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2025 YEAR IN REVIEW: The Bronx Times’ top 10 most-read stories of 2025

By Lesley Cosme Torres & Emily Swanson

Miguel Centeno (center right), Healthfirst’s Vice President of Community Engagement, and NYPD Lieutenant Carolyn Cruz (center left) gather with volunteers and other members of the NYPD Community Affairs Bureau for a holiday toy giveaway in the Bronx on Saturday, Dec. 13th.

NYPD and Healthfirst partnered up to host a toy giveaway in Parkchester

By Sadie Brown

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Mott Haven

How one charter school in the South Bronx uses self-care and practice tests to boost scores

By Claude Solnik

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At 161 St–Yankee Stadium, MTA employees spread Holiday joy with toys and tradition

By Lesley Cosme Torres

Co-op City

Senator Jamaal T. Bailey presents $1 million for NYPD surveillance cameras in Co-op City

By Emily Swanson

A Rabbi lights a menorah in front of Chabad of South Bronx during Hanukkah.

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Jewish Bronxites reflect on a Hanukkah season of joy, tragedy and triumph of light over darkness

By Sadie Brown

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Mott Haven

Acute Inflections performs intimate Jazz set at Sankofa Haus in the South Bronx

By Lesley Cosme Torres

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‘Food is mood’: Bronx nonprofit program combines healthy eating and addiction recovery

By Emily Swanson

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Acts of Kindness

Yankees, NYPD and Food Bank for New York City hold fourth annual ‘pop-up’ food and toy distribution at 44th Precinct

By Ethan Marshall

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Bronx-born inventor creates live-saving wearable technology

By Emily Swanson

12_18 Julie Colon advocating for COPA at a rally in front of City Hall alongside organizations from across the city

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New bill expands buying power for Bronx affordable housing groups over landlords and developers

By Siddhartha Harmalkar

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Bronx Democrats celebrate election wins, honor departing council members at holiday party

By Emily Swanson

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Community Celebration

Bronx Chamber of Commerce celebrates success of holiday toy drive at annual holiday party

By Ethan Marshall

Melrose

After years in the dark, Melrose residents finally hear cleanup plan for toxic site

By Carol Chen

Hands Off NYC

State Senator Gustavo Rivera hosts Day of Action against ICE enforcement in the Bronx

By Emily Swanson

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‘The Bronx is a beautiful place, it’s just filthy’ Environmental advocates push for ‘Green the Bronx’ waste initiative

By Keke Grant-Floyd

More from Around NYC

Tamron Hall, carrying her son Moses on her back, recalls the women who supported her, leading to the NAACP nomination

New York Family

Tamron Hall’s Heartfelt Speech on the Village Behind Her Success and NAACP Nomination

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Veteran attorney, former Adams deputy Randy Mastro gets new law firm gig

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Nurses make their demands clear on the picket line outside Mount Sinai on Jan. 12, 2026.

State lawmaker warns against disruption to gender-affirming care during nurses’ strike