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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.

Third on Bankside overlooking the South Bronx waterfront and Galesi Group-owned land on the Harlem River Yards.
Environment

South Bronx Unite fears Prologis could bring Amazon warehouse to former New York Post printing plant

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
NYPL, and HPD celebrated the additional funding at St. John’s House II, an affordable housing development near Melrose Library where Neighborhood Internet was recently installed.
Marble Hill

After Marble Hill shooting, Mamdani urges parking lot owners to keep ICE out

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Dashcam photos shows flooding in Pelham Bay Park in August, leaving the road impassable.
Environment

Bronx residents urged to weigh in on flooding risks around Pelham Bay Park

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
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News

Bronx officials urge Marble Hill Target owners to ban ICE from parking lot after Oscar Belgal shooting

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Mayor Mamdani announcing that the first city-run grocery store will be located in the Peninsula in Hunts Point.
Food

City launches campaign to help thousands reapply for SNAP benefits under new federal rules

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Council member Shirley Aldebol joined Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, Department of Design and Construction Commissioner Paul Ochoa, and NYPL CEO Iris Weinshall to celebrate the investment.
Community

City Island Library gets $600K for long-awaited roof and HVAC upgrades

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
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West Bronx, Upper Manhattan elected officials urge developers to prohibit ICE from using Marble Hill Target parking lot

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Sheldon M. Feldman, M.D., is chief of the Division of Breast Surgery and Breast Surgical Oncology and director of Breast Cancer Services at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is also the principal investigator for the RECAST trial at MECCC.
Health

Montefiore joins national study testing early-stage breast cancer treatment without surgery

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Breast cancer survivor Deana Jean urges women to advocate for their health and lean on the resources and community available to support them.
Health

‘Always advocate’: How one mother’s persistence led to a breast cancer diagnosis during pregnancy

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Thousands of cyclists participated in this year's Tour de Bronx.
Community Celebration

Tour de Bronx brings cyclists across the borough for 32nd annual ride

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
The Third Avenue BID installed 75 solar-powered lights across the district.
Business

Third Avenue BID adds security cameras, solar lighting to improve safety in the South Bronx

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Elected officials, development partners, and community members celebrate the re-opening of the St. Mary's Recreation Center.
Community

St. Mary’s Recreation Center reopens after $20.7M renovation

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
City officials and development partners break ground on Sol on Park at Morris Houses, the largest use of the "Transfer of Assistance" program to date.
Housing

City breaks ground on Sol on Park, new 229-unit affordable senior development

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Soccer decorations were planted around Bronx Terminal Market, causing many shoppers to stop by the FIFA Bronx Fan Zone during their shopping trip.
Business

FIFA World Cup brought $2 billion economic boost to NYC

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Left to Right David Sandbank, SVP, NY State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA); Giacomo Landi, Executive VP, NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYC EDC); Vanessa Gibson, Bronx Borough President ; John Rhodes, Chief Program Officer, NYS Department of Public Service (DPS); Lauren Phillips, Senior Advisor, NYC Mayor's Office of Climate & Environmental Justice (MOCEJ); Adam Cohen, Co-founder & CTO, NineDot Energy; David Arfin, Co-founder & CEO, NineDot Energy; Amanda Septimo, State Assembly Member (AD-84); Maria Reyes, NYC Climate Justice Hub Advocate
Environment

New Hunts Point battery storage facility expected to power nearly 20,000 Bronx homes

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Hunts Point community stakeholders from the Bronx is Breathing project celebrate the launch of three electric trucks that will be supporting City Harvest deliveries.
Environment

City Harvest rolls out electric trucks to fight pollution in Hunts Point

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
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Derfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection
Nov. 15, 10:30 am

Taking a Broad View: Portrait Photography from the Collection
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Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center Stage Band
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Nov. 18, 6 pm

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Nov. 18, 6:30 pm

WNYC’s In Conversation: The Affordability Series
Fordham University’s Walsh Family Library – Flom Auditorium

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Feb. 27, 2027, noon

Bronx Charter School Fair & Kids Activity Expo
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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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