Archive for 'Work'
Proposed wage hike doesn’t impress workers
Posted on 26. Feb, 2012 by By Anika Anand.
Tapia Alfredo prepares a sub at the Subway on 149th St. in Mott Haven. Photo by Anika Anand Minimum wage hike of $1.25 not enough, workers say Mott Haven residents say a current proposal to raise New York’s minimum wage is welcome, but doesn’t go far enough.
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Health center set to expand services
Posted on 21. Sep, 2011 by By Gwen McClure.
A Mott Haven health-care agency has embarked on a major expansion which will bring a full array of services to the neighborhood’s population of homeless and at-risk drug users. CitiWide Harm Reduction, a 16-year-old program housed near a bodega and a diner on 144th Street, will begin construction on the new $400,000 Wellness Center [...]
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From Morrisania to Africa, via “Kuwait”
Posted on 21. Sep, 2011 by By Sarah Pizon.
For West African residents in the South Bronx, Kuwait is not just a Middle Eastern country. “Kuwait” is a Ghanaian immigrant whose Morrisania-based business has become the conduit back to their nations of origin. Kuwait Shipping & Packaging , which specializes in transporting items to West African countries, has made it possible for immigrants to [...]
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Mott Haven program specializes in second chances for women
Posted on 02. Aug, 2011 by Kathy Conkwright.
Two weeks before her high school graduation in 1973, Harlem native Yvonne Chestnut was told she was one credit short and could not graduate with her classmates. When she learned she would have to wait until the fall and attend school full-time to receive her diploma, Chestnut gave up. She never returned [...]
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Students learn by running a business
Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 by Cheryl Chan.
Teens run the lunch counter at Mott Haven school At 16, Lauren Ballou is the manager of a small business. The high school junior is in charge of the Mantis Store, which sells lunch to her classmates at Crotona Academy High School on St. Anns Avenue. During lunch hour, Ballou can be found at the [...]
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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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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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Urban fiction sidebar
Posted on 12. Apr, 2011 by Stuart White.
Some educators view the popularity of urban fiction as a way to get people in areas like the South Bronx, where 45 percent of the residents over the age of 25 lack a high school diploma, to become readers. But others, like Maria Cronin—the director of SoBRO’s adult educational programs—don’t think the books belong in [...]
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Proposed education cuts cast pall over Mott Haven schools
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed laying off city school teachers in dramatic numbers to compensate for budget shortfalls. If the cuts are passed by the state Senate and Assembly as proposed, the school districts that comprise Mott Haven, Melrose, Hunts Point and Longwood would not be spared.
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Mercy Center throws lifeline to Mott Haven families
Posted on 09. Aug, 2010 by Toyin Adebanjo.
For immigrants and the poor, center offers a welcome and support Heidy Rios knows what it’s like to be poor. Born and raised in the Bronx, for a time she had so little money that she and her children lived in an apartment that had no stove or refrigerator. She kept food cold by putting [...]
