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Money Moves: where the cash is coming from, for two City Council seats and Bronx Borough President

May 9, 2025 Joe Hirsch

Voters in the South Bronx will head to the polls on June 24th to help shape the future of their communities in elections for Borough President and two City Council…

Government/Politics

Group funded by Wall Street mogul violates regulations and spends big on South Bronx council candidate

May 1, 2025 Hayden Betts and Marina Samuel

Kaliris Salas, a longtime East Harlem resident, was scrolling through Instagram when she saw a post that stopped her cold. Next, she filed a complaint with New York City’s Campaign…

Government/Politics

Clarisa M. Alayeto’s bid for City Council is officially on the ballot, judges rule

May 1, 2025 Gabriela Flores

Clarisa M. Alayeto, the only Bronx-based candidate who aims to secure the City Council seat representing East Harlem and the South Bronx, is officially on the ballot for the Democratic…

Government/Politics Politics

Meet the pro-Israel donors who gave thousands to South Bronx and East Harlem candidates

May 1, 2025 Kennedy Sessions and Marina Samuel

Manhattan and Westchester donors tied to a pro-Israel lobbying group are shelling out thousands to back candidates Clarisa Alayeto and Raymond Santana in the race for the South Bronx-East Harlem…

Education

South Bronx kids learn about digital safety in after-school program

April 3, 2025 Kate Morano

American youth are facing a mental health crisis, but a local group is working to change that. At a cluster of desks near the windows of a brightly-lit classroom, eight…

Environment

$2.8 million in federal money to be cut from Bronx environmental groups

March 28, 2025 David William Rosales

South Bronx environmental nonprofits are sounding the alarm over federal funding cuts they say will decimate initiatives aimed at cleaning the air and water in their communities, which suffer from…

Environment

Funding cuts make future of South Bronx air monitoring program uncertain

March 21, 2025 Kate Morano

With Columbia’s funding in flux, South Bronx Unite may have to look elsewhere for funds The future of the Clean Air Program, a collaboration between South Bronx Unite and Columbia…

Health opioids Parks

Opioid crisis worsens in the Bronx, yet overdose prevention centers face political hurdles

March 19, 2025 Marina Samuel

Nearly 800 people in the Bronx died in 2023 from opioid-related overdoses, the most in the five boroughs, according to data released by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene…

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Special Project: Aftershocks


The Bronx didn’t elect Donald Trump, but it will see the effect of his policies in everything from diminished clean air standards to more aggressive immigration enforcement. Read more>

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