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Politics

Debate over last-mile delivery bill heats up in first City Council hearing

By Emily Swanson

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Governor Hochul announces congestion pricing is funding air quality improvements at Hunts Point Market

By Ethan Marshall

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Opinion | Packaging waste in New York through the Affordable Waste Reduction Act

By Assembly Member Chantel Jackson

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NYC Parks advocates rally at City Hall for 1% budget funding

By Alice Moreno

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Congress Members demand Con Edison response to dielectric fluid leaks into Bronx River

By Emily Swanson

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Washington’s Walk Coalition recognized for completion of Partnerships for Parks’ 2025 Catalyst Program

By Ethan Marshall

Inside the Irving Square restroom in Brooklyn. The stainless-steel bathroom includes a toilet, hand sanitizer, baby changing station, and slatted openings for ventilation and safety.

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FIRST ON amNY | NYC EDC puts out call for vendors to design new modular public restrooms

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Our Forgotten Borough

OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | A yearlong look at the most important issues in the ‘Boogie Down’

By Bobby Hankinson

Council Member Justin Sanchez installs 60 trash cans as first act representing the South Bronx

By Kaylen Jackson

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Photos: BCA Global and Impact Hub lead roundtable on health of people and planet as a whole

By Ethan Marshall and Jewel Webber

A flock of mostly Ring Billed Gulls settled on the shore of Clason Point Park on Sunday while local birders documented the number of birds in the Bronx for the NYC Christmas Bird Count.

An afternoon with the birders of the Bronx: counting birds for the Holiday Season

By: Sadie Brown

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Business

Hunts Point Market to receive $405 million for an all-electric project to reduce pollution

By Emily Swanson

At the first public hearing on Dec. 5, environmental advocates, state and federal experts and community members walked up and down the halls of a local school looking at displays of the details of the state's $900 million project to repair five bridges on the Cross Bronx Expressway,

New York State Department of Transportation adds additional public hearing on Cross Bronx bridges project

By Sadie Brown

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

By Carol Chen

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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

Local environmental and transit advocates questioned state and federal experts about the plans to repair five bridges along the Cross Bronx Expressway at the first of the three public hearings over the proposal on December 5.

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Underwhelming attendence at public hearings for Cross Bronx bridge repairs spurs concern over public engagement

By Sadie Brown

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Judge rules against Trump’s effort to strip NYC education funding over trans inclusion policies