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  1. August 30, 2026 City Island A 30-foot boat exploded in the Long Island Sound around 1:40 p.m. Saturday, injuring three people with minor injuries and drawing 79 firefighters.
  2. August 30, 2026 Soundview A 13-year-old boy was stabbed in the stomach outside the C-Town at 1612 Westchester Avenue at 5:23 p.m. Saturday and is in stable condition; no arrests yet.
  3. August 30, 2026 Van Nest Lydia Zuniga, 65, a security guard on her way to work at NYU, broke her leg in three places after a stranger shoved her onto the 5 train tracks at East 180th Street.
  4. August 30, 2026 Soundview Permits were filed for a 13-story, 287-unit mixed-use building at 831 Rosedale Avenue, a short walk from the Morrison Avenue 6 stop.
  5. August 30, 2026 Bronx foreclosure filings nearly double — *Filings jumped in the borough with the fewest homeowners, and it traces back to old tax debt the city sold off years ago.* Top story
  6. August 29, 2026 Soundview Westbridge Realty filed for three buildings of exactly 99 units each on Rosedale and Soundview Avenues, the now-standard dodge around the construction wage mandate that kicks in at 100 units under 485-x.
  7. August 29, 2026 Port Morris A lottery opened for nine units at 132 Brown Place, from a $1,812 studio to a $2,713 two-bedroom, all at 80% of area median income; applications close Sept. 17.
  8. August 28, 2026 Concourse The FBI is offering up to $25,000, and the United Bodegas of America another $10,000, for information on Jesus Acosta, sought in two bodega killings 48 hours apart in the Bronx and Brownsville.
  9. August 28, 2026 Fordham Developer Andrea Gjini, 28, opened 166 apartments at 19 and 21 East 198th Street as two buildings to stay under the 100-unit line where 485x's wage floor kicks in; 19 more 99-unit projects were filed citywide last quarter versus nine larger ones.
  10. August 27, 2026 Kingsbridge Heights A 16-year-old surrendered on murder charges hours before the funeral of Riley Billingslea, 15, shot in an apartment on Claflin Avenue on Aug. 12
  11. August 27, 2026 West Farms A lottery opened for four units at 2074 Honeywell Ave., studios at $2,000 and one-bedrooms at $2,092, for households earning $75,840 to $122,160; applications due Sept. 15
  12. August 26, 2026 Kingsbridge Heights Police arrested a 16-year-old for the murder of 15-year-old Riley Billingslea on the same day his funeral was held in Brooklyn.
  13. August 26, 2026 Norwood Detectives are investigating the death of a 60-year-old man dropped off unconscious at Montefiore with head and hip injuries by someone who did not stay.
  14. August 25, 2026 Mott Haven to Woodlawn Attorney General Letitia James split $2.7 million from the estate of the late Herman Price among nine Bronx nonprofits, $300,000 each, including the Bronx River Alliance and Part of the Solution.
  15. August 24, 2026 Allerton The $6.9 million rebuild of Corporal Louis Zimmerman Playground on Britton Street is done, with two basketball courts, a turf field and ADA ramps linking its two levels.
  16. August 24, 2026 Bronx and Upper Verde Vida rescues produce from the Hunts Point market and hands it out free the same day at four public schools, asking for no ID or immigration status.
  17. August 23, 2026 Tremont The city will spend $24.4 million turning the dumping ground under the Cross Bronx Expressway into a park with a skate park and basketball courts.
  18. August 23, 2026 Kingsbridge More than a hundred firefighters fought a four-alarm fire on Dekalb Avenue for two hours; two residents and a firefighter had minor injuries.
  19. August 23, 2026 Norwood North Central Bronx Hospital got $600,000 from the borough president and a council member for an advanced cataract surgery microscope, due later this year.
  20. August 22, 2026 North Central Bronx Hospital is getting a $600,000 advanced surgical microscope for cataract operations, funded by Borough President Vanessa Gibson and Council Member Eric Dinowitz.
  21. August 22, 2026 Hunts Point Grocery operators toured the site of the city's first city-run supermarket at the Peninsula development, where staples will sell at a 30% discount once it opens.
