Big Bronx Sancochazo highlights community cooperation
Huge pots of stew bubbled and steamed over a fire in the Brook Park community garden on the last Saturday in September for the sixth annual Big Bronx Sancochazo. The…
SOBRO Expo gets down to business
Business leaders, entrepreneurs and government officials gathered at Metropolitan College of New York’s 149th campus on Sept. 19 for a day of workshops, presentations and old-fashioned networking. The 21st annual…
Salon workers protest inhumane conditions
When management at Envy Nail 148 in The Hub cut off workers’ access to the small room where they used to take breaks and eat lunch, away from the chemicals…
Brook Park hosts Stage, Garden, Rumba
Artists and activists filled the Brook Park community garden on Sept. 7 for Stage, Garden, Rumba, a free program of dancing, music, poetry and community building. The event was held…
Iran and Saquon Barkley hold backpack giveaway at Patterson Houses
As music played and smoke drifted from meat cooking on grills, at least 50 people gathered in the courtyard of the Patterson Houses in Mott Haven on Saturday, Aug. 31…
City Planning Commission votes yes on jail plan; Bronx member votes no
As the city fast tracks its plan for four borough-based jails to replace the dilapidated facilities on Rikers Island, the Bronx is definitely not in the house. The borough’s public…
New substance recovery program opens in The Hub
A new program in The Hub aims to provide a boost for Bronxites on the road to recovery from substance abuse. The Peer Alliance Recovery Center (PARCBronx) opened its doors…
NYCHA tenants resist private developers
Mayor’s pick to head public housing will push for privatization, they argue NYCHA residents in the South Bronx worry that a sweeping new public-private partnership under consideration in the City…