Tenants challenge police policy
Public housing "residents feel like they’re being targeted and harassed in their own homes,” says a tenant leader.
Kids learn to love their greens
Federal initiative helps kids and parents learn healthy eating habits As eight children sat around a table at East Side House waiting for snacks they played a game of call-and-response.…
Students bid sad farewell to Pius V High School
Students and teachers fought a losing battle to save the only high school on the Archdiocese of New York's list of "at-risk" schools slated for closing.
Lincoln Hospital wins national recognition
Breast Imaging Center fights cancer with new equipment By Shuli Levine When Jane Smith made an appointment for a mammogram, she expected to wait for hours in a crowded, down-at-heel…
Former athlete makes passion profitable
Baseball has always been Jorge Medina's passion. He's finally made it to Yankee Stadium, though not the way he once dreamed of.
Proposed cuts worry Mott Haven school officials
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed laying off city school teachers in dramatic numbers to compensate for budget shortfalls. In Mott Haven, the Courtlandt School, an elementary school on E. 140th…
Latin music retailers salsa into the sunset
Passing Elvio’s Latin cd shop on Third Avenue in Melrose, you could imagine you were back in the 1970s. Willie Colon’s iconic salsa smash “Todo tiene su final” (Everything has…
Proposed education cuts cast pall over Mott Haven schools
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed laying off city school teachers in dramatic numbers to compensate for budget shortfalls. If the cuts are passed by the state Senate and Assembly as…