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Some 50 protesters marched from 136th Street and Brook Avenue to the 40th Precinct station house on Alexander Avenue on Sunday, Jan. 17, demanding accountability for the NYPD’s brutal crackdown…
The New York State Attorney General’s office has filed a lawsuit against the NYPD for making false arrests of peaceful protesters in Mott Haven last summer. AG Letitia James contends…
Junior Martinez closed indoor operations in his three South Bronx restaurants—Beatstro, Bricks and Hops and the Bronx Draft House—in mid-March due to the pandemic. He had been relying on takeout,…
Lincoln Hospital is slated to receive $2.9 million in capital funding to create a new call bell system for nurses. The system was announced at a ceremonial check presentation on…
The sale of online grocer FreshDirect to a Dutch company has been cleared by federal antitrust authorities, closing a deal that was first announced last November. The Dutch company, Ahold…
BronxArtSpace is holding an open call for artists for an upcoming exhibition, called Giving Light: An Art Antidote to Gun Violence. Applicants have until Jan. 22 at midnight to apply.…
As the pandemic continues to expose racial and socioeconomic disparities in health care, three Black Bronx-based birth workers decided to join forces to help Black families within the Bronx. Founded…
Jessica Epting was a gymnast as a child. After she mastered her tumbles, cartwheels and walkovers, her instructors told her to take ballet if she wanted to continue in the…