Iconic Melrose church faces demolition
A church in Melrose may be facing the wrecking ball in the near future, to the dismay of some South Bronx residents. At its virtual meeting on Jan. 26, Community…
Curbside composting coming to the South Bronx next year
Mayor Eric Adams ushered in a new era of curbside composting this week, with promises to expand the service to all five boroughs by next year. (Para leer una version…
Lincoln to receive 200 new critical care beds
Lincoln Hospital will receive $3 million in federal funds for improvements to critical care units, including 200 new beds in its Intensive Care Unit. Rep. Ritchie Torres announced the funding…
New program helps students with dyslexia thrive at South Bronx school
Literacy Academy Collective’s new educational pilot program for children with dyslexia and learning disabilities is planting seeds of hope for families in the South Bronx whose children have been struggling…
Torres pushes FEC to probe congressional colleague Santos’ fraud
Congress’ most controversial new member, Rep. George Santos (R), can count second-term congressman and fellow New Yorker, Rep. Ritchie Torres, among the legions who want to see him booted out…
Anticipated tsunami of evictions turned out to be just a wave
Housing lawyers expected an avalanche of eviction filings as soon as New York’s pandemic eviction moratorium expired last January. The reality is quite different. The number of eviction filings over…
Torres bill seeks to help people with mental illness
Arvind Sooknanan, 23, had been inside too many psychiatric institutions to know he needed a community that understood and accepted him wholly. He found that support at Fountain House, a…
Teacher uses hip hop to motivate students
At a fifth-grade dance at PS 72 in Throgs Neck, Randy Mason stood quietly at the back of the cafeteria and watched as the bright lights flickered and kids jumped…