The Bronx Mafia: a blog about corruption
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Vote your conscience, save your home!
Dear Bronx Voters, Yesterday, April 28th, The Bronx Times released an article which raised a very concerning possibility – What if a candidate backed by The PAC (political action committee) Ending Homelessness & Building a Better NYC or EHBB for short, wins the election? EHBB is funded by Michael Andrew Jenkins, a Wall Street mogul…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“THE BRONX IS NOT A BRAND” BRONX COMMUNITY MEMBERS AGAINST THE EXPLOITATION OF BRONX CULTURE & CREATIVES 20 APRIL 2025 BOYCOTT BRONX NATIVE https://thebronxmafia.com BOYCOTT BRONX NATIVE Since 2019, The Bronx Native, aka Amaurys Grullon, has been partnering with a known “Enemy of the Bronx,” Marco Shalma, who has been plundering the local creative scene…
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The Hub
“…No one should have to go without a meal in this city.” On March 24, 2025, former NYPD officer and soon-to-be former NYC Mayor, Eric Adams made the previous statement on News 12 The Bronx just before the interviewer cut to a commercial break. Eric said this in response to a now-viral video that emerged…
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Marco Shalma: From Cricket Burgers to the Bronx
We recently introduced or rather re-introduced our readers to Marco Shalma, Chief Editor @foodessey (just one of many self appointed titles and identities) and who despite being a relatively new resident to the so-called Bronx has managed to establish tight connections with local elected officials, businesses, and various government agencies. We were impressed to learn…
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Who is Marco Shalma?
Who is Marco Shalma? How has he positively impacted the Bronx; a predominantly immigrant community of displaced people from all over the globe? Why is the self-identified “visionary entrepreneur and creative strategist who Champions micro-businesses and minority-owned businesses” here? We learned from his Wiki bio that the 50-year-old Leonidas look-alike is a Pisces (February 19th,…
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El Bronx
“Pronto llegará el día de mi suerte,Te lo juro por mi gente Te juro que un día llegará” – Big Pun Corruption, how do you define it? To quote an old cliche, if you look up the definition of Corruption you will find a picture of Amaurys Grullon aka The Bronx Native next to it.…
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Debí Tirar Más Fotos
“Debí Tirar Más Fotos” I should have taken more pictures… This feels pressingly relevant, now more than ever. Last Friday, the reggaetón star unveiled the track list for his upcoming LP and an accompanying short film, highlighting the changing makeup of his native Puerto Rico. Bad Bunny (whose real name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio)…
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Who is Keith Glenn Rubenstein?
Who is Keith Rubenstein? Keith first gained notoriety back in 2015 for blatantly mocking the people of the Bronx with his now infamous “The Bronx is Burning” Halloween party. But there’s more than just a disrespectful facade to this fallen tycoon, you see behind his pretension and almost random appearance in the South Bronx, there…
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What To Do During a Fire Vacate Order: Rent Stabilized Tenants
THE ISSUE: Ved Parkash is the landlord of 2910 Wallace Ave. This is the third building he owns that has burned in the BX within the last 20 months. Ved owns about 72 other properties in the BX and Queens and was previously ranked as the #1 Worst Landlord in NYC. “In 2017, a rat…
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Who is Michael Brady?
“An Intro to the low profile, yet powerful unelected” Image Credits: Concept by @rbgbooks1992//Illustrated by @gwuapgfx on IG Who is Michael Brady? Well if it were up to him, he’d prefer you never find out. “I purposely try to keep a low profile in the neighborhood and in the Bronx as a whole,” Brady told…
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