Group tells businesses: Stop dumping on Bronx
Members of the Transform Don’t Trash NYC coalition convened on the City Hall steps on Oct. 2 to urge mayoral candidates to reduce the amount of Manhattan's trash that's trucked…
Former Nos Quedamos director arrested
Yolanda Gonzalez, the former director of Melrose development agency Nos Quedamos, was arrested Wednesday for stealing $900,000 from the organization her mother founded to improve housing stock in the South…
Summit urges action on climate change
A panel of representatives from the city's Environmental Justice Alliance urged hundreds of young people at a presentation in Brooklyn, to ramp up efforts to slow global warming.
City ignoring residents over Sheridan, say advocates
South Bronx residents, activists and elected officials unhappy with the city’s recent announcement it will no longer consider tearing down the Sheridan Expressway are questioning the way planners reached their…
A green-themed party for Earth at St. Mary’s Park
Residents learn about recycling, conservation at annual festival For the fifth straight year, Bronxites gathered at St. Mary’s Park to celebrate Earth Fest, sharing ideas for innovative ways to green…
Protesters oppose incinerator plans
Advocates say trash would be burned in poor neighborhoods Bronx community groups took to the streets of Manhattan on April 9th to protest Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plans to test new…
Nos Quedamos says it’s set to rise again
New director takes reins of pioneering housing organization Nos Quedamos, the advocacy organization that has served South Bronx residents for nearly two decades on issues ranging from housing to immigration,…
Gilberto Rivera, tireless advocate, dies at 75
Activist fought to save Hostos and improve housing Gilberto Rivera, one of the co-founders of the Melrose-based housing organization Nos Quedamos, died on Nov. 25. He was 75. Rivera, who…