Tag Archives: Bronx Community Board 1
Tempers flare at Community Board 1
Posted on 24. Feb, 2012 by Story by Joe Hirsch, video by Anika Anand.
A heated war of words erupted at Community Board 1′s February meeting as protesters shouted down a developer and a city housing official’s efforts to explain the city’s plans to construct Crossroads Plaza.
The board voted to approve the city’s request for a zoning change that would allow the three-building complex to be built at the corner of 149th Street and Southern Boulevard, but had to do so over the catcalls, jeers and sometimes profane objections of some 30 protesters who had cleared the lot of debris and turned it into the Morning Glory Garden.
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City plans tall buildings on former garden site
Posted on 17. Feb, 2012 by Joe Hirsch.
The city has decided to build a massive, three-building complex at the intersection of Southern Boulevard and Union Avenue and E. 149th St., where the eviction of the Morning Glory community garden in November led to the arrest of four protesters and a journalist.
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Mott Havenites say ‘no deal’ to FreshDirect
Posted on 10. Feb, 2012 by By Amora McDaniel.
Arguing that huge city and state subsidies would increase air pollution and disrupt the South Bronx Greenway while bringing few benefits to South Bronx residents, Mott Haven activists asked a public hearing to scuttle the deal to create a new headquarters in Port Morris for the online grocer FreshDirect.
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Community budgeting nears decision time
Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by By Alex Robinson.
Delegates study proposals, will select projects to fund Residents are eager to know how their decisions will impact the spending of $1 million in tax revenue this winter in Mott Haven and Melrose. Last fall, City Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito announced her constituents would be able to decide how the money should be spent, as part [...]
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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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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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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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Whose South Bronx Greenway is it anyway?
Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Sarah Trefethen.
A number of Mott Haven community leaders are complaining that they have been left out of planning the South Bronx Greenway’s future.
At stake, they argue, is not only recreation but jobs.
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Federal stimulus funds will open Randall’s Island to Bronxites
Posted on 26. May, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.
But a controversial proposal could keep playing fields off-limits By Lindsay Lazarski lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com Elected officials and the Parks Department describe Randall’s Island as an invaluable resource, and boast that its waterfront pathways provide scenic views and “increased access” to recreation “for the neighboring communities of East Harlem and the South Bronx.” But the island, only [...]
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City plans a new neighborhood in Mott Haven
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Sarah Trefethen.
On the southern end of the Grand Concourse, barbed wire, car dealerships and auto parts suppliers line the road, surrounded by industrial buildings that have seen busier days. The Mott Haven waterfront is dotted with ministorage buildings, rows of school buses and piles of trash.
But this may change.
The city has a plan that could bring new life – and new investment – to the lower Concourse and Harlem River waterfront.
