CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Paid Bronx Reporting Internship Open for Applications
Jarrett Murphy |
The 10-week internship teaches students the basics of investigative reporting as they hone those skills by working on an actual in-depth story.
Bronx
Councilwoman’s Departure Sets Up Low Turnout Election
Jarrett Murphy |
The last time the voters of the Bronx’s 17th district spoke, in the 2013 general election, they re-elected Maria del Carmen Arroyo by a margin of 13 to one over two challengers.
Bronx
My Branch Library is Better Than Your Branch Library, Sucka
Jarrett Murphy |
And when it wins a NYC Neighborhood Library Award, the world will know it! (But you should nominate your branch, too!)
Bronx
Bronx Beep Diaz Rejects de Blasio’s Proposed Zoning Changes
Jarrett Murphy |
The Bronx Borough Board voted against City Hall’s proposals.
Bronx
Bronx Progressive Sees Pragmatism in Controversial NYCHA Moves
Batya Ungar-Sargon |
Initiatives to develop mixed-income housing on NYCHA land and move a substantial number of apartments from public housing to other programs have some advocates concerned. But they have Ritchie Torres’s support.
Bronx
Update: No Hearing on Bronx Power Plants
Jarrett Murphy |
State regulators say no hearing is needed on the renewal of operating permits for two South Bronx gas plants—and cite evidence that Bronx air quality is improving.
Bronx
Bronx Beep Holds Hearing on Mayor’s Inclusionary Housing Plan
Jarrett Murphy |
Read some of the testimony that Ruben Diaz Jr. will hear tonight.
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Bronx’s Asthma Alley Protests Plans to Extend Power Plant Permits
Caroline Spivack |
In 2001, two gas-burning plants were located in the South Bronx with the promise that they would be temporary. Now, 14 years later, the New York Power Authority wants to extend the facilities’ lifespans.
Affordable Housing
Protest as City Auctions Land Despite Housing Need
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The de Blasio administration says the parcels sold off this week wouldn’t work for affordable housing, but some advocacy groups believe the city is shedding potentially valuable assets. Watch a video report.
Bronx
Be Sure to Vote Next Week … With Zero Information
Jarrett Murphy |
The vast majority of candidates for judicial posts in next week’s election, some of whom will win terms of 14 years, haven’t bothered to submit a bio for the state court system’s Voters’ Guide.