  22. August 21, 2026 A gunman fired from a passing SUV outside a Soundview laundromat Thursday, wounding three men, one critically, in the head.
  23. August 21, 2026 North Central Bronx Hospital is getting a $600,000 surgical microscope for cataract operations, funded through Borough President Vanessa Gibson's office.
  24. August 21, 2026 Gerrit Cole struck out eight over six innings to lead the Yankees to a three-game sweep of the Orioles, their first sweep in over a month.
  25. August 20, 2026 Tremont The City Council will spend $24.4 million turning a trash-strewn lot under the Cross Bronx Expressway into a park with basketball and skate courts, part of a broader Park-Webster redevelopment.
  26. August 19, 2026 An MTA bus and an FDNY fire truck collided in Longwood, injuring 19 people including five firefighters.
  27. August 19, 2026 A 39-year-old was shot dead outside a University Heights building on Grand Avenue; no arrests.
  28. August 19, 2026 Speaker Menin delivered $25 million to modernize Hunts Point's Fulton Fish Market refrigeration and open a waterfront walkway.
  29. August 18, 2026 Hunts Point Officials toured the future site of the Bronx's first city-owned grocery store, promising a 30% discount on essentials when it opens at The Peninsula by the end of 2027.
  30. August 17, 2026 Kingsbridge The borough's only fully staffed Rape Crisis Center is losing its entire federal grant, about a quarter of its budget, after the state says funding requests it received topped available federal dollars by nearly $500 million.
  31. August 17, 2026 Van Nest Permits were filed for a 23-unit mixed-use building at 1740 East Tremont Avenue, steps from the East 180th Street subway stop.
  32. August 16, 2026 Mount Eden President Trump interrupted a Long Island speech to embrace the parents of Jacob Freytes, the 12-year-old killed by a stray bullet, and voiced support for the "Jacob's Law" push in Albany.
  33. August 15, 2026 A third body was pulled from the Norwood explosion site on East 209th Street; the city says displaced tenants can return Monday to retrieve belongings.
  34. August 15, 2026 The city is flooding Dyckman Street with 700 officers this weekend to head off a repeat "teen takeover" after last week's melee left a 23-year-old stabbed to death.
  35. August 14, 2026 DOT broke ground on the Tremont Avenue busway, the Bronx's first, redesigning eight intersections for the 39,000 daily riders on the Bx36.
  36. August 14, 2026 A 15-year-old was shot dead inside a Kingsbridge Heights apartment, at least the 13th New York City minor killed by gun violence this year.
  37. August 14, 2026 Twenty-five formerly incarcerated men graduated the Fulton Reentry Community Center's workforce program in Mott Haven, a converted correctional facility.
  38. August 14, 2026 A First Conviction Under NYPD's Chokehold Ban — *Six years after the city outlawed chokeholds, a jury finally convicted an officer for using one.* Top story
  39. August 13, 2026 Tremont DOT broke ground on the long-stalled East Tremont busway, which will bar most cars from a six-block stretch from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. starting Sept. 19 over the objections of local drivers and shop owners.
  40. August 13, 2026 The Yankees broke out for 10 runs to beat the Mariners and take the series, with Trent Grisham delivering the go-ahead and insurance hits after a rough night in center field.
  41. August 12, 2026 Fordham Tenants at a 17-unit Walton Avenue building are asking a judge to hand day-to-day control to a court-appointed administrator over live wires, mold and fire damage their landlord ignored.
  42. August 12, 2026 Throggs Neck A woman was shot multiple times in her own driveway as her 15-year-old son opened the gate for her; police are searching for two masked gunmen who fled in an SUV.
  43. August 12, 2026 Fordham Road MTA officials are pressing holdout senior bus riders to switch from loose change to OMNY before coins stop working on buses later this year.
  44. August 11, 2026 Bedford Park David Mosley was sentenced to two years for torturing and killing a cat in a filmed "sacrifice," and barred from owning pets for a decade.
  45. August 11, 2026 Highbridge A developer filed plans for a new seven-story school building at 1000 University Avenue.
  46. August 11, 2026 Port Morris South Bronx Unite is eyeing the shuttered Post printing plant's roof for community-owned solar that could cut about 100 households' bills 20%.
