New hope for aging Latino musicians
While many New Yorkers worried about flooding, blackouts and a transit shutdown as Hurricane Irene
Economy
Produce Market stays put, for now
The bustling caverns of Hunts Point’s food distribution markets, hidden behind tall walls of corrugated
Neighborhood voices: Fight for the future
By Mark Naison I have been driving around the Bronx a lot lately and am
Local health center plans new addition
A staple provider of healthcare in Hunts Point and Longwood for the past 37 years
NYCHA owes tenants jobs, advocates contend
By Stuart M. White stuart.m.white@gmail.com The New York City Housing Authority has reneged on a
Longwood’s senior residence faces revamping
After months of uncertainty over the future of the only long term nursing care center
Urban Health Plan announces expansion
Urban Health Plan, the clinic that has served residents of the South Bronx since 1974,
New jobs arrive at BankNote; more to come
Employment seekers in Hunts Point can use all the good news they can get these
Planners face business owners’ wrath
While city officials ask Hunts Point residents and businesses for their input over the next
Stores, vendors battle for your bucks
By Fausto Giovanny Pinto faustogpinto@yahoo.com Shoppers on Westchester Avenue can buy designer purses, teddy bears,
Mayor’s cuts have Hunts Point schools worried
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed laying off city school teachers in dramatic numbers to compensate
Costs of college keep climbing
Sharon De La Cruz, director of The Point’s A.C.T.I.O.N. program borrowed $15,000 to earn her
Aspiring businesswomen get a head start
Twenty students were honored after graduating from a program in entrepreneurship run by the Bronx
Hunts Point pioneers ‘green’ diesel fuel
Fried food may be good for you after all. Brent Baker, environmental activist and founder
Landmark building becomes job hub
The smokestack of the BankNote building juts skyward like a six-story high red lipstick. Its
Will NYOFCo rise from the grave?
The city forced the sewage-to-fertilizer plant on Oak Point Avenue to close its doors last summer after 16 years of nauseating smells. Now, though, the plant may be reopened.
Non-profit brings work to BankNote building
Six years ago, Larry Turman was unemployed. Mentally unstable, with a history of homelessness, he
At Hunts Point center, jobs are Job 1
On a typical orientation day at the Workforce 1 Career Center in Hunts Point, at
Debate over future of Sheridan rages on
Without the Sheridan Expressway, rush hour traffic on some Hunts Point streets would nearly double
Sun sets on program that brought jobs to Hunts Point
Nine years ago, as real estate prices in Manhattan were skyrocketing, Master Purveyors, Inc., a
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
In new home, Per Scholas creates opportunity
By Stephanie Rabins ssrabins@gmail.com When Torrey Hopkins got out of jail in 1999, it was
Is a brewpub coming to the Banknote?
If two former bankers and a master brewer have their way, the Bronx’s first microbrewery