Archive for 'Housing'
Nos Quedamos says it’s set to rise again
Posted on 28. Dec, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
New director takes reins of pioneering housing organization Nos Quedamos, the advocacy organization that has served South Bronx residents for nearly two decades on issues ranging from housing to immigration, is on the verge of a comeback, after nearly a year in limbo. The agency has maintained a low profile since allegations emerged last winter [...]
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City tells seniors to move out
Posted on 28. Dec, 2011 by By Kamana Shrestha .
Short of apartments for bigger families, NYCHA tells elderly “we need your home” In late September, 78-year-old Sylvia Matos opened her mailbox only to find an alarming letter from the city’s housing authority, asking her to vacate her apartment of almost half a century. The reason: she lives alone in a three-bedroom apartment that is [...]
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Gilberto Rivera, tireless advocate, dies at 75
Posted on 08. Dec, 2011 by By Joe Hirsch.
Activist fought to save Hostos and improve housing Gilberto Rivera, one of the co-founders of the Melrose-based housing organization Nos Quedamos, died on Nov. 25. He was 75. Rivera, who had been president of Nos Quedamos’ board, suffered a massive stroke shortly after a board meeting at the Nos Quedamos office on Melrose Ave. on [...]
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Public housing tenants team up against waste
Posted on 07. Dec, 2011 by By Elizabeth Chen.
They say they have to because officials aren’t following through Mott Haven Houses’ resident Brigitte Vincenty doesn’t want to go all the way into Manhattan to make sure her trash gets recycled. So she and her neighbors are taking on the challenge of recycling their community’s trash, which they say the New York City Housing [...]
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Angry residents say ‘nobody told us’
Posted on 05. Dec, 2011 by By Gwen McClure.
Group battling home for mentally ill says residents were blindsided The developer of a controversial housing development set to break ground in Mott Haven notified local politicians of the organization’s plans nearly a year ago, according to a document he released this week. But neighborhood residents fighting the project say they didn’t find out about [...]
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Bronx boxing gym battles redevelopment TKO
Posted on 05. Dec, 2011 by By Evan Buxbaum.
Urban renewal threatens a gritty Westchester Ave. gym to move…or close Facing eviction, the owner of an iconic South Bronx boxing gym is vowing to fight on. Located on the ground floor of a shabby former post office building across the street from an overgrown field, John’s Boxing Gym – known for years as Jerome’s [...]
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Residents, city clash over use of lot
Posted on 12. Nov, 2011 by By Elizabeth Chen.
The grassy lot at the corner of Southern Blvd and Union Ave has been a green oasis for some local residents, but as they recently found out, the city has other plans. For the past two years, residents have planted vegetables and held social gatherings in the lot, referring to it as the Morning Glory [...]
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Homeowners fight proposed housing facility
Posted on 03. Nov, 2011 by By Gwen McClure.
A group of Mott Haven residents has organized to protest a proposed housing development for the mentally ill, saying the neighborhood already has far more than its fair share of social service agencies. The group, called Voices of the People, is frustrated with the influx of social service programs, and adds they were given no [...]
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Budget cuts mean homelessness for some
Posted on 01. Nov, 2011 by By Kamana Shrestha.
Homeless advocacy organizations are scrambling to find alternative housing options for the thousands who will be displaced because of the termination of a city and state funded housing program due to budget cuts. The urgency comes at a crucial time because of an anticipated resolution of a lawsuit in the city’s favor, discontinuing the [...]
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Melrose’s ‘village’ of elders hangs on
Posted on 16. Oct, 2011 by By Giovanny Fausto Pinto.
On a late summer evening a crowd of fifty-and-sixty-something Latinos and Latinas gathered to unwind over drinks, cards, and dominoes. Nearby, under a tree made to resemble a palm tree, a DJ spun classic salsa with a few reggaeton songs mixed in. A vendor prepared alcapurrias, a Puerto Rican delicacy made from fried smashed yucca [...]