  47. August 10, 2026 Belmont Permits were filed for a 54-unit, six-story rental building on Crotona Avenue, two blocks from the Fordham Road B/D station.
  48. August 10, 2026 Univision 41 kicks off its seventh annual back-to-school giveaway this week, handing out more than 5,000 backpacks at sites in Elmcor and the Bronx.
  49. August 9, 2026 Bronx An 87-year-old woman was shot in the neck by stray gunfire from three armed teens and didn't realize she'd been hit until a stranger pointed out the blood.
  50. August 9, 2026 Yankee Stadium The Yankees rallied from a shutout to beat the Braves in extra innings on Old-Timers' Day, their fourth win in five games.
  51. August 9, 2026 A third body is pulled from the Norwood fire — *Tenants who already lost their homes to a Bronx blast now wait to learn if it took a third neighbor, too.* Top story
  52. August 8, 2026 Norwood A second body was recovered from an apartment building four days after an explosion and fire, as displaced tenants take shelter in Red Cross hotels.
  53. August 7, 2026 Norwood A five-alarm blast and fire at 374 East 209th Street killed one man, injured 14 and displaced 45 people from 27 apartments, with the cause still under investigation.
  54. August 7, 2026 Bedford Park Lehman College opened The Lehman Grand, CUNY's first Bronx dorm, inside the restored Dollar Savings Bank building at Fordham Road, with 180 beds from $9,025 a year.
  55. August 6, 2026 Hall of Justice More than 300 Bronx Defenders attorneys and staff entered a second week on strike, the borough's longest public-defender walkout since 1982, as management scrambles to cover arraignments.
  56. August 6, 2026 courts NYPD Officer Omar Habib went on trial for chokehold, only the second criminal prosecution of an officer under the city's 2020 chokehold ban.
  57. August 6, 2026 Norwood explosion and five-alarm fire — *A blast loud enough to blow doors off their hinges turned a Bronx apartment building into a five-alarm fight for 300 firefighters.* Top story
  58. August 5, 2026 Mount Vernon's deputy public safety commissioner, Jennifer Lackard, was charged with driving the getaway van after her 20-year-old son allegedly opened fire near the Bronx Hall of Justice.
  59. August 5, 2026 NYPD officer Rebecca De Paula, 31, died in the Dominican Republic from complications after cosmetic surgery, the second such death of a city officer in months.
  60. August 4, 2026 The first Rikers detainee to graduate the jail's new trucking-certification program has a six-figure conditional job offer waiting on the outside.
  61. August 3, 2026 Highbridge Three armed suspects tied up, blindfolded and robbed a 39-year-old woman of $343,000 in jewelry and cash, and remain at large.
  62. August 3, 2026 Wakefield Permits were filed for a 12-story, 189-unit rental building near the 225th Street subway station, one of a wave of applications testing the state's 485-x housing program.
  63. August 2, 2026 Edenwald Stephen Charles, 42, was charged with more than 30 counts for sexually abusing six children over eight years, several of whom he met at homeless shelters.
  64. August 2, 2026 Jacob Freytes's funeral and his mother's push for a new law — *A 12-year-old rode his bike out to buy a ball. A week later, his father, a retired NYPD sergeant, buried him.* Top story
  65. August 1, 2026 Mount Eden A 12-year-old boy, son of a retired NYPD detective, was killed by a stray bullet outside a bodega; the accused shooter skipped his own court appearance.
  66. August 1, 2026 West Farms An 82-unit building near the Bronx Zoo and a 182-unit building in Westchester Square both finished construction this week.
  67. August 1, 2026 Adonis Jarvis's starvation death in Mott Haven — *A boy who weighed 59 pounds when he died was already known to the agency that's supposed to protect him.* Top story
  68. July 31, 2026 East Tremont DOT breaks ground next month on the Bronx's first busway, banning most car traffic on a corridor where the Bx36 averages 5 mph.
  69. July 31, 2026 Longwood The city will finally repair Villa Maria Homes' sunken backyards, starting with a 13-home pilot instead of requiring all 114 owners to sign on first.
