Advocates mourn loss of promised parkland
Community Board 4 weighs city’s plan to build housing on waterfront site near Melrose South Bronx residents and environmental advocates say the city is breaking a promise it made to them…
Plan for senior housing advances
The city is moving ahead on a plan to create 250 new apartments for low-income seniors on the site of the Betances Houses in Mott Haven. The New York City Housing Authority, Department of Housing…
Workers rally for higher wages, benefits
A project to build affordable housing in Melrose is drawing fire from union workers and Councilman Rafael Salamanca Jr., who say the nonprofit developer behind the plan has a track…
Residents sound off about gentrification
As market rate developments continue popping up across the South Bronx, residents worried about losing their homes are getting together to let off steam and consider strategies to prevent displacement.
NYCHA residents rally for repairs, funding
Bronx public housing residents, community organizations, labor unions and elected officials gathered on the steps of City Hall in February to demand adequate funding and oversight of the long neglected…
New plan introduced to curb homelessness
As the number of homeless New Yorkers continues to escalate, Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a new plan to attack the problem.
Local entrepreneur looks to preserve a piece of Mott Haven’s past
Capitalizing on a wave of tourism in the South Bronx, Brooks plans to turn his three-story, brick neo-Grec townhouse, which was built in 1889, into a “Decorator’s Show House” next…
Developer presents ambitious plan on former school site
Developers and city housing officials unveiled a plan for 289 units of housing and a health center in place of the former PS 31 on the Grand Concourse, but Community…