NYCHA complexes fight the cold, and the system
While most New Yorkers waited out record low temperatures from the comfort of their heated homes this holiday season, thousands of NYCHA residents braced against the single digit cold with…
While most New Yorkers waited out record low temperatures from the comfort of their heated homes this holiday season, thousands of NYCHA residents braced against the single digit cold with…
Program is staffed by reformed gang members who work to defuse tensions between rival gangs.
Assaults A 32-year-old woman was slashed at a Mott Haven strip club on Dec. 30. Police say the victim was dancing at Sin City around 4 in the morning when…
But cops say they’re making progress vs. crews Small groups of teenagers known as “crews” were the source of most of Mott Haven’s violent street crime in 2012. Crews committed…
Father charged with raping daughter A 46-year-old man was charged with raping his 13-year-old daughter in their apartment on Wales Street on Oct. 28 around 12:30 p.m., police said. Officers…
Public housing activists eager to get more residents involved Tenants of public housing complexes in Mott Haven and Melrose have no shortage of complaints, and now some are taking it…