Vacant Melrose lot poses health risk, raises unanswered questions
A Melrose dry cleaner that closed in 1968 is now the site of a toxic underground mess that is rattling nerves in 2022. The fenced-in, grass-covered lot at 753 Melrose…
Free COVID test kits available for at-home delivery by postal service
Days after New York officially moved its COVID alert level to “high,” the federal government is offering a third wave of free at-home rapid tests for COVID. The at-home antigen…
Free COVID tests now available from NYC schools
Amidst an uptick in New York City COVID-19 cases, local schools are combating the trend with free test kits. Every week, students can bring home four test kits– two for…
A South Bronx massage therapist aims to heal the anxiety brought on during the COVID era
A massage therapist in Concourse Village is hoping to help reduce the strain and isolation New Yorkers have experienced since the pandemic. Watch Yessenia Moreno’s video about 718 Wellness.
Bronxites push for commitment to shutter polluting peaker plants
Clean energy is on its way to the city. But residents of the South Bronx want to ensure it comes with concrete commitments to end the polluting footprint of four…
Q & A: Here’s what you need to know about NYC’s updated COVID-19 protocol
COVID-19 rules and restrictions in New York City are falling fast, in the wake of recent announcements by Mayor Eric Adams, Gov. Kathy Hochul and the chancellor of the City…
Mask mandates are falling
Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced the end of the statewide mask mandate in schools beginning Wednesday, March 2, and Mayor Eric Adams has said he’ll decide by Friday whether city…
Free COVID-19 at-home tests now available at seven Bronx locations
At-home rapid Covid tests are now available free of charge at seven Bronx locations: the Bronx Museum of the Arts; the Parkchester, Sedgwick, West Farm and Richmondtown libraries; the Bronx…