A model Bronxite: Lorean Valentin
“Who’s the most important person in the room?” Bronx native Lorean Valentin asks a group of eight women in their early 20s. “I am,” they respond in unison.
La biblioteca de Mott Haven reabre después de dos años de cierre
Esmeralda Viviano pasó casi dos años revisando todos los días si la Biblioteca Mott Haven iba a reabrir. Hasta que, el 28 de febrero, la espera del estudiante de secundaria…
Public Housing residents demand state funding for NYCHA
Residents and tenant leaders from across the city, including many from the South Bronx, protested at the governor’s office in midtown Manhattan Friday, demanding the state provide $7.2 billion for…
Nuevas protecciones vigentes para los “deliveristas”
Miguel, un inmigrante de México, ha sufrido varios problemas desde que comenzó a repartir comida en su scooter eléctrico por el sur del Bronx en 2014. Una vez fue derribado…
DA indicts two Morrisania residents on illegal firearms charges
The NYPD and the Bronx district attorney Thursday announced the indictment of two Morrisania-based men for selling 33 illegal guns to an undercover police officer. The men allegedly operated on…
Future of NYC school government to be decided by NYS legislature
Some South Bronx community members and elected officials call for end to mayoral control, others argue to extend Farah Despeignes, a former teacher at Samuel Gompers High School in Mott…
Vanessa Gibson, first Black woman Bronx borough president says “It’s My Chapter”
Vanessa Gibson, the first woman and first Black to hold the office of Bronx borough president, has been breaking through glass and race barriers for most of her life. Her…