Category: Environment

Following a summer of planning to expand recreational access to the Bronx shore of the Harlem River and to the river itself, the Harlem River Working Group will throw a…

But local opposition gains momentum despite company’s new pilot program Shoppers from Mott Haven and Port Morris who rely on food stamps to buy their groceries will now be able…

Party in the park will follow 5-k road race This year’s Hunts Point Hustle won’t be just a road race. It will be a party, too. The annual event sponsored…

Mott Haven residents suing FreshDIrect to ensure pollution concerns are addressed, will urge more residents to join in their fight for stricter environmental measures.

After a long battle with cancer, community activist Joe Perez died in May. He was commemorated with a mural at Bronx Community and Cultural Garden on Aug. 12.

Mott Haven residents and activists met in July to consider ways to revive the local waterfront in ways that would echo initiatives already realized along the banks of the Bronx…

Some day, the city hopes, a site near the 145th Street Bridge will become a waterfront park, an extension of Mill Pond Park to the north. Now a guilty plea…

An environmental advocacy group is asking community boards in Mott Haven and other low-income, waterfront neighborhoods across the city to press officials to get tougher on polluters, and to consider…