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About the Author

Marina Samuel

Marina Samuel is a Bronx native and reporter at the Bronx Times. A 2025 graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, she blends data and storytelling to dig into the policies and issues shaping her borough. Her work has also appeared in THE CITY, City Limits, and the Mott Haven Herald.

Bronxites march along Fordham Road to protest against unaffordable development and gentrification.
Housing

‘Affordable for who?’ Bronx organizers say new developments are pricing out residents

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Montefiore leadership and Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson pose alongside honorees at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Einstein's 25th anniversary celebration.
Health

Children’s Hospital at Montefiore celebrates 25 years of achievements in pediatric care

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NYC family courts have revised their drug testing policy following a lawsuit by the Bronx Defenders that argued that the policy was "unconstitutional."
Courts

NYC family court revises drug testing policy after Bronx Defenders lawsuit

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Javits Frimpong was found with a single gunshot wound to his stomach near Crotona Park on Thursday. He was pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital.
Police & Fire

Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump to represent the family of Javits Frimpong, teen shot and killed on way to school

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Rep. Ritchie torres and Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour announcing the $1 million investment in the Kalshi Public Housing Community Fund at PSS Andrew Jackson Senior Center, Nov. 5, 2026.
Health

Kalshi pumps $1 million into NYCHA public health program amid legal battle with New York

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Norwood News photojournalist David Greene, Editor-in-Chief Síle Moloney on top of the final issues of Norwood News.
Community

Norwood News closure leaves Northwest Bronx residents without longtime news source

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Javits Frimpong was found with a single gunshot wound to his stomach near Crotona Park on Thursday. He was pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital.
Police & Fire

Bronx mourns Javits Frimpong, Ghanaian teen killed on way to school

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Children play in Galileo Playground in Morris Heights on Friday after its $7 million reconstruction.
Community

Galileo Playground in Morris Heights celebrates $7M reconstruction and upgraded amenities

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Fordham Landing South's supermarket.
Housing

Fordham Landing developers quietly seek zoning change as project moves forward

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
New York City Health + Hospitals and advocates celebrate the launch of the Bronx's first hospital-based rape crisis program located at the North Central campus.
Health

NYC Health + Hospitals North Central launches first hospital-based rape crisis program in the Bronx

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Bronx Borough Hall on Election Day
Politics

New York Midterm Elections Voter Guide: What Bronx voters need to know

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani makes a housing announcement at the NYCHA’s Nostrand Houses in Brooklyn on Wednesday , September 30, 2026. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
Housing

After 25 years, Edenwald Houses senior center reopens to residents

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
October 18, 2026- Bronx, NY — Governor Hochul signs legislation designating Little Yemen neighborhood in the Bronx a Cultural Community (Darren McGee/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)
Politics

Gov. Kathy Hochul signs bill to establish Little Yemen cultural district in the Bronx

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
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Health

LGBTQ+ health clinic Callen-Lorde brings expanded health services to the Bronx

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Aleksander Nilaj founded the Albanian American Open Hand Association in 2012, serving up to 8,000 people a month. His detainment by ICE has sent shockwaves throughout the community.
Community

Beloved Albanian Bronx food pantry founder detained by ICE, leaving thousands without food aid

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Gov. Kathy Hochul, joined by the state's Office of Mental Health Commissioner Ann Sullivan, announced "sweeping investments" in mental health services, especially for youth, in a press conference on Jan. 11, 2023.
FYI

Gov. Hochul announces statewide crackdown on staged crashes to curb auto insurance fraud

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News

  • Wakefield honors memory of 5-year-old Kashmir Marquis one year after street co-naming
  • A group of transportation advocacy groups sent a letter to likely Democratic House and Senate leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer asking them to rip up a Republican-authored surface transportation bill that cuts transit funding.NYC transportation advocates urge likely incoming Democratic leaders Jeffries and Schumer to toss bill slashing funding for public transit
  • Throggs Neck celebrates Bronx veterans at 42nd annual Veterans Day Parade
  • Riley Billingslea’s mother, Ketrice Riley, says she is outraged that her son's suspected killer may soon be released on bail from custody.Family of Brooklyn teen shot dead in the Bronx this summer fear his suspected killer may soon walk free
  • Police say Javits Frimpong, the 15-year-old immigrant teen who was shot to death on a Bronx street also had his bag stolen by a stranger as he ran from his killers.Teen suspect in fatal Bronx shooting of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong now in custody, sources say

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