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While walking home from work, Mildred Leon-Valdez says she’s noticed more recyclable materials around Mott Haven. The cardboard, paper and wrappers are not in bins or trash cans — they’re…
Longword's Mothers on the Move is one of three environmental justice organizations that have filed a lawsuit against NYCHA, contending that workers routinely flaunt laws requiring them to sort recyclables…
They say they have to because officials aren’t following through Mott Haven Houses’ resident Brigitte Vincenty doesn’t want to go all the way into Manhattan to make sure her trash…
Twelve years ago, a huge crane pried the stacks off the South Bronx Medical Waste Incinerator on the eastern end of 138th Street where it meets the East River. Hundreds…
A proposal that clean air advocates say will cut air pollution nationally has some Port Morris residents saying “Maybe so, but what about our air?” They expressed concern about a…
Two dozen new “green” jobs are on the way to Port Morris, between now and the end of 2012, most of which will be reserved for low-income residents to fill.…
St.Luke’s School on E. 139th St. near the corner of Cypress Ave will be celebrating its 100th year Anniversary on October 2nd. Alumni from around the country will be attending,…
Housing Authority facilities make recycling difficult Glass, metals, apple cores: It’s all the same to Mott Haven residents, according to a report published in the Daily News on Oct. 4.…