Latin music store keeps the music playing
You can hear Cholo’s Record Shop before you see it. Boleros, the kind that Cholo’s father used to play on the family turntable back in Puerto Rico, envelop E 148th…
Mott Haven residents celebrate as waterfront plan seeks federal grant
At the very end of Lincoln Avenue, between the Willis and Third Avenue bridges, hidden behind trucks from the waste treatment plants and FreshDirect headquarters, 30 people gathered on September…
As costs climb, back-to-school giveaway eases financial burdens for families
Alonda Guillen was in the middle of doing her laundry when she found out about the back-to-school giveaway event outside the City of Refuge Church in Port Morris on Saturday.…
Partnership that tracks flooding citywide is now in the South Bronx
A flood sensor may be coming to a street near you. FloodNet, a partnership that brings communities, research organizations and city government together to cope with flooding across New York…
Congestion pricing: South Bronx caught between environmental injustice and transportation reform
When Gov. Kathy Hochul put an indefinite pause in June on much-anticipated plans for congestion pricing in the city, under pressure not to burden suburban commuters with steep tolls, some…
Uniting the neighborhood: Nos Quedamos hosts annual We Are Melrose festival
A familiar celebration brought a summer Sunday to life on Aug. 1 at Yolanda Garcia Park, as Nos Quedamos hosted its annual “We Are Melrose” event, with live music, dance…
Annual fair raises awareness about bullying
As the public trains its eye on the scourge of bullying among young people, a local organization continues to bring attention to the problem. In July, the New York Psychotherapy…
Op-Ed: Rethinking the neoclassical economic paradigm and capitalism in an environmental justice context
In an economics class I took while studying at SUNY’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry School (ESF) in the 1990s, I learned about theories about society’s use of natural…