The Bronx is navigating multiple urgent issues this week: Restaurant Week begins after the holiday, heat relief efforts expand across cooling centers and pools, while law enforcement responds to serious crimes including a park assault and a carjacking incident. Meanwhile, healthcare and housing developments continue with Montefiore facing staffing changes and a new senior housing project securing financing.
·Restaurant Week launches in the Bronx following the holiday break
·City opens cooling centers and pools as heat relief spreads across the borough
·Suspect arrested and surrenders in connection with Van Cortlandt Park assault
·Montefiore nurses report being replaced by AI automation
·Affordable senior housing project at 3728 Park Avenue secures financing
drawn from News12 | Bronx, Bronx Times, Gothamist, ABC7 New York · updated 29m ago