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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.

City and state officials break ground on Haffen Pool reconstruction.
Neighborhoods

Construction kicks off on $13.4M Haffen Park Pool Complex reconstruction in Baychester

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Rep. Ritchie Torres and Rep. George Latimer are pushing to require ICE to notify families when a detainee dies, is hospitalized or experiences a medical emergency in custody under a new bill introduced Friday.
Fordham

Rep. Ritchie Torres calls on Community Preservation Corporation to help tenants of Ved Parkash buildings in foreclosure

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Assemblymember Amanda Septimo speaks out against the Essential Plan cuts at the Tax the Rich rally, alongside State Sens. Jose Serrano and Kristen Gonzalez.
Health

As Essential Plan cuts approach, advocates urge Governor Hochul to raise taxes on rich

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Promises Day ceremony at Woodlawn Cemetery in 2025.
Woodlawn Heights

‘Promises Day’ at Woodlawn Cemetery offers free final resting place for loved ones

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
A man shopping at Al-Aqsa Supermarket in Bangla Bazaar.
Food

OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | From grocery stores to a neighborhood: Bangla Bazaar’s growth in the Bronx

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
The heavy-duty tow truck removed a tractor-trailor off of the Throgs Neck Expressway service road.

Tow operation clears illegally parked trucks from Throgs Neck Expressway service road

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
OneNYC Yasser Salem, moderator Dalourny Nemorin and the NY-15 candidates, Michael Blake and Jose Vega.
Politics

Michael Blake and Jose Vega debate housing, immigration and Israel in NY-15 race.

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Michael Blake and Jose Vega will participate in the OneNYC debate.
Politics

NY-15 challengers to face off in OneNYC Action debate, Rep. Ritchie Torres opts out

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
BioBus' electric mobile lab.
Education

BioBus unveils new fully electric mobile science lab for NYC students

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Third Avenue BID executive director Pedro Suarez and Department of Small Businesses commissioner Kenny Minaya in Roberto Clemente Plaza with the results of the Commercial District Needs Assessment.
Melrose

Third Avenue BID outlines plan to improve safety, spur growth in the Hub

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Eddie Montalvo playing with the Héctor Lavoe band in 1973.
Arts & Entertainment

Fania All Star Eddie Montalvo reflects on a lifetime of music and his bond with Héctor Lavoe

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Héctor Lavoe.
Arts & Entertainment

Raúl Carbonell returns as Héctor Lavoe for one-night concert at Lehman Center

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
City and elected officials, advocates, and community board leaders break ground on a major infrastructure prpject to rehaul the 161st Streer corridor near Yankee Stadium.
Sports

Mamdani administration kicks off bus lane overhauls near Yankee Stadium ahead of Opening Day

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Bus fleet at West Farms Bus Depot in the Bronx.
Transit

MTA defends bus safety after union flags brake defects on Bronx buses

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi joins Rep. Ritchie Torres, Borough President Vanessa Gibson, Council Speaker Julie Menin, former Council Member Jimmy Vacca and others for a Women's History Month event on March 1, 2026.
Politics

EXCLUSIVE: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorses Rep. Ritchie Torres in NY-15 reelection bid

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Members of the Bangladeshi Muslim community buy clothes on Chaand Raat for Eid.
Community Celebration

Bangladeshi communities in Castle Hill keep Chaand Raat tradition alive in the Bronx

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
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Lehman Center for the Performing Arts presents Plim Plim En Vivo! The Live Musical Experience
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Oct. 12, 1 pm

Saunksquas, Sassafras, and Moccasins: Walking Tour with Oleana Whispering Dove
Wave Hill

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Hood Orchestra x Ode to the Black Fiddler Presents Live in NYC
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Public Gallery Tour
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Borgen Project Information Session
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News

  • NYPD body-camera footage released Friday shows Oscar Belgal handcuffed on the ground in Marble Hill after he was shot by an ICE agent, moments before responding NYPD officers carried him to a police SUV and transported him to the hospital.ICE SHOOTING: DHS defends agents firing on Oscar Bergal, but admits they didn’t know child was in car; NYPD bodycam shows hospital rush
  • Protest erupts in Marble Hill after ICE agent shoots and injures Bronx man
  • ICE agent in Bronx at scene where person was shotICE agents shoot and wound man in Marble Hill, leaving community and officials outraged
  • DSC_2236Mamdani, Menin cut red tape to get hundreds of nonprofits paid faster amid years of contracting delays
  • 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. City Island Library gets $600K for long-awaited roof and HVAC upgrades

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