Serving Mott Haven, Melrose & Port Morris
In the wake of uncertainty for immigrants in the US, The Melrose-based Mexican Coalition and educators from CUNY, New York University and Columbia met government officials from Mexico, El Salvador,…
Kabir Ahmed sat behind a foldable desk at Darou Salam, a mosque and Islamic school in Melrose, helping two newly arrived immigrants from West Africa get work authorizations. Meanwhile, a…
Candles lit the brimming streets of Melrose Avenue and women dressed as Catrinas, their faces painted like skulls, marched to honor their beloved dead at seventh annual festival del día…
South Bronx residents gathered on a Sunday morning in September to celebrate the renaming of E. 152nd Street for the ‘saint of the neighborhood’ Michael P. McCauley. McCauley taught at…
As the Coronavirus continues its spread, Churches in the South Bronx are adjusting to the challenges of providing food and prayer services to their congregations, even as their own finances…
While Covid-19 has suspended all in-person group services in the South Bronx, many churches are employing the latest digital technologies to boost morale and ensure the parishioners can remain connected…
As affordable housing becomes increasingly scarce for low-income New Yorkers, activists are calling on the mayor to follow through on his promise to build affordable housing for vulnerable South Bronx…
Some 250 parishioners from local churches marched in Melrose last Sunday, to draw attention to two lingering issues that they say continue to erode the area’s quality of life: rising…