Category: Gentrification

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Who is Michael Andrew Jenkins?

    Introduction to Michael Andrew Jenkins Who is Michael Andrew Jenkins? If you currently live in the Bronx, especially if you live in Mott Haven; it is in your best interest to learn more about this mysterious benefactor who finances not only development projects on Wall Street but Bronx politicians and non-profit groups alike.  Michael Andrew…

  • Who is Tomas Ramos?

    Introduction to Tomas Ramos  Who is Tomas Ramos? Again, if you’re from the Bronx and currently still living in the so-called Borough, then you need to learn more about him, especially if you are living in the Mott Haven area. Some readers may even remember him as the former congressional candidate who lost to Ritchie…

  • The Bronx Native

    “On May 25th, 2020, White Minnesota Police department Officer Derek Chauvin killed (murdered) a Black man named George floyd after kneeling on his neck for nearly 8 minutes and forty six seconds. The incident sparked a months-long wave of nationwide protests against police brutality and related injustices against Black Americans.”-UF University Archives   On June 2nd…