Bronx streetscapes take center stage in new exhibition
Emilio Sanchez made his first trek down Hunts Point’s Food Center Drive in 1988, when he was 67, to an art gallery in the caverns of the Krasdale Foods…
Mott Haven program specializes in second chances for women
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. …
Tenants look to cameras for safety
Public housing tenants around the city are feeling nervous about their safety, surveys show, and two new initiatives being pioneered in the South Bronx are aimed at helping them feel…
Remembering a neighborhood activist
It was 1974, and a group of South Bronx residents were looking for someone to fill a vacant seat on the state Assembly. The pick from the community was nearly…
Serrano votes against debt ceiling deal
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…
Two South Bronx groups win city awards
Two stalwarts of the arts in the South Bronx received prestigious Neighborhood Achievement Awards from the mayor’s office in July. The Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education in Hunts…
Mott Haven libraries won’t be cut
When 15-year old Jose “Mickey” Velez learned the place he calls his second home was in jeopardy of getting shut down, he put up a fight—in the democratic way. Though…