Bill to end solitary confinement in city jails draws competing City Hall rallies
Bronxite Kalief Browder was only 22 when he died by suicide in 2015, after spending two years in solitary confinment at Rikers Island. He is a central figure in an…
South Bronx NYCHA residents to receive free Wifi
Residents of Mott Haven Houses and Patterson Houses are among the first in the city to receive free high-speed internet and basic cable TV service through a broadband program being…
Little Amal reawakens push for a waterfront park
A ten-year-old girl’s quest to deliver a symbolic yellow paper fish to the Harlem River, followed by a marching crowd waving blue streamer kites and wearing fish paper hats, highlighted…
Stage Garden Rumba brightens up Brook Park with Latin music and poetry
Women drummed Bomba music and poets spoke out against prejudice and colonization at the Stage Garden Rumba at Brook Park on Sept. 17, part of a cultural events series to…
Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off with lively concert at Bronx Music Hall Plaza
Passersby quickly became an audience to a lively Latin Jazz concert at the Bronx Music Hall Plaza Saturday. The concert was the first in a month of events planned to…
Homegrown food justice organization expands beyond its Mott Haven roots
Daniel Zauderer’s clarion call is “bring produce to the people!” It started as just one community fridge on a sidewalk in a South Bronx neighborhood. Today, 10,000 pounds of fresh,…
$110 million federal grant awarded to Hunts Point Produce Market
The Hunts Point Produce Market has been awarded $110 million in federal infrastructure funding to modernize its facilities and reduce air pollution, its first significant upgrade in 50 years. Plans…
Assembly Member hosts “Parking Day” on Willis Avenue
Mott Haven kids had a chance to play with one of their elected representatives today, at a pop-up playground on Willis Avenue. There were free books, coloring pages, games, and…