Efforts aim to keep people out of jail
New initiatives in the South Bronx hope to end the revolving door from the street to prison and back.
New initiatives in the South Bronx hope to end the revolving door from the street to prison and back.
Five new apartment buildings, a rooftop farm, a YMCA and a community recording studio will be built on the largest remaining vacant lot in the South Bronx.
Mott Haven public housing residents are vying for a grant from a federal program that will provide big money for a few lucky communities nationwide.
Stabilis specializes in acquiring run-down properties, and housing advocates say it milks buildings for profit without regard to their tenants.
The city's buildings department and landmarks commission are at loggerheads over the fate of the historic Castle on the Concourse.
NYCHA originally planned to start repairs in October 2012. A year later, the center’s building on St. Ann’s Avenue remains dormant.
Residents began the Participatory Budgeting process in Mott Haven for the third straight year, proposing neighborhood improvement projects with funding from City Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito's budget.
Officials and local groups are scrambling to keep the city from demolishing historic PS 31 building as the landmarked building on the Grand Concourse continues to crumble,