Marchers call for end to gun violence
Mott Haven residents lead effort to stop the bleeding As she sat on her aunt’s lap, tears streamed down five-year-old Maryliz Romero’s face as she thought of her uncle, whose…
Earth Fest reaches out with music and games
The Bronx throws a party for Earth Day’s 40th birthday Legendary emcee Grandmaster Caz has been packing parties in the South Bronx since 1974, but none quite like the one…
A Mott Haven bridge to the information highway
Classes connect residents to jobs and family on-line By Vishal Persaud [email protected] Hunched over a keyboard in the second row of a computer lab at the Phipps Opportunity Center in…
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 Jimmy (who asked that the family name not be published) rolled a green duffle bag filled…
Empty stomachs strain Mott Haven pantries
Anthony Jordan didn’t need pollsters to tell him that people in Mott Haven are hungry. He just has to look at the line outside the food pantry he runs at…
Mott Haven’s money isn’t in banks
City launches “Safe Start” account to help underbanked New Yorkers On a recent Saturday afternoon, Leo Lendy, a 21-year-old Mott Haven resident, walked out of the Pay-O-Matic on 149th Street…
Mott Haven’s oasis of fitness
St. Mary’s Recreation Center serves thousands By 3 a.m. on a freezing January 30, two dozen people had already lined up outside St. Mary’s Recreation Center to be sure they…
Educational non-profit helps women succeed
Mott Haven GED program gets results There is a working elevator at Immaculate Conception School on East 151st Street. But none of the women going up to Grace Outreach are…