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.

Icahn 7 middle school, located inside P.S. 107 in Soundview. Photo Emily Swanson
Education

Icahn Charter Schools superintendent resigns following staffing controversy

By Emily Swanson
NYPD Neighborhood Safety Teams officers wear black uniforms with white lettering and drive unmarked cars. They are responsible for engaging with residents in an effort to combat gun violence. Photo Dean Moses
Fordham

Bronx teen claims he was unlawfully searched by NYPD

By Emily Swanson
Students collaborated in high-tech and low-tech ways to create their original video game. Photo Other Possible Games staff
Mott Haven

Game on: Hostos internship offers paid video game design course, the first of its kind in New York

By Emily Swanson
nypd-2-1200×800-1
Belmont

Pedestrian struck and killed by truck in Belmont area: cops

By Emily Swanson
Noel Valerio, a South Bronx native who oversees the Client Emergency Fund for the Bronx Defenders, spoke about his family's own experience fighting through the legal system. Photo Emily Swanson
Courts

Bronx Defenders celebrate 10 years of giving clients cash for immediate needs

By Emily Swanson
Icahn 7 Elementary School, located inside P.S. 93 in Soundview. Photo Emily Swanson
Soundview

Icahn 7 Charter School administration, teachers clash over contracts during drama-filled last day of class

By Emily Swanson
Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announces the arrest of 15 people for a drug trafficking scheme upstate, including the director of the Bronx Rises Against Gun Violence program Michael Rodriguez, at a press conference in Middletown on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.
Community

Director of Bronx anti-gun violence org busted for drug trafficking scheme, gun possession

By Camille Botello, Aliya Schneider and Emily Swanson
Ballin 4 Peace defeated team NYPD 10-5 on Sunday, July 30, 2023.
Community

Ballin 4 Peace victorious over NYPD in Celebrity Charity Softball Game

By Emily Swanson
Screen Shot 2023-07-19 at 4.12.46 PM
Pelham Parkway

Suspect arrested in Pelham Parkway smash and grabs, but residents remain concerned

By Emily Swanson
Screen Shot 2023-07-19 at 12.11.19 PM
Community

Five Bronx students selected for the 2023 NYC Votes Youth Ambassador Program

By Emily Swanson
Concourse

Two BronxWorks seasonal farm stands to open this week in the South Bronx

By Emily Swanson
The South Bronx is home to two gas-powered peaker plants, Harlem River Yards and Hell Gate (pictured). Photo Adrian Childress
Mott Haven

South Bronxites say no to Harlem River Yards permit renewal

By Emily Swanson
junk food popcorn soda drink ready for movie watching at open air cinema
Concourse

The Bronx Independent Cinema Center to host outdoor film screening Thursday

By Emily Swanson
The abandoned infant was found near this nail salon on Eastchester Road near Mace Avenue
Pelham Gardens

Abandoned infant found in stroller on Eastchester Road in Pelham Gardens

By Emily Swanson
Rep. Ritchie Torres announces new ghost gun legislation at University Prep Charter School June 20, 2023
Melrose

Angellyh Yambo Gun Free Zone Expansion Act announced in front of namesake’s former South Bronx high school

By Emily Swanson
Boats are docked on City Island, Thursday, June 15, 2023.
City Island

City Islanders continue push for increased NYPD harbor patrol

By Emily Swanson
1 … 35 36

Jobs in New York

Add your job

  • AMETEK ROTRONAssembler
  • Puma's Auto BodyClient Service Associate
  • TG TEXPORT CORPTLC DRIVERS WITH TLC CARS ONLY

View all jobs…

Sign up for our daily newsflashes

Subscribe

News

  • Laptop giveaway at Bronx Community College aims to tackle borough’s digital divide
  • City Council Member Julie Menin expected to be the next speakerJulie Menin says she has enough votes to become the next NYC Council Speaker
  • bureau Photos: 49th Precinct Community Affairs Bureau hosts community potluck
  • Location of deadly Bronx crashOne pedestrian killed in hit-and-run on Bronx’s Grand Concourse, police say
  • Former Kingsbridge daycare owner convicted of murder for toddler’s fentanyl poisoning death in 2023

Things to do in the Bronx

Post an Event

Adults and Seniors are invited to join N
Tomorrow, 8 am

Pickleball Pandemonium!
Gymnasium in Kwame Ture Recreation Center

Solo and group exhibitions at Glyndor Ga
Nov. 29, 2 am

Public Gallery Tour
Wave Hill

Ladies Night at Lehman Center presents a
Nov. 29, 8 pm

Ladies Night with Deborah Cox, Estelle, & Vivian Green
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in
Nov. 29, 8 pm

DEBORAH COX, ESTELLE, AND VIVIAN GREEN LADIES NIGHT
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

Join a knowledgeable Wave Hill Garden Gu
Nov. 30, 1 pm

Garden Highlights Walk
Wave Hill

Red Monkey Theater Group’s Sean Co
Dec. 6, 6:30 pm

Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” with Red Monkey Theater Group’s Sean Coffey
The Van Cortlandt House Museum

Experience Westchester Ballet Company’s
Dec. 13, noon

Westchester Ballet Company’s “The Nutcracker”
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

View All Events…

Things to do in the Bronx

Home Pros

More from Around NYC

Things to Do with the Kids This Weekend in New York
New York Family

Things to Do with the Kids This Weekend in New York

Jaxson Dart Jalen Hurts Giants Eagles NFL
amNY

NFL Week 13 Survivor Pool: Top 3 Picks to Play in Week 14

Rue-Matthiessen-Banner
Schneps Podcasts

Dan Rattiner speaks with Rue Matthiessen, an East End–based writer – Episode 258

U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a dinner with the leaders of the C5+1Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 6, 2025.
Gay City News

Trump administration bars employees from recognizing World AIDS Day

  • Newsletter
  • Contact Us
  • Networking Events
  • Home Pros
  • Advertise
  • © 2025 Schneps Media
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Sections
  • Jobs
  • Home Pros
  • Events
  • Contact