If you are a tenant of the Bronx, this story is for you. Many Bronx residents who drive cars have always been discouraged from crossing from Manhattan to the Bronx in a faster way, which was the Henry Hudson Bridge. Decades ago, driving past the toll booth gates cost only 10 cents. Over the years, the MTA, who are also the people that manage NYC’s subway systems kept upping the prices. From 10 cents to a rounded 8 dollars (3 with ez-pass) by car.

Some people would purposely drive through without pay, only to get their car towed away. (As a consequence of not paying.) In April 2019, Jeffrey Dinowitz, a New York State Representative took action and began a toll rebate program for the Henry Hudson Bridge.

According to Dinowitz, all Bronx residents that take Exit 17 northbound has caused traffic congestion for City Bus riders, and overall on the northbound road of the NYC Broadway Bridge, a bridge which is visible from the Henry Hudson Bridge.

With the toll rebate, Bronx tenants with a car and ez-pass registered in the Bronx County will be able to drive freely across the Henry Hudson Bridge. This rebate was supposed to be actioned by 2020, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, the rebate has been postponed. Dinowitz also mentioned that Bronx tenants who wish to go to Manhattan (without pay) should take the NYC Broadway Bridge. This implies a free drive across the Henry Hudson Bridge is northbound only.

On 04/18/23, I found out about the rebate as my mother, uncle and I were heading home from Brooklyn via the Ocean Parkway, Hugh L Carey Tunnel, Joe DiMaggio Highway, and the Henry Hudson Parkway. My uncle was the one driving us because my mother doesn’t want to lose her parking. My mother asked my uncle if he was charged for driving us across the Henry Hudson Bridge on 12/30/22 (as a promise made for me if I let the doctor perform a blood test on me) to which my uncle doesn’t remember.

I suggested we do a risk-taker. Both my mother and uncle disagreed on that term. For that day, we just took Exit 17 and as for me, I await to know if the rebate program officially took action, because, on the night of the 4th of July, I want us to go for a northbound ride // drive on the Henry Hudson Bridge so I can see the fireworks, and see the view overall. The view is much better going northbound because the southbound road is under // far behind the northbound road until you pass Exits 18 (northbound) and 14 (southbound).

Hello everyone. I have decided to write a topic on our school dance parties. This topic is about requests taken in a brand new style.

During previous parties, we had all songs that DIDN’T exceed the limit of 30 // 40 minutes in the form of a playlist. This was also bad because some songs were too long to have a request submitted. We played what we could. That changed on March 27, 2023.

All requests were submitted in a Google Form I created. The deadline was April 4th, 2023 at 9:00pm EDT, because the dance was April 5, 2023 and I needed to get sleep. I began mixing all requests into 1 track day by day.

Here are all the tracks that made it in.

Moves like jagger by Maroon 5

Feel So Close by Calvin Harris.

Flowers Miley Cyrus.

Happy by Pharell

Super Mario Land Birabuto Kingdom (SMG4 Remix)

Ivresse by Prism Age

Tobymac - J Train

Electrodrome (Mario Kart 8/Mario Kart 8 Deluxe)

Waka Waka by Shakira

How Deep Is Your Love by Calvin Harris.

Happy

24 Karat

Spice Island Party (Bloons TD Battles 2)

Beach from “Plok!”

Aaron Cole - Right on Time

Music Park - Mario Kart 7

Rasputin by Boney M

Acceptable in the 80's Calvin Harris

Dance Monkey

What does the fox say?

Remix 10 (Super Mario Run) (Star Power Theme Included)

Lover from VS. Annie

Yolanda Adams - I Believe

Coconut Mall (Mario Kart Wii)

Boogie Nights

-UNUSED TRACKS-

Wham: Wake me Up

Juice by Lizzo

Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson

All sound samples used were the elevator doors closing at Waldo & Corlear Gardens, NEW electric gate A at Corlear Gardens closing, and the “doors closing” voice lines on the NYC subway and city buses.

Everyone was mostly shocked at the “doors closing” voice line on the subway trains. This would be a dance party to remember and I hope we can do it again.

I made “1st request”, “2nd request”, “insert link here” and name entry sections to make it easier for me to mix a number of songs together. My voice was getting hoarse and I was coughing uncontrollably. Last Sunday night on 04/02/23, I took a Covid test and only the “C” line showed up even after 15 minutes. This meant I could still go to school for the next 3 days. Both my hoarse voice and coughing didn’t stop me from having fun at the PBIS party on 04/05/23, which was also the release of the 2023 Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Shoutouts to the assistant principal for trusting me around the speakers!

UPDATE 04/18/23: I rode another elevator for the first time! I guess such dedication really pays off for my mixing and dancing while my voice was hoarse and I was coughing uncontrollably.

Bye for now.