Bringing books to Bronx playgrounds
In a borough with 1.4 million residents and just one general interest bookstore, what’s the best way to get kids interested in books? Anthony Tucker, an assistant principal for early…
NYCHA residents say fellow tenants should be accountable for rat infestations
The city’s $32 million war on rats targets what it deems the most rat-infested areas — rat reservoirs — arming them with paved dirt floors, solar-powered trash compactors and a…
Adams Houses tenant leader honored
On Oct. 2, Topping was one of four activists nationwide to receive an anti-corruption award from The New York City Independence Club, a group whose stated goal is to promote non-partisan…
Murder of young mom puts spotlight on safety measures
After a young mother of three was killed on June 11 while shielding her children from stray gunfire in a John Adams Houses playground, residents of the public housing complex…
Vigil held for slain mother of three
More than 100 people gathered at the John Adams Houses playground in Longwood on Wednesday, holding candles and anti-gun banners to remember 29 year old Jessica White, and to condemn…
NYCHA rolls out safety cameras
Residents of the John Adams Houses in Morrisania are hoping new safety cameras in their buildings will help bring down crime and vandalism which have plagued the complex for years.
Feds bust another Mott Haven gang
Investigation ongoing into murder of gang leader Several members and associates of a gang that the authorities say dealt heroin and crack in Morrisania were arrested on Jan. 17, in…
Morrisania hit man gets life
A hit man hired by a Morrisania gang to rub out a rival gang member in 2002 has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars, agents…