Archive for 'Business'
Six Bronx photographers get overdue homecoming
Posted on 15. May, 2012 by By Flonia Telegrafi.
Photo exhibit will feature insiders’ view of ’70s and ’80s South Bronx A chance meeting at a photo exhibit at Hunter College’s Center for Puerto Rican Studies in 2010 led six South Bronx photographers who have shared a common vision of life in the neighborhood for over thirty years to join forces for the first [...]
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Councilwomen urge state to nix FreshDirect
Posted on 12. May, 2012 by Joe Hirsch.
Mark-Viverito, Arroyo demand an audit on Harlem River Yards Two members of the New York City Council want the State Department of Transportation to reconsider the lease of the land where FreshDirect is planning to build its new headquarters. Melissa Mark-Viverito and Maria del Carmen Arroyo, who represent Mott Haven, have called for a moratorium [...]
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A green-themed party for Earth at St. Mary’s Park
Posted on 25. Apr, 2012 by By Anika Anand; Video by Kenneth Christensen .
Residents learn about recycling, conservation at annual festival For the fifth straight year, Bronxites gathered at St. Mary’s Park to celebrate Earth Fest, sharing ideas for innovative ways to green the planet. Representatives from businesses, community organizations, and city agencies combined on April 21st to promote environmental initiatives, through information kiosks, activities for kids and [...]
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Police beat
Posted on 24. Apr, 2012 by Joe Hirsch.
Strip club violence Police from the 40th Precinct are keeping close watch on Sin City. The strip club on Park Ave., tucked between a taxi garage on one side and Metro North tracks and a sprawling community garden on the other, has been the site of multiple incidents of violence and theft in recent months. [...]
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SoBRO offers free financial literacy workshop
Posted on 08. Apr, 2012 by Joe Hirsch.
A free workshop will be held at SoBRO on Wednesday, April 11, between 6 and 7 p.m. to provide financial planning tips and strategies. SoBRO’s financial education coordinator Stephane Hyacinthe will present ways to best utilize tax refunds, save for retirement, establish good credit, develop a solid budget, and to get ahead of the debt [...]
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FreshDirect protesters take their beef to Manhattan
Posted on 22. Mar, 2012 by By Alex Robinson.
Opponents of company’s move to Mott Haven seek broad support for boycott Over a dozen South Bronx activists took their protest against FreshDirect to the Upper West Side on March 21st, urging Manhattanites to join them in a citywide boycott of the online grocer.
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City approves FreshDirect subsidies
Posted on 14. Feb, 2012 by Joe Hirsch.
The city’s Industrial Development Agency voted overwhelmingly on Feb. 14 in favor of subsidies that will bring the food delivery company FreshDirect to Port Morris, as about a dozen South Bronx residents sat and fumed that the agreement was rammed through without sufficient public input.
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FreshDirect makes new promises to Bronx
Posted on 14. Feb, 2012 by Editor.
Responding to intense criticism from South Bronx residents and organizations over the deal to subsidize a new facility in Port Morris for FreshDirect, the online grocer has promised to seek out Bronx residents for new jobs, to expand its service to the Bronx and to build a non-polluting fleet of delivery trucks.
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Mott Havenites say ‘no deal’ to FreshDirect
Posted on 10. Feb, 2012 by By Amora McDaniel.
Arguing that huge city and state subsidies would increase air pollution and disrupt the South Bronx Greenway while bringing few benefits to South Bronx residents, Mott Haven activists asked a public hearing to scuttle the deal to create a new headquarters in Port Morris for the online grocer FreshDirect.
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On-line grocer will move to Port Morris
Posted on 07. Feb, 2012 by Bernard L. Stein.
By pledging $100 million in grants, loans and tax breaks, New York has lured FreshDirect to Port Morris, thwarting New Jersey’s effort to capture the on-line grocer’s business. The company promises to create 1,000 new jobs.
