Indignation and hope at town hall on climate change
When The Point CDC’s Climate Justice Hub Advocate asked the assembly in a church meeting room if they had experienced high pollution in their Bronx neighborhoods, more than half raised…
When The Point CDC’s Climate Justice Hub Advocate asked the assembly in a church meeting room if they had experienced high pollution in their Bronx neighborhoods, more than half raised…
When Gov. Kathy Hochul put an indefinite pause in June on much-anticipated plans for congestion pricing in the city, under pressure not to burden suburban commuters with steep tolls, some…
The city’s transportation department is taking heat from advocates in Hunts Point, for a proposal to reroute trucks they say fails to take public input into account. Out of nearly…
Bronx-based businesses and organizations have come up with 50 ways to improve the borough’s economic equity – and hopefully bring it in line with more prosperous parts of New York…
As Rikers Island awaits a decision about a possible federal receivership, community members in the South Bronx are calling for control of the jail complex to be transferred to agencies…
On Thursday, teams of volunteers spread out across the South Bronx to ask a simple question: How would you spend $5 million to help your neighborhood? The volunteers were collecting…
Environmental justice advocates say a massive federal plan to protect New York City from coastal flooding puts the South Bronx in the back seat, and fails to address existing environmental…
Among the decisions New York City residents will make on Election Day is whether to approve a ballot initiative that would allocate $4.2 billion towards environmental projects across the state…