Approach of winter raises questions about heat in NYCHA complexes
On Oct. 1, Day One of the 2020 heating season, Danny Barber was worried. “The issues started already,” said Barber, president of the tenants association for NYCHA’s Jackson Houses in…
African-Muslim residents say it’s time for a change in the White House
For one African Muslim involved in Mott Haven affairs, there is a great divide between the two candidates for President in the Nov. 3 election. Community Board 1 member Abdoulaye…
South Bronx gun violence spikes amid pandemic
An eight-year-old shot in her mother’s NYCHA Patterson Housing apartment in Mott Haven. A man shot dead days after being released from prison in Hunts Point. Two women hit by…
NYCHA tenant association president runs for office, urges other residents to do the same
Tenant leaders reject Housing Authority’s latest funding proposal After seven mayors, 10 presidents and more than 50 years of living in the Frederick Douglass Houses on Manhattan’s Upper West Side,…
No letup in demand for local pantries, soup kitchens
A line stretched halfway down Morris Ave. and halfway around 153rd St. at a recent food market, held bimonthly by City Harvest, a non-profit organization that redistributes food throughout New…
Despite funding barriers and NYCHA burdens, a garden grows in Port Morris
Founders of NYCHA community garden look to overcome initial administrative hurdles Cesar Yoc wanders through lush greenery over to a row of raised beds within the Mill Brook Houses’ community…
Indoor dining is back, but some restaurants opt to stay outside
While restaurants across New York City were allowed to resume indoor dining at 25% capacity on September 30, some South Bronx restaurants are opting out. Instead, they’re choosing to continue…
Award-winning Bronx filmmaker adapts collaborative methods to pandemic
On a Thursday evening in October, Leomary Rodriguez is taking her nightly break from social media in her Highbridge apartment-studio. Five rows of different-colored paper rolls line the wall behind…