Hostos registers its students to vote
Lea una versión en español aquí. The Bronx has historically come up short in the voting department, especially among young adults. It clocks the lowest rate of 18-year-old registered voters…
Libraries, composting programs spared from cuts citywide, but South Bronx residents are still waiting to benefit
City officials boasted in June of having spared libraries from budget cuts, while partially restoring funding for community composting. But in the South Bronx, residents aren’t celebrating yet. Branch libraries…
Alternative sentencing program opens new office in Mott Haven
A program aimed at keeping nonviolent offenders out of jail and offering them new skills, has opened an office in Mott Haven. A ribbon cutting was held for the Center…
Port Morris waste company kicks off city’s new commercial carting law with new electric trucks
A Port Morris-based private waste carting company will be one of the first to participate in the city’s newly reformed program to divide commercial waste pickup. Waste Connections of NYC…
June 25 is primary day
It’s a quiet primary Tuesday in precincts in the southeast Bronx. Here’s the outlook for today’s primary elections locally. In the 14th Congressional District, Marty Dolan, a financial analyst, is…
AOC, Bernie Sanders stump for Jamaal Bowman at St. Mary’s
Just three days before Democratic primary elections, a crowd of about 300 withstood sweltering heat and humidity at St. Mary’s Park to rally for Rep. Jamaal Bowman. Bowman, a progressive…
Community Board 1 pushes City to be transparent about pot shops
South Bronx residents want to make sure law enforcement is keeping tabs on the status of cannabis dispensaries in the neighborhoods. At a Community Board 1 meeting on May 30…
Upholsterer and activist Esteban Estevez empowers community wherever he goes
Ask Mott Haven business owner Esteban Estevez for his favorite word in Nahuatl, the indigenous language he grew up speaking, and he’ll reply, “Tlazocamati.” In Mexico, there are roughly 1.5…