Board 1 elects new Chair, after two-year vacancy
Community Board 1 has a new chairperson, after more than two years with no one at the helm. At Board 1’s Sept. 30 online meeting, members elected their longtime Housing…
NYPD addresses Mott Haven public safety concerns
Community Board 1 finally got the public meeting it has been urging the City for since early last year: a Zoom with local law enforcement to hear how NYPD is…
Bronxites urged to apply to their local community board
City residents who live in the Bronx, work in the borough or have professional or other significant interests in the borough are encouraged to join their local community board. The…
Community board votes down developer’s housing proposal
A developer looking to build an 11-story building with affordable housing at 431 Concord Avenue met stiff opposition from area residents and members of Community Board 1, who blasted him…
As virus spreads, Mott Haven residents worry about people with asthma
Local advocates sound the alarm over the area’s trucking fleets as the need for food delivery services spikes citywide As the novel Coronavirus continues to grip New York City, concern…
Community Board 1 Land Use committee votes down jail plan
At its monthly meeting on May 15, Community Board 1’s Land Use Committee voted 13-0 to reject the city’s proposal to build a new jail on the site of an…
City shoots for safe injection site in Longwood
A prominent Mott Haven business booster agrees that Longwood is a bad place to put the site, and has a suggestion for the mayor: Put it in The Hub.
Pastor, city square off over church parking lot
A protracted rift between a Mott Haven church and the housing department over the fate of a city-owned parking lot boiled over when a developer and a housing official clashed…