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Rosa Duarte, unsung Dominican hero.

CUNY’s Dominican Studies founders tell the stories of unsung Dominican women and blackness

By Robbie Sequeira

A rendering depicts views from One Wall Street, New York’s biggest office-to-residential conversion.

Office-to-residential conversion plan gets backing from Bronx pols Torres, Espaillat

By Robbie Sequeira

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Business

Seven years after $34M Fordham Plaza renovation, DOT failing to find vendors for transit hub

By Robbie Sequeira

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Health

Abortion care access explored at Morrisania Sexual Health Clinic, the first city-run clinic in the nation offering free abortion meds

By Robbie Sequeira

Bally’s makes a bid for a casino at Trump Golf Links in Throggs Neck

By Robbie Sequeira

The city estimates office-to-residential conversions could create as many as 20,000 new homes for around 40,000 people over the next decade. One of the recommendations is allowing most office buildings constructed in 1990 or before to convert.

Office-to-residential conversion gaining steam in NYC; 3 Bronx community boards join the ‘movement’

By Robbie Sequeira

The Bronx has one of nation's highest rates of the food insecurity, and last year Food Bank provided nearly 32 million free meals to the borough, which accounts for more than 26% of the organization's total meal distribution across the five boroughs.

Food Bank for NYC aims to go ‘beyond food’ to address food insecurity in the Bronx

By Robbie Sequeira

A Bronx cop attempts suicide inside the 47th Precinct, highlighting a pattern in law enforcement

By Robbie Sequeira

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Brutal cold spells test Bronx public housing residents’ resilience, patience for stalled NYCHA repairs

By Robbie Sequeira

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Shootings and murders are down across NYC, but Bronxites are grappling with a rash of teen gun violence

By Robbie Sequeira

More than 200 Bronx families rallied in Albany, urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to lift the state's charter cap.

Hochul eyes charter school expansion, what does that mean for Bronx parents?

By Robbie Sequeira

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Teachers union finds new office location at Bartow Avenue in Co-op City

By Robbie Sequeira

A city report has found that NYC's Black unemployment rate is four times higher than that of whites.

News

Black unemployment in NYC four times higher than whites: report

By Robbie Sequeira

Sports

Presence of Liberty’s Jonquel Jones at Bronx girls basketball clinic looms large for next generation of hoopers

By Robbie Sequeira

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Soundview’s 1471 Watson Ave., NYCHA’s first all-electric building conversion in 2023

By Robbie Sequeira

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Police trying to piece together fatal shooting of man found in SUV near Bronx school

By Robbie Sequeira

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