  70. July 31, 2026 A grandmother and mother were charged with murder after their 16-year-old autistic son, who weighed 60 pounds at death, died of starvation and neglect.
  71. July 30, 2026 Stop & Shop donated $256,000 to Food Bank For NYC, where 22.6% of Bronx residents are food insecure.
  72. July 30, 2026 Bronx Defenders Join the Summer's Third Public Defender Strike — *The city gave public defense nonprofits a $32 million raise this year. It still wasn't enough to keep three organizations off the picket line.* Top story
  73. July 29, 2026 Highbridge WHEDco unveiled "Tropical Passage," a new mural at the West 168th Street Step Street, funded through a merchant-organizing grant meant to beautify the Grand Concourse corridor.
  74. July 29, 2026 Assembly Member Yudelka Tapia secured $149,000 to expand Lehman College's Certified Nursing Assistant program, which trains about 400 students a year for a field facing major shortages.
  75. July 29, 2026 Claremont A 17-year-old student allegedly slashed two teaching aides with a sharp object at Taft High School Monday, sending both to the hospital in stable condition; no arrests have been made.
  76. July 28, 2026 A 12-year-old, Jacob Freytes, was fatally shot in Mount Eden; NYPD recovered 16 guns in the same 44th Precinct during Dominican Day Parade enforcement.
  77. July 28, 2026 A 17-year-old slashed two special-needs teacher aides at William Howard Taft High School in Claremont; the suspect remains at large.
  78. July 28, 2026 The state's new $30 million LUCHA fund sent its largest share, $11.3 million, to Latino-serving nonprofits in the Bronx.
  79. July 27, 2026 Grand Concourse Thousands marched the 37th Gran Parada Dominicana, honoring a community central to the city's hotel workforce.
  80. July 27, 2026 A 12-year-old is killed by a stray bullet outside a Bronx bodega — *Jacob Freytes was riding his bike home with a ball he'd just bought when a stranger's gunfight took his life.* Top story
  81. July 26, 2026 Mount Eden A 12-year-old boy was shot in the shoulder and died outside a deli on Elliot Place Saturday evening; two adult men also arrived at a hospital with gunshot wounds from the same scene.
  82. July 26, 2026 Norwood/East Tremont Two new housing lotteries opened for a combined 21 units, rents ranging from $2,000 studios to $3,027 two-bedrooms depending on income tier.
  83. July 26, 2026 Dominican New Yorkers now make up about 21% of the borough's population, per CUNY's Dominican Studies Institute, as a nearly $4,700 Washington Heights studio versus roughly $2,200 in the Bronx pushes families across the bridge.
  84. July 26, 2026 The fifth death in city jail custody this year — *Julian Pagan told his father to expect him back at Rikers, then died in a courthouse holding cell before he ever got there.* Top story
  85. July 25, 2026 Council Speaker Julie Menin and colleagues co-named a Maspeth-area street for FDNY Lt. Kenneth Phelan, who died responding to the World Trade Center on 9/11.
  86. July 25, 2026 Police are hunting two men who allegedly beat a 43-year-old with a blunt object in a Highbridge hate crime three days before Pride.
  87. July 25, 2026 The nation's first Bronx School of Hip-Hop opens this fall at 1600 Webster Ave., with curriculum built around DJing, MCing, graffiti, breaking, and self-knowledge.
  88. July 25, 2026 Jury selection began for NYPD Officer Omar Habib, the first cop tried under the city's 2020 anti-chokehold law.
  89. July 24, 2026 Transportation advocates say 99 New Yorkers died in traffic crashes in the first half of 2026 and want Mamdani to release a Vision Zero plan; DOT disputes their count and says pedestrian deaths hit a historic low.
  90. July 24, 2026 South Bronx The state teachers union is suing to block Success Academy's Eva Moskowitz from opening a year-round Strive Charter School, arguing SUNY let her dodge the city's charter cap.
  91. July 23, 2026 Borough President Vanessa Gibson steered $56.3 million in capital funds to a Lincoln Hospital heart lab and six affordable-housing projects.
