In the News, Sept 7-Sept 17
A number of non-profits around the city are trying to make sure Bridges Juvenile Justice Center—otherwise known as Spofford—will not be turned back into a jail after it is decommissioned…
In the news, Aug. 29-Sept. 5
Mott Haven’s Mychal Johnsonand Hunts Point’s Tanya Fields and will be among the panelists discussing reporting on last spring’s international conference on climate change at the People’s Council on Climate…
Mott Haven immigration festival mixes culture and politics
Immigrants and U.S. citizens filled Brook Park on July 24, defying record heat to celebrate Latin American heritage and to voice their anger over Arizona’s controversial law aimed at finding…
Debate over future of Sheridan rages on
While advocates in Hunts Point continue to battle to get the Sheridan Expressway torn down, a Mott Haven-based community organization is warning that traffic will pile up on the Major…
Mott Haven mural depicts immigrants’ dream
Residents helped create public art Last summer, a colorful mural titled “Y yo ya estaba! I was already here!” took shape on the parking lot wall of Iglesia Evangélica Española,…
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…
As pact with city expires, gardeners worry
City officials insist community gardens have nothing to fear Eight years ago, the city, the state and the creators of 500 community gardens on city-owned land reached an agreement that…
Community gardens brace for new rules
Mott Haven and Melrose gardeners say they preserve rare green space Mott Haven and Melrose are home to about two-dozen community gardens, lovingly tended green spaces tended by residents, who…