As New Yorkers Hit the Polls, Bronx Residents Share Why They Voted
In the nine days of early voting that kicked off on Oct. 26, just shy of 1.1 million New Yorkers had already made it to the polls, according to NYC’s…
2024 Election in NYC: Poll Site Confusion, First Time Voters & Hopes for Change
By 6 p.m., nearly 2.2 million New Yorkers and counting had turned up to vote in Tuesday’s election—many saying they were motivated by the chance for change and hopes for…
Polling site snafu stymies some Melrose voters
On Election Day, would-be voters by the score were turned away from their familiar polling site, PS1 The Courtland School in Melrose, and re-directed to the Classic Community Center four…
Safety, drugs, inflation: What’s on the minds of South Bronx teens ahead of a tense election
This fall, reporters from the Mott Haven Herald and Hunts Point Express hit the streets of the South Bronx, attended local events, and led workshops to understand what young people…
There’s more on the ballot than Harris vs Trump
There’s more to the election on November 5 than who will be the next president. In addition to state senate and state assembly races in several jurisdictions, on the flip…
Bronxites react to Trump comedian’s “island of garbage,” anti-Puerto Rico slur
One comedian’s derogatory comments about la Isla del encanto have ignited a load of bochinche in the boogie-down. The commotion was touched off when standup comic Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto…
Trump stops in the Bronx for a haircut, to mixed reactions
An unexpected visit to Castle Hill yesterday afternoon prompted swirls of conversation in a neighborhood that rarely sees high profile visitors. When presidential Republican candidate Donald Trump stopped at the…
Hostos registers its students to vote
Lea una versión en español aquí. The Bronx has historically come up short in the voting department, especially among young adults. It clocks the lowest rate of 18-year-old registered voters…