Bronx voices are quiet while City Council maps are redrawn
Few Bronxites showed up for a hearing at Hostos Community College, where the New York Districting Commission took comments from the public. The commission is redrawing the city’s 51 Council…
Dyslexia classrooms coming to South Bronx as part of NYC Literacy Initiative
New York City is overhauling how the Department of Education screens and educates students with dyslexia and other language-based learning difficulties, starting with a pilot in second and third grade…
New proposed congressional maps will divide Mott Haven, Hunts Point
A court-appointed expert filed his plans for redistricting the New York State congressional maps Monday after the state Court of Appeals struck down Democrats’ previous plans. The change will now…
Helping LGBTQ+ youth in the South Bronx
Noticing the lack of LGBTQ visibility and support as she walked the halls of Bronx Leadership Academy II, dance teacher Belle Torres decided to become an LGBTQ advisor because she…
New York State’s highest court strikes down new congressional maps
The state’s highest court Wednesday struck down the new Democrat-drawn congressional redistricting map for New York, saying that it represented unconstitutional gerrymandering. In a 4-3 split, the Court of Appeals…
New state budget rolls back bail reform
Sheridan slated for major upgrades; shared-use path to connect 138th St. bike path and Randall’s Island. Lawmakers in Albany Saturday passed a state budget for fiscal year 2023 that rolls…
New model of shelter in Mott Haven is geared to appeal to shelter-averse homeless population
Councilman Salamanca calls safe havens a step in the right direction for the city. A new Morris Avenue Safe Haven shelter for unhoused New Yorkers that opened last week across…
New state budget rolls back bail reform
Lawmakers in Albany Saturday passed a state budget for fiscal year 2023 that rolls back criminal justice reform measures, modestly expands Medicaid for certain undocumented immigrants, and expands funding for…