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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.

12/13/2025

Was Elena Price guilty… or not guilty?

That’s the question Fordham High School for the Arts seniors asked the audience to decide by being the jury in their original courtroom drama, “Reasonable Doubt”— packed with twists, gasps, laughter, and a verdict no one saw coming.

Read more about how these students redefined their school’s theater program at bxtimes.com

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Assembly Member Amanda Septimo, who represents the South Bronx’s 84th District, announced she is joining the pool of can...
12/12/2025

Assembly Member Amanda Septimo, who represents the South Bronx’s 84th District, announced she is joining the pool of candidates challenging Rep. Ritchie Torres in the Congressional District 15 primary.

“We need a federal representative that is speaking consistently to the issues we’re seeing on a daily basis,” Septimo said. “The Bronx is a place that needs all of the resources, all of the attention and certainly all of the opportunity that it can get.”

Though the timing of the election cycles means Septimo must give up her Assembly seat to run for Congress, she said she’s optimistic about her chance of remaining a Bronx representative.

“I would not be doing this if I didn’t think there was a viable path,” she said. “Now feels like the time because I think the time I’ve spent in the Assembly has really allowed me to figure out, how do you problem solve in ways that feel meaningful to real people you meet every day.”

12/12/2025

Many Americans faced losing their SNAP benefits in November. Though the government shutdown has ended and SNAP will be funded, this change would have directly impacted about 1.8 million New Yorkers, including working adults, children, seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities. Soup kitchens and food banks would have also felt the effects.

“No charitable organization can replace the critical support SNAP provides,” said Leslie Gordon, President and CEO of the Food Bank For NYC. Even so, she and the Food Bank for NYC team work tirelessly to keep New Yorkers fed.

The Bronx Times and amNY toured the Food Bank For NYC to see how the organization, operates day to day. 

The food bank works to help people who desperately need food, like Brittany Torres, a schoolteacher and single mother who teaches in the Bronx, where her son also attends school. She receives SNAP benefits to make ends meet, but even with this assistance, she often goes without to ensure her son has what he needs. 

She says losing SNAP would be terrifying. Torres, like many others, lives this reality every day, but the Food Bank for NYC works to alleviate some of that burden, one belly at a time.

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The Montefiore Einstein Hospital celebrated the completion of its new 21-bed inpatient pediatric mental health center wi...
12/11/2025

The Montefiore Einstein Hospital celebrated the completion of its new 21-bed inpatient pediatric mental health center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, Nov. 24.

Known as the Montefiore Einstein Center for Children’s Mental Health of the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein (CHAM), this center reflects a commitment from New York City and State leaders to expand mental health services for kids and teenagers.

CHAM will provide kids in the Bronx between the ages of 5 and 17 with the best-in-class intensive treatment for their serious behavioral health conditions, including severe depression, anxiety, trauma, suicidal thoughts, psychosis, other acute psychiatric needs and high-functioning autism spectrum disorders.

The idea of living in a library is every book lover’s dream — and it could become reality for some lucky Bronx household...
12/11/2025

The idea of living in a library is every book lover’s dream — and it could become reality for some lucky Bronx households in the coming years.

Grand Concourse Library, NYPL, located at 155 East 173rd Street, is slated for a major remodel that will create a new, two-story public library with approximately 113 units of affordable housing on top. Fifteen percent of the units will be set aside for formerly homeless New Yorkers.

The two-story, 17,500-square-foot library will feature several multipurpose rooms, reading areas and updated technology.

Reasonable Doubt —a courtroom comedy drama entirely written, directed and produced by students at Fordham High School fo...
12/11/2025

Reasonable Doubt —a courtroom comedy drama entirely written, directed and produced by students at Fordham High School for the Arts— told the story of Elena Price, who was on trial for the murder of her husband and Philadelphia football superstar London Price.

The production asked audience members to decide Elena’s fate: guilty, or not guilty.

But the students didn’t set out to write their own play. 17-year-old Aylee Diaz, who plays Elena in the production, told the Bronx Times that they knew they wanted to do a show with some type of audience participation element but that when they were researching courtroom dramas, nothing seemed like exactly the right fit.

