Public housing tenants team up against waste
They say they have to because officials aren’t following through Mott Haven Houses’ resident Brigitte Vincenty doesn’t want to go all the way into Manhattan to make sure her trash…
Cops break up Occupy the Bronx rally
Police arrested five people at the Occupy the Bronx general assembly in Mott Haven Saturday, preempting the organization’s plans to hold a rally and “festival” in a community garden fenced-off…
Gardeners occupy community board
Activists invaded Community Board 1’s office on Monday, using Occupy Wall Street tactics to protest the city’s eviction of the Morning Glory Community Garden at Southern Boulevard and Union Avenue.…
Residents, city clash over use of lot
The grassy lot at the corner of Southern Blvd and Union Ave has been a green oasis for some local residents, but as they recently found out, the city has…
Chickens come to roost in Brook Park
A chicken coop has arrived in Brook Park and residents like 56-year-old Danny Cruz say they aren’t quite sure what to make of these new, clucking neighbors.“Maybe I’ll get an…
Bronx hurricane shelters open
With Hurricane Irene barreling up the east coast on a slow but seemingly sure collision course with New York City this weekend, some residents in low-lying areas like Coney Island…
From the editor: Say no to an incinerator
Twelve years ago, a huge crane pried the stacks off the South Bronx Medical Waste Incinerator on the eastern end of 138th Street where it meets the East River. Hundreds…
Courts: City must monitor schools for environmental hazards
Parents and community leaders have won a victory in a long-running debate over environmental hazards in the Mott Haven school campus at Concourse Village near E. 153 Street. The court…