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Bronx New Roundup, April 29

Bronx News Network | April 29, 2011

(Sorry for the delay today. Lot’s going on in terms of getting our newspapers out.)

Summer Youth Employment Cuts Hit Bronx Hard This Year

Bronx News Network | March 28, 2011

Cuts to Summer Youth Employment from Bronx News Network on Vimeo.Bronx News Network executive editor Jordan Moss recently caught up with Bob Altman, the associate director of the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, to talk about how cuts to the city’s Summer Youth Employment Program are affecting teens and organizations here in the Bronx.Summer Youth Employment, a program run by the city’s Department of Youth and Community Development which sets teens up with summer jobs, has seen it’s budget whittled away over the past few years. Watch the video above for more.

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Bronx News Roundup, Feb. 9

Bronx News Network | February 9, 2011

A video secretly recorded at a Bronx Planned Parenthood clinic is the latest stir-up in a political debate about abortion funding (see our post, and the video, here).A 14-year-old Wakefield girl is missing, and cops are asking for help. Photo at the link.Monday is Valentine’s Day, so

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Let it Snow

Bronx News Network | January 7, 2011

Trees at the Williamsbridge Oval Park waiting for spring!

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Education Reform 101: An Urban High School That Works

Ben Shuldiner | November 22, 2010

What does it take to turn around a failing high school? One Brooklyn principal says individual attention and group support are key.

Citywide

City Won't Vouch For Them: No Solution For Unhoused

Eileen Markey | January 26, 2010

More than 2,000 needy New Yorkers received coveted Section 8 vouchers for major rental assistance. Then the vouchers were withdrawn – and housing officials have little else to say about it.

Bronx

Activists Push For New Senate Housing Chair

Karen Loew | January 18, 2010

It’s a new year, and a compromised moment for the controversial Senator Pedro Espada. Affordable housing advocates are agitating to replace him with a champion.

Citywide

Why Not Ease Up On Stop and Frisk?

Kesi Bem Foster | January 4, 2010

Critics of police policy say stopping half a million mostly innocent New Yorkers takes too steep a toll on freedom and dignity. With crime way down, now’s the time to give the practice a rest.