Reporter for Express is honored
Hunter College honored Joseph Gallagher with its Aronson Award for Social Justice for his reporting
Year: 2010
South Bronx native will challenge for senate seat
Charlie Ramos is betting that State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. has outworn his welcome. Diaz’s
A father’s legacy between the base paths
By Amy Yensi NYCity News Service A Hunts Point Express profile Margarita Benitez Villegas wanted
Fox Street co-op draws middle income residents
Thanks to an innovative partnership between a non-profit Christian organization and an affordable housing developer,
Water for sale
The only water store in North America encounters critics who say its product is unnecessary
Upstate harvest will feed Hunts Point families
Fifteen years ago, Dennis Derryck began to dream about a community-owned farm that would provide
Earth Fest reaches out with music and games
By Nicholas Loomis loomis@motthavenherald.com Legendary emcee Grandmaster Caz has been packing parties in the South
Garden springs to life near Hunts Point park
Can a garden the size of a modest studio apartment feed a significant number of
Monitors hired to nose out NYOFCo stench
Under a cloud of uncertainty about its future following the loss last month of its
City cuts ties with NYOFCo sewage plant
NYOFCo, the sewage processing plant with the candy-striped smoke stack that has afflicted Hunts Point
From the editor: The odor from Oak Point Avenue
It’s not just sewage that stinks at the New York Organic Fertilizer Company plant on
From mean streets to green jobs
Listen to the podcast Four years-ago, Mott Haven resident Pablo Negron, 24, was jailed for
To land a green job, learn to handle greenbacks
Before participants in the Osborne Association’s Green Career Center can begin their path to a
Opportunity knocks for Hunts Point high schoolers
By Carmen Corchado corchado@huntspointexpress.com and Juliana Mazo mazo@huntspointexpress.com Margaret Arias is going to Stanford. Or
In new home, Per Scholas creates opportunity
By Stephanie Rabins ssrabins@gmail.com When Torrey Hopkins got out of jail in 1999, it was
Hunts Point juvenile jail is in the crosshairs
By Sydney Cespedes sydney29@gmail.com When he was 15, Darryl Briggs ran away from home. Picked
Health school to open this year
A new school dedicated to health and sciences is one step closer to arriving in
Is a brewpub coming to the Banknote?
If two former bankers and a master brewer have their way, the Bronx’s first microbrewery
From Hunts Point to Antarctica
Sixteen-year-old Victor Davila had never flown on an airplane before he boarded a flight at
Residents rail against transit cuts
By Joe Hirsch news@huntspointexpress.com Bronx bus riders could soon be looking for other means of
Sustainable South Bronx workers form a union
The staff of Sustainable South Bronx has voted to form a union to help chart
Forum promotes access to healthier food
A packed house of city officials, food industry representatives and nutrition advocates gathered at SoBRO’s
Building Yankee Stadium: Who you gonna call?
By Venita Virgia Johnson vjo@hunter.cuny.edu Center Sheet Metal is a get-your-hands-dirty kind of place whose