Residents call for more outdoor public spaces
For many Hunts Point locals, the Boogie Down Grind Café is one of the community’s most important gathering points. But during the pandemic, the cozy venue lacked space for a…
Residents continue push for new community arts center at abandoned rehab clinic
South Bronx residents who have been fighting for years to turn an abandoned rehab center into a creative and educational space argued at a community meeting earlier this month that…
Residents push for neighborhood improvements at meeting near PS 49
The neighborhoods of Mott Haven and Port Morris need more affordable housing, cleaner streets, better jobs and recreational spaces — and ways for young people to get involved to make…
Two South Bronx power plants face elimination
Environmental justice coalition successfully pressures New York Power Authority to phase out ‘peaker’ plants When the New York Power Authority (NYPA) first received approval in 2001 to build six natural-gas…
As virus spreads, Mott Haven residents worry about people with asthma
Local advocates sound the alarm over the area’s trucking fleets as the need for food delivery services spikes citywide As the novel Coronavirus continues to grip New York City, concern…
Festival highlights ambitious plans for vacant building
The old Lincoln Recovery Center was once a lifeline to residents of Mott Haven and beyond, introducing acupuncture to aid in detoxification. Since then, the building has been closed for…
New community center comes a step closer to reality
For the second straight year, a shuttered medical facility in the heart of Mott Haven was the site of a daylong festival for community members to show pride in their…
Community groups call for creation of a ‘public bank’
Activists from citywide community organizations gathered in front of the New York Stock Exchange on June 6 to press the city to divest from Wall Street banks and instead create…