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Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr. attends a Tenant Resource Fair in his district in 2023.

Campaign finance records open the door for Salamanca’s potential 2025 Bronx BP bid

By Camille Botello

USDA Rep. Ritchie Torres

Rep. Torres, Fordham University co-host urban agriculture and food security roundtable

By Emily Swanson

A person walks by 900 Seminole Ave., the site of the proposed Just Home project, on the NYC Health + Hospitals Jacobi campus on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024.

The Bronx wonders what will become of Just Home plan to house formerly incarcerated individuals as it heads to the City Council

By Camille Botello

Bronx Council Member Oswald Feliz speaks at the Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection hearing at City Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024.

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Pols, food delivery service providers clash over proposed e-bike regulations

By Camille Botello

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All but one Bronx City Council member voted to override mayor’s veto of police transparency bill

By Emily Swanson

City Council Member Yusef Salaam in tears during How Many Stops Act debate

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City Council overrides Mayor Adams’ veto of ‘How Many Stops Act’ police transparency bill

City Council members

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City Council members ride along with Harlem cops, Mayor Adams ahead of ‘How Many Stops’ veto override vote

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Gov. Hochul declares Feb. 13 special election for Bronx Assembly seat

By Emily Swanson

Fordham apartments

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Week in Rewind: Bronx teens missing, housing affordability value in Bronx, Torres touts affordable housing dub and are men’s homeless shelters coming to northeast Bronx?

Compiled by Seamus Higgins

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Mayor Eric Adams vetoes NYPD transparency legislation, setting stage for Council showdown

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Mixed support so far in the Bronx for City of Yes economic initiative

By Emily Swanson

Ritchie Torres

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Bronx Rep. Torres touts affordable housing dub in now-failed Signature Bank loan sale

By Camille Botello

NYC's public libraries

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NYC’s public libraries spared from more cuts, Mayor Adams says — but budget ax set to fall elsewhere Tuesday

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Week in Rewind: Pickleball grows in the Bronx, teen shines in her community, anniversary of Twin Parks fire, Hochul announces $50M plan for expanding inpatient mental health care and former Bronx anti-violence leader sentenced to prison

Compiled by Seamus Higgins

Mayor Adams announces budget cutback reversals for trash program

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More budget backtracks: Mayor Adams reverses cuts to NYC litter baskets, Parks work program

Gov. Kathy Hochul, joined by the state's Office of Mental Health Commissioner Ann Sullivan, announced "sweeping investments" in mental health services, especially for youth, in a press conference on Jan. 11, 2023.

Gov. Hochul announces $50M to expand inpatient mental health care

By Emily Swanson

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“Dakan” (aka “Destiny”), the first queer film from West Africa, will be available virtually nationwide March 26-30.

Queering the Canon festival set to showcase seven classic LGBTQ films