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Robbie Sequeira

Robbie Sequeira is a former senior staff writer for the Bronx Times.

Rosa Duarte, unsung Dominican hero.
Education

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

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

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

By Robbie Sequeira Conversation…
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Business

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

By Robbie Sequeira Conversation…
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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

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Development

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

By Robbie Sequeira Conversation…
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.
Development

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

By Robbie Sequeira Conversation…
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.
Community

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

By Robbie Sequeira Conversation…
Police & Fire

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

By Robbie Sequeira Conversation…
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Environment

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

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Police & Fire

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

By Robbie Sequeira Conversation…
More than 200 Bronx families rallied in Albany, urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to lift the state's charter cap.
Education

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

By Robbie Sequeira Conversation…
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Development

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

By Robbie Sequeira Conversation…
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 Conversation…
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Sports

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

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Environment

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

By Robbie Sequeira Conversation…
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Shootings

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

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

Envisioning the Sacred: Modern Art from the Collection
Derfner Judaica Museum

Van Cortlandt House Museum presents Over
Tomorrow, 11 am

Overlapping Empires: A Solo Exhibition by Samantha Box
The Van Cortlandt House Museum

Join the Bronx Chamber of Commerce on Tu
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Bronx Chamber of Commerce to Host Annual Joseph P. Kelleher Memorial Golf Tournament at Bally’s Golf Links on June 16
Bally’s Golf Links

ON TUESDAY’S HARLEM SWINGS and HOP
Tomorrow, 7 pm

Harlem Tuesdays: FREE Swinging Lindy Hop Class!
Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy

Get ready to move and groove with the Si
June 17, 1 pm

Silver Shoes Dance Club
Sister Annunciata Bethell Senior Center

During National Homeownership Month, the
June 19, 4 pm

NYC Homeownership Week – “Stay Cool” Lounge
Sankofa Haus

Sparrow In Arms Inc., we are committed t
June 21, noon

Free Men’s empowerment
Andrew Freedman Home

Cheyenne Pohl performs live at Shrine NY
June 22, 10 pm

Cheyenne Pohl One Night Only @ Shrine NYC
Shrine World Music Venue

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  • ‘Our voices go unheard’ Graduating seniors say they barely learned at South Bronx Charter School for International Cultures and the Arts
  • Suspect in Bronx sex act in front of girlNYPD identifies Bronx creep who broke into home and committed sex act in front of 8-year-old girl

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