  92. July 23, 2026 Crotona Construction wrapped on a 134-unit senior building, 92 units reserved for residents 62-plus earning up to $87,480.
  93. July 22, 2026 Kingsbridge An unlicensed practitioner told police "I made a very big mistake" after a 27-year-old woman died from an anti-aging IV infusion at his Bereshit Lifestyle Center.
  94. July 22, 2026 After an autistic child drowned wandering from home in Menands, Albany lawmakers are pushing a "purple alert" public notification system modeled on the Amber Alert.
  95. July 21, 2026 Mott Haven Elected officials found Horizon Juvenile Center holding more than 150 kids against a 121-person capacity, a month after 11 people were stabbed in a brawl there.
  96. July 21, 2026 Parkchester A street was renamed for NYPD Detective Didarul Islam, killed guarding 345 Park Avenue last July, ahead of the shooting's first anniversary.
  97. July 20, 2026 West Farms An eight-story building with 82 units, 15 of them affordable, opened steps from the Bronx Zoo.
  98. July 20, 2026 Tremont Permits were filed for a 99-unit, nine-story building near the West Farms Square subway station.
  99. July 20, 2026 Yankee Stadium The Yankees avoided a sweep against the Dodgers on Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s go-ahead homer, salvaging one win after being outscored in the series' first two games.
  100. July 19, 2026 Soundview The city renamed a street "Didarul Islam Way" for the NYPD officer killed shielding a Park Avenue lobby from a mass shooter last July.
  101. July 19, 2026 Norwood A housing lottery opened for 88 units at 3547 Webster Avenue, with one-bedrooms from $2,545 a month for households earning up to $238,160.
  102. July 19, 2026 Westchester Square A 182-unit affordable building finished construction at 1340 Blondell Avenue, behind the MTA's Westchester Yard.
  103. July 18, 2026 Mott Haven A 1-year-old boy fell five floors from a window at 593 Oak Terrace and survived, alert and conscious, as police took a person of interest into custody.
  104. July 18, 2026 Police are hunting a moped-riding duo suspected in 29 daytime chain-snatching robberies across Brooklyn and Queens since mid-June, with victims ranging from age 14 to 80.
  105. July 18, 2026 Pelham Bay Little League leaders showed elected officials photos of drug use and encampments outside their fields, asking the city to help before pursuing a planned youth sports campus overhaul.
  106. July 18, 2026 The Trump administration cut federal grant funding for Children's Aid's teen pregnancy prevention program, cutting off roughly 360 Bronx students and threatening staff layoffs.
  107. July 17, 2026 Fordham A 29-year-old DJ was shot dead outside an M Lounge nightclub early Thursday, the 46th Precinct's eighth homicide of the year, up 167% from 2025.
  108. July 17, 2026 Kingsbridge Heights Tenants at the Mitchell-Lama Tracey Towers pressed the Council for more oversight after management proposed a 30.58% rent hike over four years despite years of deferred repairs.
  109. July 17, 2026 The Council Gives Itself a Raise — *Forty-nine council members just voted a $10,000 bonus for the city's lowest-paid school aides. Forty-two of them also just voted themselves an 18% raise.* Top story
  110. July 17, 2026 Rikers Gets a Deadline — *A federal judge once wrote that Rikers "would shock the conscience of any citizen who knew of them." Fifty-two years later, the man now in charge quoted her right back at the city.* Top story
  111. July 16, 2026 A fentanyl packaging operation was shut down above two Fordham daycares after agents found nearly 10 pounds of the drug already stamped for street sale; 14 children were evacuated unharmed.
  112. July 16, 2026 A man shoved a stranger face-first into an oncoming D train at the Fordham Road station with no warning, knocking out a tooth; NYPD is still hunting him three weeks later.
  113. July 16, 2026 Elected officials broke ground on the city's first public-school "food forest" at a Soundview campus, with $1.2 million pledged so far toward the $3 million project.
  114. July 16, 2026 Food-pantry lines are stretching for blocks as summer meal gaps meet looming SNAP work-requirement cutoffs; city officials warn up to 42,000 New Yorkers could lose benefits.
  115. July 15, 2026 46th Precinct NYPD fired Inspector Jeremy Scheublin after his rape indictment; the city had already paid $481,000 settling eight prior misconduct suits against him.
