Tag Archives: Port Morris
Councilwomen urge state to nix FreshDirect
Posted on 12. May, 2012 by Joe Hirsch.
Mark-Viverito, Arroyo demand an audit on Harlem River Yards Two members of the New York City Council want the State Department of Transportation to reconsider the lease of the land where FreshDirect is planning to build its new headquarters. Melissa Mark-Viverito and Maria del Carmen Arroyo, who represent Mott Haven, have called for a moratorium [...]
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Protesters oppose incinerator plans
Posted on 12. Apr, 2012 by Joe Hirsch.
Advocates say trash would be burned in poor neighborhoods Bronx community groups took to the streets of Manhattan on April 9th to protest Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plans to test new garbage disposal technology they fear will end up hurting the South Bronx. Representatives from The Point CDC, Nos Quedamos, Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice [...]
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New exhibition celebrates the Bronx
Posted on 06. Apr, 2012 by By Amora McDaniel .
Works by 32 artists show borough’s many sides at Freedman House Once known as the “home for poor millionaires,” an elegant mansion on the Grand Concourse has burst to glittering life as the home of a new art exhibit featuring 32 artists whose work meditates on the Bronx’s past and future. Connoisseurs and artists mixed [...]
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Community board questions FreshDirect deal
Posted on 30. Mar, 2012 by Joe Hirsch.
Worried members say Mott Haven will suffer Community Board 1 condemned the deal to move online grocer FreshDirect from Queens to Port Morris without community consultation after a heated debate at its March meeting. The board passed a resolution authored by board member and activist Mychal Johnson, who charged Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. [...]
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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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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.
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On-line grocer will move to Port Morris
Posted on 07. Feb, 2012 by Bernard L. Stein.
By pledging $100 million in grants, loans and tax breaks, New York has lured FreshDirect to Port Morris, thwarting New Jersey’s effort to capture the on-line grocer’s business. The company promises to create 1,000 new jobs.
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Old ferry stations seek protected status
Posted on 21. Jan, 2012 by By Elizabeth Chen.
Two advocacy organizations have teamed up in an effort to create recreational space on the East River in the shadow of towering cranes that are a survival of the time when ferries carried passengers to the islands off the Bronx mainland.
