NEW: the construction co that worked on the Pelham Pkwy Phase 2 revamp just filed a $6M lawsuit against the city, blaming agencies for mishandling the project, leading to massive delays -- and not paying for the extra work.

bxtimes.com/pelham-parkway…

Bronx Times staffers ET Rodriguez, Mayra Kalaora, Camille Botello and Emily Swanson were recognized for stories they reported in 2023 during this year’s awards weekend- from arts and editorial stories to features and news stories. bxtimes.com/bronx-timesnew…

My first story on the Allerton street vendors won a 3rd place NYPA award in the News category! bxtimes.com/allerton-avenu…
The Bx Times took five total awards: 2nd AND 3rd in the News category, plus 1st for Features and Column and 3rd for Arts.🙌

Street vendors in The Bronx received 29% more tickets from sanitation than they had from DCWP in the year prior — even as the number issued citywide decreased by 22%.

No other borough saw an increase.

thecity.nyc/2024/04/19/ill…

Very proud to have contributed to the news package, South Bronx Businesses Battle Back, which won a Mark of Excellence award from the Society of Professional Journalists! #localnews #journalism #bronx
…xbusinessrising.nycitynewsservice.com

i can't feel my face

Wow! As of today, I have 100 bylines for the Bronx Times. Each of these pieces represents a connection w/people and a story that matters, even if to just a few readers. Grateful that I get to do this work. #Bronx #journalism #LocalNews

Had a fun evening hearing from Mike Madrid and Chuck Rocha at Newmark J-School on the impact of the Latino vote and how demographics are driving change. As a big fan of Politicology, I had to pick Mike's brain re covering elections in the #bronx .

I'm proud to say that our news package, Day Care Danger, representing months of work by a team of investigative journalists at Newmark J-School , has finally published: daycaredanger.nycitynewsservice.com

This is a great day of work Bronx Times

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For months, Eric Adams has been kicking migrants out of the shelter system.

Now, thousands of men are left with nowhere to go.

I sat down with one man trying to give them all shelter...even if it goes against building codes.

hellgatenyc.com/migrant-shelte…

One of 9 officers named in the case was a lieutenant named in 9 lawsuits over his career, resulting in $250K in payouts.

My story about recent $125K settlement for Bronx woman who accused the NYPD of false arrest. This while The Legal Aid Society just reported that misconduct payouts cost the city $115M in 2023, half a billion over the past six yrs.

bxtimes.com/bronx-defender…

Very sad and scary to see yet another death, this time a fellow reporter, from a lithium-ion battery fire.

More reasons to consider myself a proud Newmark J-School alum 🙌🏽

UPDATE: Unfortunately, Grover was part of the latest round of newsroom cuts.

Millbrook residents told me they experience a LOT of water outages -- but damn, this was a long one. #Bronx #nycha

Residents go nearly five days without water at NYCHA Millbrook Houses bxtimes.com/water-nycha-mi…

I recently appeared on Bronx Buzz BronxNetTV to talk about mixed support among the #communityboards for the City of Yes economic initiative. See the video here:

youtube.com/watch?v=3BQY6d…

So proud of my alma mater!

$10 Million Gift Sets Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism on Path to Free Tuition - Newmark J-School journalism.cuny.edu/2024/01/10-mil…

It's my first day at the Bronx Times!

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