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01/13/2026

A record number of New York City private hospital nurses went on strike Monday at 7 a.m. Nurses across Montefiore Health System are rallying against management for what they call corporate greed and lack of investment in patient care.

Nearly 15,000 private hospital nurses from Montefiore, New York-Presbyterian and Mount Sinai walked off the job after failing to reach a contract throughout months of negotiations. Union members are collectively seeking guaranteed and affordable healthcare, improved staffing ratios and protections from violent incidents within the facilities, along with higher pay, according to their union, the New York State Nurses Association.

Hundreds of nurses sang, played instruments, danced and cheered along East 210th St. and Bainbridge Ave. at the Moses Campus, which includes the emergency department and children’s hospital, as patients streamed in and out and drivers waved and honked their horns in solidarity.

📝 By Emily Swanson
Video edited by Emily Davenport
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The Parkchester 6 train station just became a lot friendlier for riders with disabilities. Riders can now take advantage...
01/10/2026

The Parkchester 6 train station just became a lot friendlier for riders with disabilities. Riders can now take advantage of new elevators and other improvements.

The Jan. 9 announcement from the MTA comes after years of community advocacy for greater accessibility at the station, which sees 7,000 daily riders, and after long delays during the COVID-19 pandemic.

📝By Emily Swanson
📸 Photos by Marc A. Hermann/MTA
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Venezuelans in New York City are expressing anxiety and mixed feelings over President Donald Trump’s abrupt capture of N...
01/09/2026

Venezuelans in New York City are expressing anxiety and mixed feelings over President Donald Trump’s abrupt capture of Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3. Some Venezuelan New Yorkers wept with joy outside the court building, but many have also expressed unease and worry for loved ones who remain in the country.

Trump’s decision to take Maduro has drawn strong criticism from some Bronx elected officials, including Senator Gustavo Rivera.

“Two things are true: Maduro is an authoritarian who has irreparably harmed his country. But it is also true that the United States has no business kidnapping the sitting head of state of any sovereign nation,” Rivera said in a Jan. 7 post on Instagram.

📝By Emily Swanson
📸 Photos courtesy Venezuelans and Immigrants Aid and Fernando Hernandez
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01/07/2026

Meet Mark Lawrence, an original resident of NYCHA’s Bronx River Houses in Soundview. Lawrence recently returned to his childhood home to paint new murals he named, “The Home that Inspired the World.”

The murals were inspired by Lawrence’s upbringing in the projects during the birth of hip hop; the DJs, the graffiti and the weekly jams that packed the building wall-to-wall with heat and music.

In addition to the creativity all around him, Lawrence said he was also inspired by the close-knit community at Bronx River Houses, home to more than 3,000 residents.

“Those years in the 70s and 80s were epic because every weekend, New York City was partying.” he said.

Even through what he called “the crack days,” neighbors were constantly outside celebrating special occasions and birthdays, playing music and holding block parties just for fun, said Lawrence.

“That’s the beauty of impoverished people,” he said. “People that don’t have nothing, they can create anything.”

📹 By Andrew Balaban

Staff members from a Throggs Neck private therapy practice are accusing the owner of financial mismanagement, which resu...
01/07/2026

Staff members from a Throggs Neck private therapy practice are accusing the owner of financial mismanagement, which resulted in some employees missing pay and at least one being denied unemployment benefits after being laid off in April.

The Bronx Times spoke with seven former employees, both on and off the record at Counseling & Psychotherapy (C&P) of Throggs Neck. They all said that the owner, Charles Bonerbo failed to provide 2024 W-2s and paystubs and several were missing at least one paycheck.

Two reported being told by government agencies that the company did not contribute to payroll taxes on their behalf, leaving them with no unemployment or Social Security benefits for 2024.

Through it all, the employees, all of whom have left C&P, said they experienced a confusing lack of transparency about what was happening at their workplace.

Three days into his term, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani stopped in the West Bronx to announce a new effort to tackle the ci...
01/07/2026

Three days into his term, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani stopped in the West Bronx to announce a new effort to tackle the city’s housing crisis and a new housing commissioner to help lead the work.

