Category: The Bronx

Some community organizations in the Bronx are saying “no” to City of Yes for Economic Opportunity, the set of proposals that would be the most major overhaul of the city’s zoning laws since the 1960s. The plan, which was recently approved by the City Planning Commission, is now headed to City Council — the final…

A Bronx Joint employee makes on of the first sales during its opening on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Photo Paul Frangipane The borough’s third legal recreational cannabis dispensary opened in the South Bronx for business on Thursday.  Bronx Joint, located at 925 Hunts Point Ave., officially opened its doors at 10 a.m. on March 14.…

The location on Cauldwell Avenue in the Bronx where a 17-year-old boy was gunned down on March 7, 2024. Google Maps Police arrested a 17-year-old suspect Tuesday in connection with the murder of a teenager in the Bronx earlier this month. Detectives from the Bronx Violent Felony Squad, who were leading the investigation since last…

Congress member and U.S. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced an allocation of more than $7.5 million for future Bronx plans and improvements on March 12, 2024. File photo The Bronx is set to receive several upgrades and improvements in the near future, according to U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who on Tuesday announced millions in funding geared…

New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced on Monday that nine people have been sentenced in a massive Bronx auto theft ring.  The attorney general’s office on March 11 said the group of defendants stole 45 cars in New York City and Westchester County from April 2020 to October 2020 and resold them across…

Police say they are searching for two stickup men who robbed a Bronx delivery worker of food and cash on Friday. Photo courtesy of NYPD Police are searching for two stickup men who robbed a Bronx delivery worker of food and cash over the weekend. According to police sources, a 20-year-old man was making a…

Parade revelers enjoyed the 26th annual Throggs Neck St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Photo Gabriele Holtermann After heavy rain drenched New York City on Saturday, it was the luck of the Irish on Sunday as the elements had cleared up in time for the 26th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in Throggs Neck. The Throggs Neck…

The city is hosting public engagement workshops for a planned Harlem River Greenway expansion into the Bronx. Photo courtesy Getty Images With the sun shining and the start of official spring near, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has scheduled four public workshops for input on the Harlem River Greenway Implementation Plan, with…

DCPI Police in the Bronx are seeking the public’s assistance in finding a man who assaulted an MTA bus driver with an umbrella last month. The NYPD says on Feb. 2, an MTA bus driver on-duty at Clay and Webster avenues in the Bronx was approached by a young man, described as aged 18-25, heavyset,…