Marchers call for end to gun violence
Mott Haven residents lead effort to stop the bleeding As she sat on her aunt’s lap, tears streamed down five-year-old Maryliz Romero’s face as she thought of her uncle, whose…
Mott Haven’s money isn’t in banks
City launches “Safe Start” account to help underbanked New Yorkers On a recent Saturday afternoon, Leo Lendy, a 21-year-old Mott Haven resident, walked out of the Pay-O-Matic on 149th Street…
Educational non-profit helps women succeed
Mott Haven GED program gets results There is a working elevator at Immaculate Conception School on East 151st Street. But none of the women going up to Grace Outreach are…
Group hopes park will go to the dogs
If a group of Mott Haven dog owners can raise $5,000 there will be a dog run in St. Mary’s Park this summer. The South Bronx Dog Owners Group will…
Politicians’ kin admits to embezzlement
Arroyos benefited from theft from low-income housing The head of a Bronx non-profit has admitted that he embezzled $115,000 intended to help low-income tenants and funneled some of the money…
Residents rail against transit cuts
MTA told plan could devastate families By joe hirsch news@huntspointexpress.com Bronx bus riders could soon be looking for other means of getting around when the MTA implements service cuts this…
Archbishop of Canterbury visits St. Ann’s
The Archbishop of Canterbury visited St. Ann’s Church on Jan. 27 to gain an understanding of the work the the Episcopal Church does with the poor. Rev. Martha Overall, the…
Latino Museum shortchanges NYC, says Senator
A museum dedicated to Latinos in the United States has been in the pipeline in the nation’s capital for several years, but at least one Latino lawmaker from the Bronx…