Community board, builder clash over supportive housing
Community Board 1 told developers at a March meeting that they should go back to the drawing board if they want local approval for the project.
Non-profit helps small business boom
The number of small businesses in the Bronx is soaring, with about 5000 new firms incorporating in the borough each year. By that measure, the Bronx is the most entrepreneurial…
NYPD, feds take down Mott Haven gang
Federal and local law enforcement have brought down a gang accused of terrorizing tenants of the Moore Houses on East 149th St. at the northern edge of St. Mary’s Park…
Healthier school meals a tough sell
New York City school meals are a lot healthier now—the only problem is that kids in Mott Haven won’t eat them.
Court denies appeal to block FreshDirect
An appellate division of the State Supreme Court yupheld a lower court’s decision to throw out a lawsuit brought by South Bronx Unite that would have blocked FreshDirect from building…
Arroyo campaign workers charged with forgery
Three workers for City Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo’s reelection campaign were charged on March 26 with forging signatures to get the incumbent on the ballot last spring.
Tenants denounce greedy landlords
Tenants of a group of neglected apartment buildings-- including one in Mott Haven and another in Melrose -- are urging a federal judge to put the properties into the hands…
Group pushes for greener waterfront
Bronx environmentalists want to see more people on local waterways, but first they want to know what tomorrow’s Bronx, Harlem and East River shorelines should look like.