At a press conference at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. —widely regarded as the birthplace of hip-hop— Mamdani announced forthcoming “Rental Ripoff” hearings in each borough within his first 100 days.

He also announced his appointment of Dina Levy, a state housing official and former community organizer, as Commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). Levy takes the post from interim Commissioner Ahmed Tigani, whom Mamdani appointed to the Department of Buildings.

New York City Public Schools new Chancellor Kamar Samuels spent his first morning at his new job with students and teach...
01/07/2026

New York City Public Schools new Chancellor Kamar Samuels spent his first morning at his new job with students and teachers P.S./M.S. 194 in the Bronx — familiar territory for the new leader of America’s largest public school system.

Samuels, who was recently appointed chancellor by Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, began his educational career at P.S./M.S. 194 in 2001 as a sixth-grade math teacher. The school, located in Westchester Square, serves students from kindergarten to eighth grade and houses a secondary school for children with severe special education needs.

The new chancellor listened to parents’ concerns about wanting to be more involved in the classroom, as well as discussing the need for teachers to have more resources available to them.

As we bring in the new year, we here at the Bronx Times want to reflect on our top 10 most read stories. In 2025, the Br...
01/01/2026

As we bring in the new year, we here at the Bronx Times want to reflect on our top 10 most read stories.

In 2025, the Bronx saw major headlines. From the building collapse at the Mitchell Houses to Bally’s winning a 15-year license to build a casino-hotel complex in Ferry Point Park, our borough saw it all.

Thank you for being our readers and everyone who supports our publication. More to come in the new year!

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As the holiday season in the Bronx draws to a close, many will be finishing off the last remaining glasses of Coquito, e...
12/31/2025

As the holiday season in the Bronx draws to a close, many will be finishing off the last remaining glasses of Coquito, either made at home with family and friends or feverishly hunted down through recommended experts in local Facebook groups.

The coconut rum drink with notes of cinnamon rises in popularity during the Christmas and New Year’s season due to its Puerto Rican roots. Nearly 240,000 Bronxites are from the island, according to the most recent estimates from New York City Department of Planning.

So, what makes a truly great Coquito? Coquito fans and industry experts told the Bronx Times that regardless of individual variations or flavors in recipes, great Coquito has quality ingredients, Puerto Rican rum and the ability to bring people together.

Just Home, the supportive housing project on the Jacobi Medical Center campus for people leaving incarceration with majo...
12/31/2025

Just Home, the supportive housing project on the Jacobi Medical Center campus for people leaving incarceration with major medical illnesses, may not be getting a new home after all.

The project will not be moved to Brooklyn despite the Adams administration’s promise to relocate it before his term expired, outgoing Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro confirmed to the Bronx Times on Dec. 29.

Mastro said the Adams administration made “substantial progress” towards moving Just Home to Bushwick instead of Morris Park, including identifying a location and nonprofit partner for supportive services. However, the approvals are not complete, leaving the issue to incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdan, he said.

Community members held an evening vigil on Friday for Pamela Guerrero, 29, who was found dead at a Soundview apartment b...
12/30/2025

Community members held an evening vigil on Friday for Pamela Guerrero, 29, who was found dead at a Soundview apartment building on Dec. 21.

The circumstances surrounding Guerrero’s death remain a mystery, especially to her family, who demanded justice at the vigil.

Few details are known about how Guerrero died. According to information from the NYPD, officers responded to a 911 call the morning of Dec. 21 reporting an unconscious person found at 1225 Stratford Ave., about two blocks from her mother’s home.

Officers found Guerrero unresponsive at the “rear” of the apartment building, according to the NYPD spokesperson. The investigation remains ongoing, and a cause of death has not yet been determined.

The New York State Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that it would add an additional public hearing on Jan....
12/30/2025

The New York State Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that it would add an additional public hearing on Jan. 6 for the Cross Bronx Expressway Five Bridges Project.

This will be the fourth hearing where community members can offer feedback on a nearly $1 billion construction plan which many transit and environmental advocates are concerned goes beyond what’s needed to repair the five bridges.

The move takes a step toward what a coalition of community and environmental groups have been asking for: a more concerted effort at public engagement. They’ve been fighting for years to have more say over the project, and slowly the state has paired back plans that community members felt were the worst options.

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