Judge reprimands city for homeless policy
Following a ruling by a State Supreme Court judge in June, the City Comptroller's office can now audit shelter deals before the Department of Homeless Services allows landlords to convert…
Morrisania tenants say landlord forcing them out
Tenants of several Sheridan Avenue buildings say the management company and its president are ignoring their pleas for badly needed repairs, in a cynical bid to get them to move…
Developers eye public housing
Feds ask residents to help plan sweeping change On a walking tour of Mott Haven in June, residents were asked to think big about the kinds of improvements they would…
Community Board 1 says developer lied
Community Board 1 says the combination of supportive housing and drug and mental health services is already far more than the area can take---but the shelters keep on coming.
Hip-hop collective evicted
Supporters say eviction is a sign developers are trying to gentrify the South Bronx.
Morrisania hit man gets life
A hit man hired by a Morrisania gang to rub out a rival gang member in 2002 has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars, agents…
Tenant leaders talk tactics in the Big Easy
Public housing activists eager to get more residents involved Tenants of public housing complexes in Mott Haven and Melrose have no shortage of complaints, and now some are taking it…
No-bid deal could enrich political fixer
An investigative report by the Herald has found that three well-connected men stand to profit from a planned multi-use complex in Mott Haven, after the city let them hold onto…