Archive for 'Housing'
New hope vowed for aging musicians
Posted on 11. Oct, 2011 by BY Giovanny Fauso Pinto.
While many New Yorkers worried about flooding, blackouts and a transit shutdown as Hurricane Irene barreled up the east coast in August, Angel Rodriguez’ main concern was that he not lose the wedding gig he was scheduled to perform that Saturday evening. The 58-year-old master percussionist was counting on the $150 he expected to [...]
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Tenants look to cameras for safety
Posted on 02. Aug, 2011 by Matthew J. Perlman.
Public housing tenants around the city are feeling nervous about their safety, surveys show, and two new initiatives being pioneered in the South Bronx are aimed at helping them feel safer. But while both initiatives call for security cameras inside NYCHA buildings to help protect residents, housing officials support one, while rejecting a method tenant [...]
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Music-themed complex planned for Melrose
Posted on 01. Jun, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
A music-themed center with a Bronx flavor will be coming to Melrose soon. The Bronx Music Heritage Center has been designed to highlight the borough’s rich cross-cultural musical history, and will serve as both an archive and an educational and performance venue. But the new building on Elton Ave between E. 162nd and [...]
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Applications now being accepted for new Tiffany St. apartments
Posted on 17. May, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
If you’ve been looking for a place to live and the construction site at 1150 Tiffany St. in Longwood has piqued your curiosity, now is the time to apply. Applications for rental apartments are now being accepted for the 53-unit residential development called The Tiffany which will officially open in May. The Tiffany will also [...]
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Free financial services available in Mott Haven
Posted on 06. May, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
The organization Start Small, Think Big, Inc., has a range of programs for Mott Haven residents seeking help with taxes, debt, legal and small business issues available at its central office at East Side House Settlement, at 337 Alexander Ave. They are: One-on-One Public Benefits Counseling, M-Th, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. By appointment only. Residents [...]
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May 13 is Community Resource Fair day
Posted on 06. May, 2011 by Bernard L. Stein.
An afternoon of events and activities is scheduled for Friday, May 13, to help Mott Haven residents struggling through these tough economic times sharpen their job-hunting skills, prepare for college, and get an understanding of what social services may be available for them. East Side House will host a Community Resource Fair at Mitchel Community [...]
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City owes Mott Haven tenants jobs, advocates contend
Posted on 05. May, 2011 by Stuart White.
The New York City Housing Authority has reneged on a decade-old commitment to put job-hungry tenants to work making the buildings they live in cleaner and healthier, according to housing advocates. Advocacy groups in the South Bronx are trying to change that.
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Developer has plans for longtime eyesore
Posted on 05. May, 2011 by Daniel Rosenblum.
Some residents worry, though, about new burdens With people going in and out of its grocery stores, restaurants and pharmacies, East 138th Street bustles. But just before it reaches the Bruckner Expressway, next door to the historic St. Luke’s Church, gapes the hole. The foundation of a substantial building that was never built, the immense [...]
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Tenants challenge police policy
Posted on 10. Mar, 2011 by Kathy Conkwright.
Public housing “residents feel like they’re being targeted and harassed in their own homes,” says a tenant leader.
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Nos Quedamos reopens after shutdown
Posted on 16. Feb, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
Nos Quedamos, Melrose’s leading developer and manager of affordable housing, reopened in late February after a two-week shutdown when a dispute over its leadership forced the organization to close. The organization’s board locked its executive director Yolanda Gonzalez out amid accusations that she used funds improperly while laying off longtime workers. Long time board member [...]
