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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 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

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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…
A male red fox
Outdoors

Rescued red fox stowaway finds temporary home at the Bronx Zoo

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Bad Bunny doppelgängers line up to compete for the $500 prize.
Community Celebration

Bad Bunny lookalike contest brings energy back to the Hub

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
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Community Celebration

Bronx Week back on after cancellation, Borough President Vanessa Gibson announces

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Reps. Ritchie Torres and Hakeem Jeffries held a fireside chat in honor of Black History Month on Feb. 15, 2026.
Politics

EXCLUSIVE: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries endorses Rep. Ritchie Torres for re-election

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaking at the Rental Ripoff hearing in the Bronx.
Housing

Hundreds of Bronx tenants air grievances at Mamdani Rental Ripoff hearing

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Gov. Kathy Hochul speaking at Bronx Day in Albany, alongside Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson and State Sen. Nathalia Fernandez.
Business

Bronx Day in Albany returns, Gibson announces Bronx Week will proceed

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
Willie Colon playing his trombone in front of a Puerto Rican flag.
Music

Fans mourn Bronx-born salsa legend Willie Colón at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
A large truck is towed from Bruckner Blvd. near Pelham Bay Park
Police & Fire

Assembly member Michael Benedetto-funded NYPD heavy duty tow truck targets illegally parked vehicles

By Marina Samuel Conversation…
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Our Forgotten Borough

OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | How do Bronx commuters grin and bear slow cross-borough travel?

By Marina Samuel & Emily Swanson Conversation…
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Explore a retrospective exhibition of oi
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Pop-up Gallery on City Island
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Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is
Today, 8 pm

BACHATÉAME NEW YORK! Luis Vargas & Monchy @Lehman Center, Sat, Nov. 14th
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Derfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection
Tomorrow, 10:30 am

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

Join us for a performance by Mind-Builde
Tomorrow, 2 pm

Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center Stage Band
Wave Hill

Join us for a guided reading discussion
Nov. 18, 6 pm

We Charge Genocide at 75
La Casa de Los Pueblos

WNYC brings its ongoing community conver
Nov. 18, 6:30 pm

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

  RECOVERIES R US EXPANDS INTO THE
Nov. 19, 3 pm

Grand Opening Recoveries R US
448 east 149 street

A fun-filled day of exploring educationa
Feb. 27, 2027, noon

Bronx Charter School Fair & Kids Activity Expo
The Boys’ Club of New York – Tiger Clubhouse

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News

  • FILE: Mayor Mamdani at Xochimilco Family Restaurant in the Bronx on June 11, 2026. The mayor tapped longtime political ally and nightlife enthusiast Eric Thor on Friday to lead the city's Office of Nightlife.Mamdani’s new nightlife director is former NYC-DSA leader who built his first campaign website
  • housing lottery Housing lottery in progress for 11 units in Pelham Parkway, rent starts at $1,548
  • 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

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