via NYCITY NEWS SERVICE
Marathon 2019: Why It’s More Than a Race
The runners who braved daunting challenges and the New Yorkers who went the distance to support them.
Place: Bronx
via Gothamist
‘Joker’ Steps Tourists Are No Fun for Neighbors
Fliers posted in Highbridge warn Instagrammers: “It is disrespectful to treat our community and residents as a photo opportunity."
via The City
Federal Tax Credit Program Creates Bronx Gold Rush
The Opportunity Zone program may not benefit urban areas that are already gentrifying.
via Hunts Point Express
Seniors Are Stranded by Broken Elevator
Tenants say an affordable housing company, SEBCO, has failed to repair an elevator that keeps breaking down.
New York Votes 2018
Our reporters ask voters: What midterm election issue affects you the most and why?
via City Limits
Church’s Mission Extends to Healthcare
The Bronx's Church of Abiding Presence helps low-income and marginalized residents, regardless of faith, get access to healthcare and clinical resources.
via The Riverdale Press
Effort to Aid Bronx-Tied Earthquake Victim
Friends are raising money to help photographer and Riverdale native Wesley Bocxe, who was seriously injured in the Mexico City quake, which killed his wife, Elizabeth Esguerra Rosas.
via City Limits
Getting Back to School in the Bronx
Across the borough, cops, parents, merchants and – above all, kids – brace for the inevitable: the end of summer.