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Council members demonstrate for Trayvon Martin
Posted on 28. Mar, 2012 by Bernard L. Stein.
Members of the New York City Council donned hoodies in a show of solidarity with slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin, in a demonstration on the steps of City Hall organized by one of Mott Haven’s representatives, Melissa Mark-Viverito.
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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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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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Police Council hears protest of Occupy arrests
Posted on 08. Dec, 2011 by Bernard L. Stein.
Heated meeting dissolves in shouting Outraged by the arrest of five people at their general assembly in Mott Haven, supporters of Occupy the Bronx took their protest to the 40th Precinct Community Council. They left frustrated. Most of the 60 or so people who jammed a small conference room at Lincoln Hospital on Dec. 7 [...]
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Cops break up Occupy the Bronx rally
Posted on 04. Dec, 2011 by By Elizabeth Chen.
Police arrested five people at the Occupy the Bronx general assembly in Mott Haven Saturday, preempting the organization’s plans to hold a rally and “festival” in a community garden fenced-off by the city in mid-November. It was the first time police had moved on the borough’s arm of Occupy Wall Street since it began holding weekly meeings in October.
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Local residents join Wall Street protest
Posted on 20. Oct, 2011 by By Alex Robinson.
A large crowd of people gathered at Fordham Plaza on Saturday to participate in the second weekly meeting of the Bronx’s own contingent of the Occupy Wall Street protests.
Bronxites came together to join the global conversation that was started by a few hundred protesters in Zuccotti Park, a block-square plaza in Manhattan’s financial district, a month ago.
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From the editor: Occupy the Bronx
Posted on 18. Oct, 2011 by Bernard L. Stein.
“The Bronx is in the house,” thundered 60 or 70 people last Saturday afternoon as they marched into a public square in lower Manhattan. The chant announced their presence to more than a thousand demonstrators already assembled in Zuccotti Park to protest against corporate greed and a government that serves business and the wealthy at [...]
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Sen. Diaz says sex education belongs at home
Posted on 11. Aug, 2011 by Bernard L. Stein.
State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. denounced the Bloomberg administration’s plan to revive mandatory sex education in public schools, saying the proposal violated the right of parents to decide what and how to teach their children. “In matters involving intimacy and human sexuality, parents have the right and the responsibility to be the primary educators,” the [...]
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Serrano votes against debt ceiling deal
Posted on 01. Aug, 2011 by Bernard L. Stein.
Congressman José E. Serrano voted against the legislation raising the nation’s debt ceiling, saying the package urged on Congress by President Barack Obama and the leaders of both parties cut necessary programs and failed to raise taxes on the wealthy.
