Feds charge Arroyo kin with embezzlement
Housing money paid for politicians’ trips, says complaint Taxpayer funds intended for two low-income housing projects in Mott Haven paid for trips to Puerto Rico for Councilwoman Maria del Carmen…
Buy-back takes an arsenal off Bronx streets
By Azriel James Relph azriel.james.relph@gmail.com When you subtract nearly a thousand guns from the arsenals of residents, what do you get? Safer Bronx streets, say the organizers of the Fourth…
Lawsuit seeks to block Randall's Island deal
Several South Bronx and East Harlem organizations and residents filed suit on May 27 in an effort to keep the city from carrying out its plan to reserve most of…
Earthfest ’09
Local non-profits, government agencies and environmental activists provided hands-on activities and information on everything from paddling the Bronx River to conserving energy in your home at the second annual South…
New borough chief will bring change
Diaz emphasizes spending on schools and green jobs By Caroline Linton caroline.linton@motthavenherald.com The Bronx Borough President’s race was all about the numbers: 21; two; $200; $270,000; three and 149. Twenty-one…
City plans a new neighborhood in Mott Haven
On the southern end of the Grand Concourse, barbed wire, car dealerships and auto parts suppliers line the road, surrounded by industrial buildings that have seen busier days. The Mott…
With change in the wind, some residents worry
If fancy apartments and stores move in, will they be pushed out? By Caroline Linton Caroline.linton@motthavenherald.com Lamont Barkley, 42, has lived in Mott Haven his whole life and has witnessed…
Friends of Brook Park says ‘Draw us in’
An organization that has long crusaded for a waterfront park at the end of Park Avenue is calling on the city to make its creation possible by redrawing the boundaries…