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12/23/2025

A Bronx native is leveraging technology to assist vulnerable kids and adults, creating wearable technology that will likely save lives.

Tyneadrian Fleming, 54, recently launched Black Bird Smart Innovations, LLC, a line of products designed to track and assist people with disabilities, traumatic brain injury, dementia or other conditions that may cause them to wander away from home or have a medical emergency.

The Black Bird devices and app also provide useful information for those who encounter people in crisis and want to help.

📝🎥 By Emily Swanson
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Just two years ago, Jamel Lewis was living a life that was anything but healthy. He was addicted to crack and co***ne an...
12/22/2025

Just two years ago, Jamel Lewis was living a life that was anything but healthy. He was addicted to crack and co***ne and rarely ate, when he did, he subsisted on Little Debbie Honey Buns topped with ice cream.

Today, Lewis is a completely different person. He has been sober for nearly two years and leads a healthy cooking program at Samaritan Daytop Village in the South Bronx, where he whips up dishes like Italian-style pasta with beans, chicken and vegetables and helps educate people who were once in his shoes.

The bad habits were hard to break —even though he knew his choices were harming him— Lewis told the Bronx Times during a visit to his cooking demo. “This thing can lie to you a lot,” he said, pointing to his brain. “I was prescribing myself the wrong answer.”

A Bronx native is leveraging technology to assist vulnerable kids and adults, creating wearable technology that will lik...
12/22/2025

A Bronx native is leveraging technology to assist vulnerable kids and adults, creating wearable technology that will likely save lives.

Tyneadrian Fleming, 54, recently launched Black Bird Smart Innovations, LLC, a line of products designed to track and assist people with disabilities, traumatic brain injury, dementia or other conditions that may cause them to wander away from home or have a medical emergency.

The Black Bird devices and app also provide useful information for those who encounter people in crisis and want to help.

12/22/2025

Families are flocking to the Bronx Zoo after dark for its dazzling Holiday Lights experience—think glowing animal lanterns, interactive exhibits, puppet shows, s’mores by the fire, and an enchanted sea that feels like you’re underwater.

To get the full experience, the Bronx Times staff adventured through the magical, light-filled trails for themselves.

Read the full story and see why this Bronx tradition is lighting up the season at bxtimes.com

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Just after 5:00 a.m. Tuesday, an early morning fire tore through a five-story apartment building in Mott Haven, injuring...
12/20/2025

Just after 5:00 a.m. Tuesday, an early morning fire tore through a five-story apartment building in Mott Haven, injuring four people and displacing 62 residents from 15 families, according to fire officials and Bronx Community Board 1.

The fire department received a call at 5:17 a.m., reporting a fire in one apartment on the first floor of the building at 439 East 135th Street, off Willis Avenue. A second alarm was transmitted as the fire spread from the first through the rest of the building.

FDNY officials told the Bronx Times 25 units and 108 fire and EMS personnel responded to the scene. Four civilians were injured, including three who sustained minor injuries. One suffered serious injuries and was transported to a nearby hospital.

Bronx-based affordable housing groups won a City Council vote yesterday on the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (CO...
12/19/2025

Bronx-based affordable housing groups won a City Council vote yesterday on the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA), a bill that gives nonprofits new leverage to buy distressed apartment buildings and keep them affordable.

Introduced by Council Member Sandy Nurse –who represents majority-Hispanic neighborhoods along Brooklyn’s northern border– the bill gives city certified housing preservation groups first dibs on some apartment buildings when they go up for sale.

Landlord and real estate groups objected to the bill, saying it would expand government involvement in private property sales, while supporters say it will increase the supply of permanently affordable housing managed by tenants or nonprofits.

The Bronx Democratic County Committee’s holiday party was the place to be on Wednesday night, bringing together a crowd ...
12/19/2025

The Bronx Democratic County Committee’s holiday party was the place to be on Wednesday night, bringing together a crowd of hundreds to celebrate this year’s victories for the Democratic party.

