our Network
  • amNY
  • Bronx Family
  • Brooklyn Paper
  • Brownstoner
  • Caribbean Life
  • Gay City News
  • QNS
  • Home Pros
  • Jobs
  • Best of
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe
  • Digital Editions
  • Print Subscriptions
  • Webinars
  • Podcasts

About the Author

Emily Swanson

Emily Swanson is a reporter at the Bronx Times and 2023 graduate of the CUNY Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. Originally from Minneapolis, MN, she now lives in the South Bronx neighborhood of Port Morris. She enjoys cooking, photography and rooting for the Knicks, Timberwolves, Liberty and Yankees.

20250628_100853
Police & Fire

Private funeral for toddler Montrell Wiliams draws calls for NYPD accountability

By Emily Swanson Conversation…
P1040445
Housing

First time homebuyers: City offering affordable co-op units in Soundview

By Emily Swanson Conversation…
pet store
Community

Bronx pet store owner says state ban on puppy sales hurts small businesses and customers

By Emily Swanson Conversation…
harvard
Community

South Bronx student going from Highbridge to Harvard

By Emily Swanson Conversation…
sanchez
Election Day

Incumbent Sanchez fends off Cabrera, Vasquez in District 14 primary

By Emily Swanson Conversation…
gibson
Election Day

Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson wins Democratic primary against Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr.

By Emily Swanson Conversation…
20250624_100849
Election Day

South Bronx polling site sees slow start, heated debate, and hope for evening rush on primary day

By Emily Swanson Conversation…
tenants
Housing

After Bronx blaze, state bill targets landlords who leave tenants in limbo

By Emily Swanson and Shane O’Brien Conversation…
endorsements
Politics

Mayoral candidate Michael Blake qualifies for $2M in matching funds just days before primary

By Emily Swanson Conversation…
20250620_123704(0)
Community

Final phase of La Central breaks ground in Melrose after a decade in the making

By Emily Swanson Conversation…
food distribution
Health

New GrowNYC food distribution warehouse opens in Hunts Point

By Emily Swanson Conversation…
montrell williams
News

Family, clergy demand NYPD accountability after 2-year-old Montrell Williams found dead in East River

By Emily Swanson Conversation…
20250612_170127
Housing

Tenants rally for rent freeze ahead of Rent Guidelines Board’s Bronx public hearing

By Emily Swanson Conversation…
Untitled design (7)
Fordham

Three-way fight for Council District 14 heating up in Bronx primary

By Emily Swanson Conversation…
democratic primary
Politics

Ahead of the June 24 Democratic primary, here’s a roundup of Bronx endorsements for Mayor and BP

By Emily Swanson and Sadie Brown Conversation…
canners
Community

Bronx canners back push to double bottle and can deposit from 5 to 10 cents

By Emily Swanson Conversation…
1 … 17 18 19 … 46

Jobs in New York

Add your job

  • MDG Design & Construction LLCSection 3 Work Opportunity
  • MDG Design & Construction LLCM/WBE Work Opportunity
  • Panera BreadRestaurant Manager

View all jobs…

Things to do in the Bronx

Post an Event

Derfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection
Tomorrow, 10:30 am

Envisioning the Sacred: Modern Art from the Collection
Derfner Judaica Museum

Van Cortlandt House Museum presents Over
Tomorrow, 11 am

Overlapping Empires: A Solo Exhibition by Samantha Box
The Van Cortlandt House Museum

ON TUESDAY’S HARLEM SWINGS and HOP
Tomorrow, 7 pm

Harlem Tuesdays: FREE Swinging Lindy Hop Class!
Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy

Join EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care as w
June 18, 2 pm

EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care Southern Boulevard Food Distribution
Neighborhood Care Southern Blvd

Join the celebration! Hostos Center’s fr
June 18, 7 pm

Juneteenth 2026 Celebration
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture

During National Homeownership Month, the
June 19, 4 pm

NYC Homeownership Week – “Stay Cool” Lounge
Sankofa Haus

Sparrow In Arms Inc., we are committed t
June 21, noon

Free Men’s empowerment
Andrew Freedman Home

Cheyenne Pohl performs live at Shrine NY
June 22, 10 pm

Cheyenne Pohl One Night Only @ Shrine NYC
Shrine World Music Venue

View All Events…

News

  • Democracy Prep Endurance High School senior plans phone-free fun day
  • NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal provides free sneakers for middle school students at M.S. 180
  • ‘Our voices go unheard’ Graduating seniors say they barely learned at South Bronx Charter School for International Cultures and the Arts
  • Suspect in Bronx sex act in front of girlNYPD identifies Bronx creep who broke into home and committed sex act in front of 8-year-old girl
  • Tenants and members of Bronx Defenders, Community Action for Safe Apartments (CASA), New Settlement, Bronx Leadership Organizing Center, Met Council on Housing, PSC-CUNY and NYC-DSA rally outside of Hostos Community College ahead of the Bronx Rent Guidelines Board meeting. ‘The Bronx is not for sale’ Rent-stabilized tenants demand rent freeze at Bronx Rent Guidelines Board hearing

Things to do in the Bronx

Home Pros

More from Around NYC

Free FIFA World Cup 2026 Collectible Bracelets Coming to Host Cities
New York Family

Free FIFA World Cup 2026 Collectible Bracelets Coming to Host Cities

Mayor Zohran Mamdani at the DOT's Sign Shop in Maspeth during inspections of the planned Knicks' ticker tape parade. Photo by Shane O'Brien.
amNY

Knicks fever: Mamdani prepares NYC for massive ticker-tape parade, but says school will still be in session Thursday

Schneps Podcasts

Sean T. Granahan, President & General Counsel of The Floating Hospital, on 160 Years of Care and Community

Director Saheem Ali's Public Theater production of “Romeo and Juliet."
Gay City News

Central Park comes alive with ‘Romeo and Juliet’

  • Newsletter
  • About Bronx Times
  • Contact Us
  • Networking Events
  • Home Pros
  • Advertise
  • © 2026 Schneps Media
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Sitemap
  • Sections
  • Jobs
  • Home Pros
  • Events