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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.

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Community

Disability services nonprofit facing crisis while owed $6 million in state contract payouts

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Politics

Mother of Dylan Contreras attends State of the Union as guest of Senator Chuck Schumer

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Community

The Bronx’s only blood donation center opens in Throggs Neck

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Pamela Guerrero’s family still awaiting answers two months after she was found dead in Soundview

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Education

Strive Charter School with extended hours opening this fall in the South Bronx

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Fashion

Bronx native Markisha Marie Williams goes all in on her luxury shoe brand, M. Marie

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Governor Kathy Hochul visits South Bronx college for Black History Month fireside chat

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Environment

Congress Members demand Con Edison response to dielectric fluid leaks into Bronx River

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Development

City’s expedited affordable housing process kicks off with Mott Haven Powerhouse Apartments

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Mamdani breaks ground on East Harlem affordable housing and arts center in former NYPD parking lot

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Ritchie Torres hosts House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries at Black History Month celebration

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Health

‘Total chaos’: Montefiore Moses emergency nurses prepare union charges alleging retaliation

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Education

Grand Street Settlement opens Pelham Parkway childcare center

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Rep. Ritchie Torres calls on the Community Preservation Corporation to create a long-term plan for stability for Ved Parkash buildings in foreclosure.
Politics

Rep. Ritchie Torres secures Congressional Black Caucus PAC endorsement

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Tenants at 1235 Woodycrest Ave., still displaced, living in poor conditions after August fire

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Tenants at 2051 Webster Ave. rally over inconsistent heat and hot water, lack of cooking gas

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  • 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

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