  116. July 14, 2026 Wakefield Two decomposing bodies were found in a Carpenter Avenue apartment after neighbors reported a foul odor; police aren't treating the deaths as suspicious.
  117. July 14, 2026 Longwood A third teen, 17, was arrested in the May bodega shooting that wounded a 5-year-old girl holding her mother's hand.
  118. July 14, 2026 Jay-Z's final Yankee Stadium show ran nearly five hours late after ticketless crowds stormed the gates, forcing a lockdown the venue itself ordered.
  119. July 13, 2026 A 46-year-old man was fatally stabbed near East 183rd Street and the Grand Concourse, the 46th Precinct's eighth murder this year, up from three at this point in 2025.
  120. July 13, 2026 The Yankees swept the Nationals on three straight late comebacks, but ace Cam Schlittler opted out of Tuesday's All-Star Game to rest instead of pitching on short turnaround.
  121. July 12, 2026 Morris Heights A housing lottery opened for 169 units at Starhill Phase II on Featherbed Lane, with studios starting at $777 a month for households earning as little as $30,446 a year.
  122. July 12, 2026 46th Precinct NYPD Lt. Jose Caraballo retired after training more than 20,000 recruits over seven years at the Police Academy, using slain Officer Jason Rivera's story to push cadets through their fitness tests.
  123. July 11, 2026 Foreclosure filings hit a seven-year high last quarter, up 91% from a year ago, with Williamsbridge and Throggs Neck the hardest-hit neighborhoods.
  124. July 11, 2026 Belmont A housing lottery opened for 18 units at 2351 Lorillard Place, with three-bedroom rents starting at $1,368 a month.
  125. July 11, 2026 A Bronx Commander's Rape Indictment — *The commanding officer accused of assaulting his own subordinate allegedly warned her that accusers don't fare well against him, then kept his command for another year.* Top story
  126. July 9, 2026 Fieldston Power expanded its solar network to 72 rent-stabilized buildings across New York City, connecting tenants who cannot install rooftop panels to off-site solar to help building owners meet Local Law 97 carbon deadlines.
  127. July 8, 2026 Community Board 1 voted down a Mott Haven waterfront rezoning for 537 affordable apartments, with residents arguing that AMI benchmarks including wealthy Westchester suburbs make what the city calls "affordable" unaffordable for actual Mott Haven families.
  128. July 8, 2026 Borough President Vanessa Gibson ribboned 166 new apartments in Bedford Park Tuesday; developer AG Holdings expects most tenants will use CityFHEPS vouchers.
  129. July 7, 2026 One of the Bronx's oldest subway stations is getting a $123 million renovation, years behind schedule, the MTA confirmed.
  130. July 7, 2026 The Bronx Zoo is weighing whether to move Patty, its last remaining elephant, to a Tennessee sanctuary after years of advocacy from animal-welfare groups.
  131. July 6, 2026 Longwood NYC Parks completed a $2.8 million reconstruction of Dawson Playground, the first major capital investment in the neighborhood in more than two decades, funded through the Mayor's Community Parks Initiative.
  132. July 6, 2026 Yankee Stadium The Yankees lost 6-1 to the Twins on July 4, their ninth loss in ten games and a 3-12 slide since peaking at 46-28 on June 19; Minnesota won its first series at Yankee Stadium since 2014.
  133. July 5, 2026 A falling tree branch shattered the cab window of a northbound 4 train near Yankee Stadium at 8:26 p.m. Saturday, injuring the operator and suspending service briefly; all 200 passengers were evacuated to 149th Street.
  134. July 5, 2026 Belmont An affordable housing lottery opened for 2351 Lorillard Place, a new nine-story building in Belmont; 18 units at 40 to 100 percent of AMI, with three-bedrooms as low as $1,368 a month; applications due July 24.
  135. July 4, 2026 Yankee Stadium Trent Grisham went 3-for-4 in his return from the injured list Thursday, snapping the Yankees' seven-game losing streak against Minnesota.
  136. July 4, 2026 Moishe Parkash, the city's perennial "worst landlord," was forced to sell three Bronx buildings in a deal with his lender.
