Nos Quedamos hosts first annual youth symposium in the South Bronx
On a recent Saturday morning in Mott Haven, Leila Tazi, who works as an environmental organizer at Brooklyn College, was among a group of climate activists speaking to an auditorium…
Cross Bronx Expressway expansion plan derided by local groups
A plan to expand the Cross-Bronx Expressway through a mile-long ‘connector’ road has incensed South Bronx activists, many of whom have long been involved in projects to reduce the environmental…
Indignation and hope at town hall on climate change
When The Point CDC’s Climate Justice Hub Advocate asked the assembly in a church meeting room if they had experienced high pollution in their Bronx neighborhoods, more than half raised…
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…
Advocates say federal coastal resiliency plan overlooks the South Bronx
Environmental justice advocates say a massive federal plan to protect New York City from coastal flooding puts the South Bronx in the back seat, and fails to address existing environmental…
Planting native trees to fight The Bronx’s notorious pollution
Since the death of his wife three months ago, Joe Sherman said he has found comfort in being around other people. On Dec. 1, Sherman was shoveling dirt and planting…
From the editor: Hands off Harlem River parkland
The city does need new housing, but in his thirst to reach his goal of 200,000 affordable apartments our mayor appears to be blind to the value of human scale,…
City ignoring residents over Sheridan, say advocates
South Bronx residents, activists and elected officials unhappy with the city’s recent announcement it will no longer consider tearing down the Sheridan Expressway are questioning the way planners reached their…