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Business

Under the CHEFS Act, Torres wants restaurants to get a tax credit to clean up their grills

By Sadie Brown
Bronx-born rapper and entrepreneur, Joseph Cartagena, also known as Fat Joe autographed bottles of Sonrisa rum at a Throggs Neck liquor store Tuesday. The hip hop legend partnered with the brand, which gives back to small business owners in Puerto Rico, where the rum is distilled.
Around Town

Sonrisa rum tasting draws Fat Joe fans to Throggs Neck

By Sadie Brown
Mayor Eric Adams emphasized Wednesday the city's commitment to keeping the commercial corridor in the South Bronx, known as the Hub, clean and free of drugs and illegal activity.

Mayor Adams tours The Hub after open drug market cleared out, but residents skeptical changes will hold

By Sadie Brown
Mayor Eric Adam's shared before and after photos of Roberto Clemente Plaza at the Hub, where NYC Sanitation and NYPD have set up mobile command centers since last week to finally put a stop to the open air drug market that has plagued the South Bronx commercial corridor for years.
Environment

Roberto Clemente Plaza emerges clean following the first weekend after city shuts down The Hub open air drug market

By Sadie Brown
The Bronx Defenders grilled burgers and hotdogs for hundreds of hungry neighbors who had worked up an appetite enjoying music and games at the block party.
Community Celebration

Bronx Defenders host annual community block party

By Sadie Brown
The community nonprofit BronxWorks celebrated opening the season's first farm stand, offering fresh, local produce and healthy recipes to residents in the neighborhood.
Health

BronxWorks launches eighth season of fresh farm stands

By Sadie Brown
Police have identified the Bronx teen who died in custody over the weekend as 18-year-old Saniyah Cheatham, but have so far given few details about the circumstances around her death.
News

Bronx teen dies in police custody in Longwood

By Sadie Brown
Elected representatives and business leaders in the South Bronx continued to sound the alarm Wednesday during a press conference about the public health crisis about open air drug use in the Hub around the Third Avenue commercial corridor.
News

Torres continues full court press on Adams admin over drug use in the Hub

By Sadie Brown
The New York City Department of Sanitation coordinated a multi team operation to dismantle an abandoned trash-filled trailer that had been badly wrecked on the Hutchinson River Parkway. It used heavy machinery to rip off portions of the trailer and haul away the piles of garbage inside of it.
News

DSNY dismantles abandoned trash-filled trailer on Hutchinson River Parkway

By Sadie Brown
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Courts

Retired NYPD detective, nurse, and attorney indicted in Bronx deed theft case, AG says

By Sadie Brown
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Politics

Torres says he likely won’t run for governor

By Sadie Brown
U.S. Respresentative Ritchie Torres, Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson State Assembly Member Landon Dais and nonprofit partners and small farms gathered to warn about the potential devastating impacts that the proposed $300 million in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could have on families in the Bronx.
Health

Bronx leaders rally against proposed $300B SNAP cut, warn of devastating local impact

By Sadie Brown
Justin Sanchez a 33-year-old progressive candidate running on a slogan of "cleaning up the damn streets" won the 2025 Democratic Primary election in round four of the ranked choice voting tallies released on Tuesday.
Politics

Justin Sanchez takes District 17, goes on to general election

By Sadie Brown
Following seven rounds of ranked choice voting, Chief of Staff to Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala, who is term-limited, won the democratic primary to represent district 08 on the New York City Council.
Politics

Elsie Encarnacion wins primary to succeed Diana Ayala in City Council District 8

By Sadie Brown
Official renderings show the proposed $4 billion Bally's Bronx casino and resort with a 2,000 seat event space which will surround the public golf course in Throggs Neck which is operated by Bally's Golf Links and Ferry Point. The gaming giant is competing for one of three downstate casino licenses which will be awarded later this year.
News

Bally’s submits $4B Bronx casino plan, promises historic investment

By Sadie Brown
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Yearbook photo sparks renewed debate over AOC’s ‘Bronx girl’ identity

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