New senate district cuts Hunts Point off
There will be a new face in local politics if the new district lines released
Politics
From the editor: Living wage sold out
The battle to require businesses that receive city subsidies to pay their workers a living
BankNote vies to take on big tenant
The city’s plans to rent nearly a third of the BankNote building to serve as
From the editor: Say no to an incinerator
Twelve years ago, a huge crane pried the stacks off the South Bronx Medical Waste
Orlando Marin named to Planning Commission
The chairman of Community Board 2, long-time Longwood resident Orlando Marín, will leave the community
Sen. Diaz says sex education belongs at home
State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. denounced the Bloomberg administration’s plan to revive mandatory sex education
Bronx first gay marriage makes history
As Carmen Hernandez-DeArmas said “I do” to her partner of three years, Doris DeArmas-Hernandez, many
Produce Market stays put, for now
The bustling caverns of Hunts Point’s food distribution markets, hidden behind tall walls of corrugated
Remembering a neighborhood activist
It was 1974, and a group of South Bronx residents were looking for someone to
Serrano votes against debt ceiling deal
Congressman José E. Serrano voted against the legislation raising the nation’s debt ceiling, saying the
Neighborhood voices: Fight for the future
By Mark Naison I have been driving around the Bronx a lot lately and am
Local pols differ on same-sex marriage
New York became just the sixth state in the country to legalize same-sex marriage, when
City Year survives battle over budget
City Year, the volunteer organization that works with students at Hunts Point schools is breathing
Longwood’s senior residence faces revamping
After months of uncertainty over the future of the only long term nursing care center
Federal budget axe swings at City Year
Diana Marino used to hate to read. The eighth-grader grew frustrated whenever she came to
Protesters to city: Fight over Spofford is not over
After decades fighting to get the city to close Bridges Juvenile Justice Center in Hunts
Mayor’s cuts have Hunts Point schools worried
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed laying off city school teachers in dramatic numbers to compensate
Despite promises, asthma still plagues Hunts Point
A little boy no more than five brought home the meaning of environmental injustice to
Arroyos’ relative heads to prison
The culprits in a scandal that has cast a shadow on Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo and
In the news, June 21-28
Starting July 5, 16 lucky teens will build a wooden rowboat, take it on a
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
Water for sale
The only water store in North America encounters critics who say its product is unnecessary
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
Big changes ahead for Community Board 2
An era is ending at Community Board 2, the neighborhood advisory group that represents Hunts
Politicians’ kin admits he stole from tenants
The head of a Bronx non-profit has admitted that he embezzled $115,000 intended to help