The annual event, held this year at Vibra Restaurant & Lounge on East Tremont Ave., honored outgoing Bronx City Council Members Diana Ayala and Rafael Salamanca Jr. and saw special guests from outside the borough: Comptroller-Elect Mark Levine, and Manhattan Council Member Julie Menin, projected to become the next City Council Speaker.

The party also generated a massive pile of toy donations for the nonprofit Housing Solutions of New York, which was the evening’s only price of admission, according to organizers.

“Everybody in this room may not agree on everything, but they can agree tonight that they came in peace and with purpose, for the purposes of having a united Bronx,” Senator Jamaal Bailey, the Bronx Democrats’ chair said.

12/18/2025

City and state lawmakers gathered Dec. 17 to award $5.6 million in capital funding for athletic field renovations at the Herbert H. Lehman Educational Campus.

The subpar field has been both an eyesore and an inconvenience, students told the Bronx Times.

Marie, a soccer and lacrosse player, told the Bronx Times that Lehman’s teams play “basically all away games” because their facility is not up to standard, even for many practices.

📝🎥 By Emily Swanson
đź“° Read more at BXTimes.com

City and state lawmakers awarded $5.6 million in capital funding for athletic field renovations at the Herbert H. Lehman...
12/18/2025

City and state lawmakers awarded $5.6 million in capital funding for athletic field renovations at the Herbert H. Lehman Educational Campus.

The celebratory announcement in the Lehman High School library included Borough President Vanessa Gibson, City Council Members Amanda FarĂ­as and Kristy Marmorato, Schools Deputy Chancellor Kevin Moran and Bronx High School Superintendent Marcell Deans.

The massive campus on East Tremont Ave., is home to six schools that combine under one set of sports teams, the Lehman Lions.

“A renovated field gives students a place to train, compete and grow, while making it easier for families and supporters to show up and be part of those experiences,” Farías said.

State Senator Gustavo Rivera and Hands Off NYC hosted a Day of Action where residents learned strategies for protecting ...
12/17/2025

State Senator Gustavo Rivera and Hands Off NYC hosted a Day of Action where residents learned strategies for protecting one another from ICE enforcement.

A group of about 20 people walked up and down Fordham Road speaking primarily with street vendors and business owners who are constantly on the street in high-traffic areas. “They are the eyes of our neighborhood,” said Rivera.

His team distributed “Know Your Rights” palm cards in English, Spanish, French and Arabic, and a Bengali version will be available soon.

“This administration is lying about what they’re doing,” Rivera said. ICE is not weeding out criminal activity but “terrorizing normal, everyday folks,” he added.

For years, residents and environmental advocates in Melrose have pushed state officials for clearer information about th...
12/17/2025

For years, residents and environmental advocates in Melrose have pushed state officials for clearer information about the toxic contamination beneath a long-vacant lot at 753 Melrose Avenue.

In early November, the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) said it plans to clean up the residual chemicals in up to ten years.

The Melrose Environmental Awareness Committee, led by Bronx resident Angel Garcia, has repeatedly pushed the DEC to study and clean-up the dry cleaning chemicals left behind after a business closed in the 1960s.

The site has been classified as a “significant threat to public health or the environment” under the state’s Superfund program.

BREAKING: The Bronx is getting a casino. The New York State Gaming Commission has awarded Bally’s a license to build a c...
12/15/2025

BREAKING: The Bronx is getting a casino. The New York State Gaming Commission has awarded Bally’s a license to build a casino-hotel complex in Ferry Point Park, marking the end of a long approvals process.

The Commission also approved the two remaining proposals in Queens: Metropolitan Park in Flushing and an expansion of the existing Resorts World “racino” in South Ozone Park. The Commission had authority to grant up to three licenses for new casinos in the New York City area.

Bally's Golf Links at Ferry Point plans to build a casino complex featuring 3,500 slot machines, 210 table games and 40 poker tables, a 500-room hotel, two parking garages totaling 4,600 spaces, a 2,000-seat event center, a nightclub, spa, food and beverage venues and retail shops, all on its existing Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course formerly owned by President Donald Trump.

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