Mercy Center throws lifeline to Mott Haven families
For immigrants and the poor, center offers a welcome and support Heidy Rios knows what it’s like to be poor. Born and raised in the Bronx, for a time she…
Green jobs, green city: a special report
The economy may be recovering, but you wouldn’t know it in Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris, where, officially, one of every five adults is unemployed, a number that overlooks…
Can $4 million paint Mott Haven green?
Federal funds aim to build on grassroots training programs Chances are you’ve heard it all before. New York’s 16th Congressional District, which includes Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris, is…
Workers learn by doing in Project H.I.R.E.
College for construction crew teaches green building A brand-new duplex apartment in the University Heights section of the Bronx is ready for inspection. Equipped with bamboo floors, a ceramic kitchen…
Mott Haven co-op preaches gospel of reuse
ReBuilder’s Source offers new life to building materials and ex-prisoners Sounds of power sanders filled the warehouse of ReBuilder’s Source on Timpson Place on a recent afternoon. They didn’t buzz,…
A Mott Haven bridge to the information highway
Classes connect residents to jobs and family on-line By Vishal Persaud persaud@mottthavenherald.com Hunched over a keyboard in the second row of a computer lab at the Phipps Opportunity Center in…
Grant promises unemployed 300 'green jobs'
The recipient of a $4 million federal grant is promising that 300 unemployed residents of Hunts Point, Longwood, Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris will find jobs under a new…
Mott Haven job programs offer hope
Two programs to help residents find jobs received hopeful news in January. The Disconnected Youth Training Program and the Entrepreneurial Development Program, both run by Mott Haven based non-profit SoBRO,…