Community board questions FreshDirect deal
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…
Council members demonstrate for Trayvon Martin
Members of the New York City Council donned hoodies in a show of solidarity with slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin, in a demonstration on the steps of City Hall organized…
Mott Haven street to be renamed for Naiesha Pearson
Brook Ave. and 139th St. in Mott Haven will be renamed for Naiesha Pearson, the 10-year-old girl who was killed by a stray bullet in September 2005 while attending a…
FreshDirect protesters take their beef to Manhattan
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…
Housing Authority tenants do their own repairs
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…
For Gompers, it’s game over
Melrose is going to lose what used to be its largest high school. Four weeks after the Department of Education’s Panel for Educational Policy finally decided to let Samuel Gompers…
Push begins to reclaim Harlem River waterfront
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…
Cop killed in ’05 remembered at 40th Precinct
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…