Hunts Point to receive a $140 million investment under mayor’s recovery plan
Hunts Point is slated to receive a $140 million investment, under a new economic recovery plan for the city that Mayor Eric Adams has announced. The recovery initiative, called, “Rebuild, Renew,...
View ArticleVanessa Gibson, first Black woman Bronx borough president says “It’s My Chapter”
Vanessa Gibson, the first woman and first Black to hold the office of Bronx borough president, has been breaking through glass and race barriers for most of her life. Her third month in office is also...
View ArticleNew NYC law to allow many Dominicans, other noncitizens to vote by 2023
Macaulay CUNY Honors College student and Bronx resident Michelle Del Villar felt her heart beating loudly in anticipation when a friend told her about legislation that was recently signed into law to...
View ArticleNew state budget rolls back bail reform
Lawmakers in Albany Saturday passed a state budget for fiscal year 2023 that rolls back criminal justice reform measures, modestly expands Medicaid for certain undocumented immigrants, and expands...
View ArticleNew model of shelter in Mott Haven is geared to appeal to shelter-averse...
Councilman Salamanca calls safe havens a step in the right direction for the city. A new Morris Avenue Safe Haven shelter for unhoused New Yorkers that opened last week across the street from Lincoln...
View ArticleHelping LGBTQ+ youth in the South Bronx
Noticing the lack of LGBTQ visibility and support as she walked the halls of Bronx Leadership Academy II, dance teacher Belle Torres decided to become an LGBTQ advisor because she felt the students of...
View ArticleNew proposed congressional maps will divide Mott Haven, Hunts Point
A court-appointed expert filed his plans for redistricting the New York State congressional maps Monday after the state Court of Appeals struck down Democrats’ previous plans. The change will now...
View ArticleCommission proposes changes to Port Morris, Longwood City Council districts
City Council districts in the South Bronx are likely to change, according to newly drafted maps of the city’s 51 Council districts drawn up by the New York City Districting Commission. The proposed new...
View ArticleNew online tool allows residents to provide mapping input on City Council...
In an effort to increase public participation in the City Council’s redistricting, the New York City Districting Commission is inviting city residents to draw their own maps using an online drawing...
View ArticleFormerly incarcerated finally get their chance at the polls
Voting is a privilege most Americans get when they turn 18. But Mott Haven resident Patrick Stephens had to wait three decades longer than most. “I took the train all the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn...
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