OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | The Bronx is changing. But is it finally for the better?

Two major events in the latter half of the 20th century brought dramatic changes to the Bronx and its people, from which it would take decades to recover.First came the ramming of the Cross Bronx Expressway across vibrant neighborhoods, driving out tens of thousands of people and cementing communities into poverty. Then came years of arson fires that gutted entire blocks and made the borough an international symbol of urban blight.But in 2026, the Bronx is changing once more — this time in