Dancer launches local ballet school
Jessica Epting was a gymnast as a child. After she mastered her tumbles, cartwheels and walkovers, her instructors told her to take ballet if she wanted to continue in the…
City’s Department of Investigation issues scathing report on NYPD actions during Mott Haven, other city protests over killing of George Floyd
The city’s Department of Investigation has released a report slamming the NYPD for its heavy handed approach toward participants in protests around the city during the first week in June,…
Local charter school gives out holiday food baskets
A Morrisania charter school is lending support to students and their families this holiday season, to help food banks cope with what they anticipate will be unprecedented demand. Urban Dove…
Bronx Book Festival founder announces plans to crowdfund for new Bronx bookstore
Literary organization The Bronx is Reading recently announced its plans to begin crowdfunding in 2021 to open a bookstore. Book publicist Saraciea Fennell unofficially started the organization in 2009 with…
Struggles with NYPD, ICE will continue despite new president, says local group
Despite the relief many South Bronxites are feeling after President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, a local group believes defunding the police and protecting undocumented immigrants will remain a concern, even under…
Two South Bronx power plants face elimination
Environmental justice coalition successfully pressures New York Power Authority to phase out ‘peaker’ plants When the New York Power Authority (NYPA) first received approval in 2001 to build six natural-gas…
Bronx Community Board 1: COVID vaccines to the rescue
South Bronx residents should expect access to Pfizer’s free COVID-19 vaccine by mid- or late-spring 2021, according to Bronx Community Board 1. At Board 1’s Zoom meeting on Thursday, Dec.…
NYCHA’s Blueprint for Change gets no love at public hearing
NYCHA CEO gets razzed over Blueprint for Change Residents, politicians and union workers responded angrily to the New York City Housing Authority’s controversial Blueprint for Change at a publicly Zoomed…