Ethan Marshall

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Ethan Marshall

It starts with a purchase. A few fighter jets here, some missile systems there. Maybe a fleet of Black Hawks. For many countries, buying U.S. weapons looks like a ticket to security. But it often comes bundled with invisible strings. Once you’re in, you stay in. U.S. arms aren’t just tools of war. They’re levers of influence. A country that buys American-made weapons doesn’t just get equipment. It gets a dependency. These weapons need servicing. They need spare parts. They need software updates.

3 weeks ago | bxtimes.com | Ethan Marshall

Construction has officially topped out on the second phase of The Peninsula, a five-building, 100% affordable housing development rising in Hunts Point on the former site of the Spofford Juvenile Detention Center. The milestone comes roughly 18 months after work began on Phase 2 in November 2023. This phase will deliver 359 of the project’s planned 740 affordable housing units, spread across Buildings 2A and 2B.

3 weeks ago | bxtimes.com | Ethan Marshall

Posted on Permits have been filed for the construction of a 4-story residential building with nine housing units on the vacant lot at 890 E. 169th St. in the Longwood neighborhood of the Bronx. The proposed building, located between Home Street and Rev. James A. Polite Avenue, would be 50 feet tall and yield 6,093 square feet of space. With an average unit scope of 677 square feet, the residences will most likely be rentals.

3 weeks ago | bxtimes.com | Ethan Marshall

New York City Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr. partnered with the autism awareness organization Puzzlelife to host the inaugural Family Sensory Day at the Bronx Zoo on Saturday, May 31, offering a welcoming experience for autistic children from the Bronx community. The event gave families who have children with autism the opportunity to learn more about the condition and the support services available to them. The kids were each given sensory bags and dinosaur plushies when they arrived.

3 weeks ago | qns.com | Ethan Marshall

Home prices more than doubled in 24 neighborhoods across New York City over the past decade—including seven in Queens—according to a new report from real estate research site PropertyShark that highlights dramatic shifts in the city’s housing market between 2014 and 2024. The Queens neighborhoods to experience this change included Breezy Point, Hamilton Beach, Long Island City, Brookville, Jamaica, Hollis and Rochdale.