Serving Mott Haven, Melrose & Port Morris
In an economics class I took while studying at SUNY’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry School (ESF) in the 1990s, I learned about theories about society’s use of natural…
A high profile takedown of a Mott Haven cannabis dispensary has left residents concerned about the effects of illegal pot shops on young people in the neighborhood. While investigating a…
City officials boasted in June of having spared libraries from budget cuts, while partially restoring funding for community composting. But in the South Bronx, residents aren’t celebrating yet. Branch libraries…
A program aimed at keeping nonviolent offenders out of jail and offering them new skills, has opened an office in Mott Haven. A ribbon cutting was held for the Center…
The city’s transportation department is taking heat from advocates in Hunts Point, for a proposal to reroute trucks they say fails to take public input into account. Out of nearly…
In a small patch of green behind an iron fence in Mott Haven, residents come once a week for the kind of fresh produce they have a hard time finding…
A Port Morris-based private waste carting company will be one of the first to participate in the city’s newly reformed program to divide commercial waste pickup. Waste Connections of NYC…
It’s a quiet primary Tuesday in precincts in the southeast Bronx. Here’s the outlook for today’s primary elections locally. In the 14th Congressional District, Marty Dolan, a financial analyst, is…