Mitchel Houses can’t get rid of its rats
One evening outside Mitchel Houses, Donna Jackson walked up a ramp with her walker when she saw a familiar terrifying creature – a rat — huddled in a corner. It…
Op-ed: An urgent call to save public housing
The Magna Carta. The US Constitution. Common Sense by Thomas Payne. The Origin of Species by Natural Selection by Charles Darwin. Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi. The…
South Bronx neighbors and volunteers fight evictions
On a rainy afternoon in late June 2020, the residents of 387 138th Street in Mott Haven were down on their luck. Outside on the wet streets, economic life had…
Fire destroys four buildings on E. 143rd Street
An inferno that gutted four attached houses on E. 143rd Street in the middle of the night on May 18, is still under investigation. The three-alarm blaze that destroyed 416,…
New model of shelter in Mott Haven is geared to appeal to shelter-averse homeless population
Councilman Salamanca calls safe havens a step in the right direction for the city. A new Morris Avenue Safe Haven shelter for unhoused New Yorkers that opened last week across…
New state budget rolls back bail reform
Lawmakers in Albany Saturday passed a state budget for fiscal year 2023 that rolls back criminal justice reform measures, modestly expands Medicaid for certain undocumented immigrants, and expands funding for…
South Bronxites favor reparations and housing protections: survey
South Bronxites overwhelmingly support reparations for descendants of slavery, according to a recent survey. They want to see more public investment in recreation centers, with sports and arts enrichment programs.…
Public Housing residents demand state funding for NYCHA
Residents and tenant leaders from across the city, including many from the South Bronx, protested at the governor’s office in midtown Manhattan Friday, demanding the state provide $7.2 billion for…