New rooftop greenhouse set to enhance nutrition for Bronxites
Public housing residents may have a new neighbor next year: an urban farm in the air. On the roof of Arbor House, an affordable housing structure next door to the…
Suspect pleads not guilty in McKinley Houses murder
Salim Wilson, 25, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder in the Aug. 29 fatal shooting of 24-year-old Julio Valesquez.
Alleged murderer called victim’s mother ‘mom’
After their previous case was dropped last year, the victim and his alleged killer brought suits against two police officers, whom they accuse of having pressured witnesses into identifying them…
Candidates vie for Assembly seat
The Bronx Borough Democratic Committee has endorsed lawyer Marsha Michael, but former Obama operative Michael Blake has raised more money in next week's primary for the 79th Assembly seat.
Group targets violence at its root
Program is staffed by reformed gang members who work to defuse tensions between rival gangs.
Masks reveal Puerto Rican history
Folklorists tell tales of two island cities Masks play a crucial role in the annual carnivals that draw paraders to the streets of Puerto Rico’s cities. A panel of experts…
Morrisania tenants say landlord forcing them out
Tenants of several Sheridan Avenue buildings say the management company and its president are ignoring their pleas for badly needed repairs, in a cynical bid to get them to move…
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…