Westchester Square News – Bronx Times

EXCLUSIVE: Newly appointed NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels visits Bronx school where he began teaching career

By Lesley Cosme Torres

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Education

Game on! Lehman Educational Campus receives $5.6M for new athletic fields

By Emily Swanson

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Politics

Council District 13 candidates debate local development, Trump and more

By Emily Swanson

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Community

Community Board 10 tackles scourge of illegally-parked ‘ghost’ cars

By Emily Swanson

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Business

Bally’s Community Advisory Committee asks for East Bronx investment ahead of casino project vote

By Emily Swanson

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Column

Column | Small business spotlight: Marionat Bridal

By Mia Porritt

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Column

Column: WSZIO Westchester Square roundup

By Sandi Lusk

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News

NYPD officer beaten and robbed in Westchester Square is released from hospital; suspects arrested in Virginia

By Barbara Russo

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Bronx attack leaves off-duty NYPD officer injured, gun stolen

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Detectives in the Bronx say the person depicted is responsible for shooting a 28-year-old man in the leg.

AMNY

Bronx cops seek suspect who shot man in leg outside tire shop

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Bronx stabbing: Stepson questioned in man’s death following apparent argument, cops say

By Dean Moses

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Column

Column: Westchester Square-Zerega Improvement Organization attends public meetings on Blondell single men’s homeless shelter and proposed casino at Ferry Point Park

By Sandi Lusk

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Historic Huntington Free Library graffitied, renewing concerns about attached abandoned building

By Emily Swanson

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Housing

Bronx housing lottery opens for 50 ‘affordable’ units in Westchester Square, studios start at $3,287

By Ethan Marshall

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Business

Bronx pet shop owners fear statewide sales ban will hurt businesses, fail to protect animal welfare

By Emily Swanson

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Column

Column: Preparing for the Nov. 5 election- Don’t forget to flip your ballot!

By Amanda Farias

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A demonstrator wearing a Statue of Liberty crown waves a Transgender Flag outside the U.S. Supreme Court, as the justices heard oral arguments in two cases concerning efforts to enforce Republican-backed state laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 13, 2026.

Supreme Court arguments show skepticism about letting trans girls and women play in women’s sports