“ We want to make the community that’s coming to see us feel something and walk out changed in a way,” Diaz said.

The Castle Hill Library broke ground on a $17 million renovation expected to be completed in 2027.The revamped location ...
12/11/2025

The Castle Hill Library broke ground on a $17 million renovation expected to be completed in 2027.

The revamped location will have a more open feel with skylights and a large front window at sidewalk level; dedicated spaces for kids, teens and adult learners; new furnishings and technology; upgraded electrical and fire safety systems, and a green roof.

Council Member and Majority Leader Amanda Farías allocated $1.5 million towards the renovation, which she called “ground breaking in every sense of the word.”

The Tremont Renaissance seemed to offer everything on Natasha Bent’s list: 24-hour security, children’s play areas and o...
12/10/2025

The Tremont Renaissance seemed to offer everything on Natasha Bent’s list: 24-hour security, children’s play areas and on-site laundry.

After moving in as one of the first tenants, Bent, a mother and middle school teacher at New Pathways Academy, quickly discovered problems. The advertised 24-hour security meant only cameras, not a guard, and the elevators in the seven-year-old building frequently broke down.

That was just the beginning of her problems. “My bathroom sink was broken off the wall and split in half. Then my kitchen sink’s countertop was broken. I moved into my unit like that,” Bent said.

Tremont Renaissance tenants, including Bent, have sought to push management to make needed repairs by withholding rent. Since Bent stopped paying her rent nearly two years ago, she has accumulated over $18,000 in withheld rent, which she says she’s ready to pay as soon as the building addresses her concerns.

An estimated 60 tenants with past and ongoing eviction cases are in the process of withholding their rent. Last year, Bent and her neighbors formed the Tremont Renaissance Tenant Association. The tenant association alleges mismanagement by the company Highbridge Community Development Corporation.

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The Bronx’s Little Italy held their annual tree lighting ceremony at Ciccarone Park this past weekend, where families an...
12/10/2025

The Bronx’s Little Italy held their annual tree lighting ceremony at Ciccarone Park this past weekend, where families and neighbors came together to celebrate the holiday season.

The Belmont Business Involvement District partnered with Fordham University, the New York Botanical Garden and the Bronx Zoo to host a toy giveaway for local families and a meet and greet with Santa, who sang holiday carols with families and loved ones.
Local businesses in Little Italy also provided Italian cookies and hot chocolate to warm up the crowd while they waited for the tree countdown.

Vanessa L. Gibson, the Bronx Borough President, stopped by the tree lighting to celebrate with local residents and sing along to “Feliz Navidad” with Santa and his helpers.

“If we can bring them [families] together to light the tree and begin the holiday season, and give out toys and hot chocolate, it’s a big deal,” Gibson said. “For us as leaders, it’s important to remind our borough that we’re always here for the good and the challenging times.”

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Tenants at the Tremont Renaissance are on a rent strike after what they say are years of dealing with pest infestations,...
12/10/2025

Tenants at the Tremont Renaissance are on a rent strike after what they say are years of dealing with pest infestations, mold, gas leaks and more. Now, these same residents are facing eviction.

Close to 50 ongoing eviction cases have been filed against Tremont Renaissance tenants, according to Jessica Bellinder, a supervising attorney with the Legal Aid Society in the Bronx. The tenants association estimates 27 units have been vacated this year due to eviction.

“It’s not even a form of protest. But why am I paying rent? You’re not even maintaining my unit,” one tenant told the Bronx Times. “I have my money to pay the rent, but come fix the stuff.”

The Bronx Times sat down to talk with Andre Easton, a high school teacher campaigning for Democrat Ritchie Torres’ seat ...
12/10/2025

The Bronx Times sat down to talk with Andre Easton, a high school teacher campaigning for Democrat Ritchie Torres’ seat in the Bronx’s 15th Congressional District.

Easton is running as an independent as a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

Throughout his campaign, he hopes Bronxites like her will “see [themselves] as political actors, and not just people praying and hoping that the right person will get voted in.”

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