The division between people who support the de Blasio administration plan to site a new jail in the Bronx to facilitate the closing of Rikers and those who don’t is…
‘We cannot simply hope that this economic development project organically ensures those most in need for economic opportunities are connected with them.’
While many Bronx politicians oppose the specific site the mayor has targeted for a new facility to partly replace Rikers Island, a vocal coalition of protesters is calling for an…
A team of students from the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY spent a day talking to senior citizens in the Bronx, where—as in the rest of the city—a…
‘Before this happens again, all the elected officials, school teachers, journalists, priests, ministers and rabbis should look in the mirror, and assume the responsibility for human life we have been…
The administration’s first neighborhood rezoning in the Bronx and its fourth overall was unanimously approved by the Council after protesters were removed from the chamber.
‘No matter how many luxury towers are built in Mott Haven they will always be outnumbered by the low-income and supportive housing that is already in the area.’