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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Is the Bronx’s image changing? Meet content creators putting a spotlight on our borough

By Maurice Burbridge Conversation…

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | A borough of arrivals: How immigration made the Bronx

By Kylie Clifton Conversation…

As developers knock on the door of their four-family rowhouse, Sheila Edwards and her son, Kimani, refuse to give up the South Bronx home that Edwards’ parents fought to secure at a time when banks routinely denied loans to Black families.

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | ‘We know we have to hold onto it’: How one South Bronx family’s legacy is wrapped up in their home

By Emily Swanson Conversation…

Over the last decade, developers transformed much of the South Bronx waterfront from vacant industrial land into one of New York City's up-and-coming neighborhoods. While the luxury towers went up, management companies struggled to fill the units with wealthier tenants that could afford the market-rate rent.

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Mott Haven businesses bet on a waterfront boom. Years later, many are still waiting

By Marina Samuel Conversation…

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | The Bronx is changing. But is it finally for the better?

By Robert Pozarycki Conversation…

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Why the Bronx is the last affordable place to buy a home in New York City

By Lesley Cosme Torres Conversation…

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Inside the Bronx’s rent-stabilized buildings, tenants feel the strain of a system under pressure

By Marina Samuel Conversation…

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | ‘Weak oversight’ is failing Mitchell-Lama residents

By Emily Swanson Conversation…

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Who you gonna call with NYCHA problems? The Ombudsperson Call Center!

By Emily Swanson Conversation…

OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | NYCHA: The city’s worst landlord

By Emily Swanson Conversation…

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | From redlining to rot: Housing struggles in the Bronx

By Robert Pozarycki Conversation…

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Bronx food pantries, aid groups brace for surge in need as SNAP cuts loom

By Shea Vance Conversation…

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | The personal impact of new SNAP work rules on Bronx residents

By Kylie Clifton Conversation…

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Did the Bronx’s local supermarkets and delis make the safety grade?

By Emily Swanson Conversation…

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | More bodegas than supermarkets in ‘food desert’ of Bronx

By Emily Swanson Conversation…

A man shopping at Al-Aqsa Supermarket in Bangla Bazaar.

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | From grocery stores to a neighborhood: Bangla Bazaar’s growth in the Bronx

By Marina Samuel Conversation…

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