The New York Local Journalism Sustainability Act would provide tax credits to local community-based newspapers for hiring local news reporters. more

Mayor Eric Adams unveils City of Yes plan, leveraging faith-based organizations to tackle affordable housing crisis in NYC. more

Bronx residents received an early holiday present this week when Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the long-awaited Henry Hudson Bridge toll rebate will go into effect Feb. 2024. more

To the Editor: I write this on the 110th day of Israel’s barbaric siege and genocide in Gaza. As the days and nights of unspeakable horror and suffering in Gaza crawl by, I and millions around the world say: “’Never Again’ is happening again. How could ‘Never Again’ happen again? Apparently it was nothing but a hollow cliche.” more

So Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz wants to make blocking a street an act of terrorism?  more

Hooray! Johnson Diner and Bar is open, endeavoring to fill the empty shoes left when the beloved Blue Bay Diner closed in November 2022. more

To the Editor:  When the vitriol of those who lack a moral compass reaches the crescendo that has enveloped some of America’s once-proud university campuses and the leadership of those institutions stand mute or are mealy mouthed, the time for inaction has passed. The message is clear: as a nation, we are in deep trouble; Democracy is again being tested and some of its leaders are AWOL. more

Those of us who live in Riverdale and care deeply about the climate crisis and environmental justice are fortunate to have as our Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz. more

Every Nov. 11 the soldiers who have fought bravely and gave their lives for this country to protect the rights we hold dearly are remembered with parades and solemn ceremonies at military grave sites. more

To the editors: The Bronx may be dying. The numbers of housing violations, eviction filings, large fires, medical emergencies, all-cause deaths per population, premature deaths per population, and drug-deaths per population rose tremendously since 2005, the first year in the Fire Department’s open access database. I began my study of other factors in other NYC governmental open-access databases with year 2005. more