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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.

Flowers, garlands, and candles lay on the bench where 78-year old Edgar Spence was killed by a stray bullet on Thursday.
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‘We have to demand accountability’: Vigil held for Mitchel Houses senior killed by stray bullet

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New York State Assemblymember Yudelka Tapia pushes bill to add organ donation question to electronic tax forms

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UNITE HERE Local 100 union endorses Michael Blake over Ritchie Torres for NY-15

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Rep. Maxine Waters joins Ritchie Torres for NYCHA leaders’ roundtable on tenant concerns

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MTA rolls out realistic bus driver training simulators in the Bronx

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Two Bronx districts tapped for major NYC trash bin expansion

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South Bronx clinic staffer deported to Venezuela after routine immigration check

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Elementary school students at P.S. 100 help bring new trash cans to Soundview

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Former Wall Street executive Marty Dolan campaigns for second time to challenge AOC

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Director Joel Alfonso Vargas debuts Bronx-centered film, ‘Mad Bills to Pay’

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Did the Bronx’s local supermarkets and delis make the safety grade?

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | More bodegas than supermarkets in ‘food desert’ of Bronx

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Supermarket sweep: Many Bronxites shop around multiple times to get best deals, in and out of borough

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Debate over last-mile delivery bill heats up in first City Council hearing

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NYPD to reopen former 40th Precinct as base of Bronx Patrol Borough South

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Bronx cancer survivors pressure Governor Kathy Hochul to preserve Medicaid coverage for biomarker testing

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