Archive for 'Housing'
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 [...]
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Two who work to make a difference
Posted on 16. Dec, 2010 by Stephanie Rabins.
Neighborhood leadership takes many forms. From organizing farmers’ markets to advocating tenants’ rights, Mott Haven has many residents who work hard to make the their neighborhood a better place to live.
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Green jobs, green city: a special report
Posted on 06. Jun, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
The economy may be recovering, but you wouldn’t know it in Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris, where, officially, one of every five adults is unemployed, a number that overlooks many undocumented immigrants and ignores those who have given up on looking for work or taken part-time jobs because they can’t find full-time employment. But [...]
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Homeless advocacy group holds rally in Brook Park
Posted on 27. May, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.
The city should be moving people out of homeless shelters and into vacant apartments built during the real estate boom that now stand empty, advocates from the community organization Picture the Homeless said at a rally in Brook Park on May 19. The Morris Avenue-based group chose the anniversary of Malcolm X’s birthday to hold [...]
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Homeless struggle against increasing odds
Posted on 24. Apr, 2010 by Carla Candia.
On a recent Saturday, a young family of five shuffled along East 138th Street. Jimmy (who asked that the family name not be published) rolled a green duffle bag filled with clothes. With his free hand he held his 3-year old daughter’s hand. His wife Cynthia pushed the baby stroller where her two-week-old daughter slept [...]
