New members say improved communication a priority for Bronx Community Board 1
Efforts to better engage the public will include revamped website, reactivated social media
Back to pen and paper in an outdated Mott Haven school building
Carts of unused Macbook Air computers and Chromebooks sit in a quiet classroom corner at a K-12 public school in Mott Haven while the teacher and students use pen and…
CUNY teacher education program aims to boost tech equity
Students attending an evening class at the City University of New York attempt to persuade the artificial intelligence site chatGPT to debate with them on important issues in education. By…
BronxNet: New location, more tech for Bronx visual creatives
Mott Haven is now home to a futuristic television, film and video studio designed to propel creative Bronxites to a national level. BronxNet, the local news and public access station,…
Mott Haven Library pilots free home Wi-Fi program
The Mott Haven Library is a central player in New York Public Library’s effort to offer high quality cellular internet service to neighborhoods across the city. Mott Haven was one…
South Bronx NYCHA residents to receive free Wifi
Residents of Mott Haven Houses and Patterson Houses are among the first in the city to receive free high-speed internet and basic cable TV service through a broadband program being…
Innovations help the South Bronx tackle the digital divide
The isolation brought about by the COVID pandemic over the last 18 months helped spotlight all of our reliance on dependable broadband service. In the South Bronx, that has meant…
A year into remote learning, South Bronx students still don’t have equitable access to devices, internet but the community won’t stop fighting for these students
It’s been a year since the COVID-19 pandemic swept across New York, shuttering schools and uprooting in-person instruction. Yet thousands of students across the South Bronx still don’t have access…