DOE gets schooled by Comptroller’s office
In the state of New York one semester of health must be taught during middle school, yet only 57 percent of NYC eighth graders completed it.
South Bronx program protects elderly from abuse
A New York state senator has introduced a bill that aims to establish mandated reporters responsible for reporting suspected incidents of elder abuse or maltreatment.
Port Morris man gets 15 years for violent spree
A 25-year-old Port Morris man was sentenced in Bronx Criminal Court on Dec. 11, to spend 15 years behind bars for an October incident in which he shot and wounded…
New Port Morris center trains for jobs in tech sector
Cognizant’s Bronx Training center opened on Sept. 18. It offers a training program called Platform, which is Cognizant’s solution to the skills gap—technical roles with specific skillsets that companies have…
Public space initiative sparks interest
Last Saturday, local residents danced, ate and socialized at the Metropolitan College of New York on East 149th Street, while celebrating the beginning of a project to bring public spaces…
Study will monitor FreshDirect trucks
The food giant FreshDirect is scheduled to move its headquarters to Port Morris before the end of the year. A new study by Columbia University aims to measure the impact…
Internationally acclaimed photographer brings El Barrio to the Bronx
Photographer Joseph Rodriguez’s “El Barrio in the ‘80s,” will be on display at the Bronx Documentary Center until Dec. 23. “The whole bloody Brooklyn was on fire,” recalled Rodriguez, three…
Deadline looms for ‘dreamers’
Permit renewals for DACA recipients will officially terminate in March, as Congress continues to debate action before government funding expires in December.