City owes Mott Haven tenants jobs, advocates contend
The New York City Housing Authority has reneged on a decade-old commitment to put job-hungry tenants to work making the buildings they live in cleaner and healthier, according to housing…
Developer has plans for longtime eyesore
Some residents worry, though, about new burdens With people going in and out of its grocery stores, restaurants and pharmacies, East 138th Street bustles. But just before it reaches the…
Tenants challenge police policy
Public housing "residents feel like they’re being targeted and harassed in their own homes,” says a tenant leader.
Nos Quedamos reopens after shutdown
Nos Quedamos, Melrose’s leading developer and manager of affordable housing, reopened in late February after a two-week shutdown when a dispute over its leadership forced the organization to close. The…
Two who work to make a difference
Neighborhood leadership takes many forms. From organizing farmers' markets to advocating tenants' rights, Mott Haven has many residents who work hard to make the their neighborhood a better place to…
Green jobs, green city: a special report
The economy may be recovering, but you wouldn’t know it in Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris, where, officially, one of every five adults is unemployed, a number that overlooks…
Homeless advocacy group holds rally in Brook Park
The city should be moving people out of homeless shelters and into vacant apartments built during the real estate boom that now stand empty, advocates from the community organization Picture…
Homeless struggle against increasing odds
On a recent Saturday, a young family of five shuffled along East 138th Street. Jimmy (who asked that the family name not be published) rolled a green duffle bag filled…