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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.

Fountain of Youth Playground in Mott Haven/Longwood.
Mott Haven

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces $19.5M for Bronx park upgrades as part of citywide investment

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a press conference at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi
Community

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez secures over $11 million for Bronx projects

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Workers remove the charred debris from Fane Grocery after the Saturday morning fire.
Neighborhoods

‘There was smoke, and then it was gone’ Fire rips through Melrose building, displacing residents and injuring four firefighters

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
TD Bank volunteers and Bike New York instructors pose in front of a newly-built bike.
Community Service

Bike New York brings permanent fleet to JHS 118, expanding youth cycling access in the Bronx

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Workers clear snow from the awning at Mi Pueblo Mexican Deli at East 138th St. and Brook Ave.
Weather

NYC BLIZZARD: Blizzard hits the Bronx, city declares emergency and opens warming centers

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
NYC Health + Hospitals North Central Bronx staff cut the ribbon on the new MRI suite.
Norwood

NYC Health + Hospitals North Central Bronx unveils $2 million MRI suite to cut wait time

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
mayor zohran mamdani with bronx elected
Community

Bronx leaders and residents take a wait-and-see approach 50 days into Mayor Mamdani’s administration

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Over 1,800 Bronx residents attended the launch of Bronx First, a coalition in partnership with the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation, on Feb. 5 at the Rose Hill gymnasium at Fordham University.

Bronx First launches with Metro Industrial Areas Foundation, identifies plan for 25,000 affordable homes

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
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Arts & Entertainment

Bronx restaurants bring community and global flavors to New York City Restaurant Week

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
A building stoop adorned with orchids at the New York Botanical Garden..

New York Botanical Garden’s Orchid Show returns with a love letter to New York City

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Gonzalo Duran talks to Conservative Party members about socialism
Politics

Conservative party’s Gonzalo Duran enters NY-15 race, vows to challenge socialism

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Left to right: Hon. Norman St. George, Justice Kim Adair Wilson, Hon. Patsy Goldbourne, and attorney Joey Jackson at the Bronx Supreme Court's Black History month celebration.
Black History Month

Judges, attorneys gather at Bronx Supreme Court to honor Black History Month

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
News

Schumer and Gillibrand secure over $22 million in federal funding for the Bronx

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Gotham Book Prize 2026 finalists, including Born in Flames, a book about the South Bronx fires.
Books

Book on 1970s South Bronx fires named finalist for Gotham Book Prize

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Tribute to Johnny Pacheco featuring Fania Legends.
Arts & Entertainment

The Lehman Center for Performing Arts unveils their Spring 2026 lineup

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Maribel Martinez-Gunter
non profit

Legal Services NYC appoints Maribel Martinez-Gunter as Project Director of Bronx Legal Services

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
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Things to do in the Bronx

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Join nature educator Ryan Mandelbaum and
Tomorrow, 9:30 am

The Art of Noticing: A Mindful Birding Experience
Wave Hill

Derfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection
Tomorrow, 10:30 am

Taking a Broad View: Portrait Photography from the Collection
Derfner Judaica Museum

PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE OF SUNDAY, OCTOBER
Tomorrow, noon

Bushwick Uncovered: Brunch, Street Art & Open Studios
GraffTours

Amy Frey’s new play follows Samuel Tread
Tomorrow, 2 pm

Intended by Amy Frey
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts pr
Tomorrow, 4 pm

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts presents Aida Cuevas & Flor de Toloache – An exquisite night of women in Mariachi!
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

Join us for a guided reading discussion
Oct. 21, 6 pm

Open Veins of Latin America at 55
La Casa de Los Pueblos

Solo and group exhibitions at Glyndor Ga
Oct. 22, 2 pm

Public Gallery Tour
Wave Hill

BronxWorks will host the annual BronxWor
Oct. 24, 10 am

BronxWorks Monster Mash Hunger Dash 5K Fun Run/Walk
Orchard Beach Promenade

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News

  • Police outside the East Fordham Road office of U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres on Oct. 16, 2026, after aides were exposed to a suspicious powder sent through the mail.Suspicious powder sent to Rep. Ritchie Torres’ Bronx office in latest mail scare targeting New York Democratic pols
  • Third on Bankside overlooking the South Bronx waterfront and Galesi Group-owned land on the Harlem River Yards. South Bronx Unite fears Prologis could bring Amazon warehouse to former New York Post printing plant
  • Multiple Tower Ladders knocked down the main body of fire at 1717 West Farms Road on Thursday morning. FDNY takes on two-alarm blaze at vacant West Farms commercial building
  • 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. After Marble Hill shooting, Mamdani urges parking lot owners to keep ICE out
  • Mamdani2026 Governor’s Race: Mamdani steps up role in Hochul campaign with new attack ad on ‘bad apple’ Blakeman

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