  137. July 4, 2026 The Queens Blackout Top story
  138. July 3, 2026 District 16 Council Member Althea Stevens cast the lone "no" vote on Mamdani's $126 billion budget, writing that her district, among the city's poorest, received smaller investments than wealthier districts: "Equity means directing resources where the needs are greatest".
  139. July 3, 2026 Montefiore Is Firing 12 Nurses. It Won't Say What Replaces Them — *Four months after the 41-day strike, the replacements arrived: software.* Top story
  140. July 2, 2026 South Bronx The FY27 budget includes $7 million to upgrade the neonatal intensive care unit at Lincoln Hospital, which Council Member Justin Sanchez said "no longer meets modern standards for infection control, family-centered care, or neonatal technology in one of New York City's busiest maternity hospitals."
  141. July 2, 2026 Hunts Point $25 million over two years will modernize the Fulton Fish Market Co-op and open it to the public for the first time, per the FY27 budget deal.
  142. July 2, 2026 Ralph Lauren, born Ralph Lifshitz in 1939 to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant parents in the Bronx, is profiled as the designer who invented America's style for the nation's 250th anniversary: the kid who pressed his face to department store windows to study how Fred Astaire knotted a tie.
  143. June 30, 2026 Family members of Teresa Gonzalez, 88, filed complaints against Jacobi Medical Center and Montefiore after their paralyzed mother was allegedly left "soiled in feces and urine" during a spring hospitalization, part of a documented pattern of emergency care shortfalls in the borough.
  144. June 29, 2026 Van Cortlandt Park Van Cortlandt Park Stadium, closed since 2021, cannot be repaired, it sits on unstable landfill, has asbestos, lead, and PCBs throughout, and has a foundation so shallow it would need to be rebuilt anyway. NYC Parks has no demolition funding, no contractor estimate, and the handball courts next to it could eventually close too.
  145. June 29, 2026 Rep. Ritchie Torres sent a letter to the Department of Justice urging it to reconsider a June 18 memo reinterpreting the 1999 Olmstead decision, which had protected disabled people's right to community-based care over institutionalization. The Bronx has the city's highest concentration of people with disabilities; New York state officials say nothing has changed locally, but advocates are alarmed.
  146. June 29, 2026 Yankee Stadium area The Red Sox completed a four-game sweep of the Yankees in Boston on Sunday, 5-4 in extras, with Aroldis Chapman blowing a save against his former team in the ninth. The Yankees are now 1-15 in June games at Fenway since 2019; every other month they're 23-15 there.
  147. June 28, 2026 Concourse The Yankees lost 4-1 to last-place Boston at Fenway Saturday, their third straight loss in the series, and now face a potential four-game sweep Sunday night with Carlos Rodón against Sonny Gray; their 1-14 record at Fenway in June this decade remains one of baseball's stranger patterns.
  148. June 26, 2026 FDNY's Chief of Fire Operations Kevin Woods wrote DOT a letter opposing the Harlem River Greenway's protected bike lane segment on Sedgwick Avenue, and a local battalion chief testified in uniform against it at a community board meeting last week; Bronx bike advocates say FDNY opposition has killed key cycling infrastructure before, and the Boogie Down is already far behind other boroughs. (Streetsblog)
  149. June 26, 2026 Thousands of Bronx apartments under a separate city affordable housing program are facing rent increases even as the Rent Guidelines Board froze rents city-wide Thursday, an awkward contrast the Mamdani administration has not fully resolved. (The Real Deal)
  150. June 25, 2026 The Bronx School of Hip-Hop will welcome its first ninth-grade class this fall, the only noncharter public school in the country built around hip-hop as a rigorous academic framework across every subject, including math, science, and civics, with founding principal Jason Reyes describing it as "a lens through which we examine literature, math, science, civics, history, technology and art".
  151. June 23, 2026 The NY-13 primary between Espaillat and Avila Chevalier was, per Epicenter's count, drowned in ICE and immigration ads, six of seven a columnist was served, in a city that has not seen the mass federal deployments of Los Angeles or Minneapolis.

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