Serving Mott Haven, Melrose & Port Morris
Nearly 800 people in the Bronx died in 2023 from opioid-related overdoses, the most in the five boroughs, according to data released by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene…
At a gathering of health care providers at Lincoln Hospital in February 2018, Lincoln’s then-CEO Milton Nuñez somberly suggested that Mott Haven was “ground zero” in New York City’s uphill…
The afternoon before Thanksgiving, David Terry stood outside OnPoint NYC’s East Harlem safe-injection site, thinking about a friend who had recently died of an overdose. Later that week, he would…
The Hub sees thousands of people everyday, either passing through on their commute or visiting one of the hundreds of local retail businesses or street vendors. It also stands out…
Carmen Santiago’s crusade to rid St. Mary’s Park of unsightly and ineffective needle disposal boxes finally met with success. After months of lobbying city and Bronx officials, conducting community walkthroughs,…
Community Board 1 has a new chairperson, after more than two years with no one at the helm. At Board 1’s Sept. 30 online meeting, members elected their longtime Housing…