Tag Archives: Mott Haven
FreshDirect protesters take their beef to Manhattan
Posted on 22. Mar, 2012 by By Alex Robinson.
Opponents of company’s move to Mott Haven seek broad support for boycott Over a dozen South Bronx activists took their protest against FreshDirect to the Upper West Side on March 21st, urging Manhattanites to join them in a citywide boycott of the online grocer.
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Housing Authority tenants do their own repairs
Posted on 17. Mar, 2012 by By Flonia Telegfrafi and Sarah Grile.
Across the city, NYCHA tenants have decided to take repairs into their own hands, as the authority staggers under a massive backlog. Among its 178,000 apartments, more than 700,000 work orders await completion and another 300,000 are in the pipeline. Leaks, cracked walls, rodent infestations, broken cabinets and appliances and other deterioration demand the constant attention of work crews.
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Push begins to reclaim Harlem River waterfront
Posted on 08. Mar, 2012 by Bernard L. Stein.
With FreshDirect set to occupy a crucial piece of the waterfront, a grassroots coalition, buoyed by promises of federal support, has launched an effort to reclaim recreational access to the Harlem River shore.
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Cop killed in ’05 remembered at 40th Precinct
Posted on 06. Mar, 2012 by cunyjschool.
A plaque was unveiled at the 40th Precinct in Mott Haven on March 6thto honor Officer Daniel Enchautegui, who was killed trying to stop a burglary near his Pelham Bay home in December 2005. Enchautegui, who was 28 at the time, called 911 after returning home and hearing breaking glass from a nearby house, then [...]
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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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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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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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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.
