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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.

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Housing

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

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Transit

MTA rolls out realistic bus driver training simulators in the Bronx

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Environment

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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Education

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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Arts & Entertainment

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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Politics

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

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Mott Haven

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

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Health

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

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Kids & Education

Council Member Eric Dinowitz joins student drummers to celebrate arts funding for schools

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Mott Haven

NYPD officer fatally shoots Mott Haven man during attempted arrest

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Politics

In the Bronx, Bernie Sanders rallies thousands who support taxing the rich

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