Southern Blvd. residents rally at housing court
Tenants argue the court system is not helping them fight an abusive landlord, but instead is helping the owner to punish them for complaining.
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Culture
Is reality TV headed to South Bronx?
After watching MTV, a Longwood native decides, “We could so do a show about the South Bronx.”
Culture
Hunts Point movie makes Bronx debut
A movie shot in Hunts Point with a cast drawn from The Point Community Development Corp. will have its hometown debut on April 17.
Health / Housing
Longwood psychiatric residence planned
Representatives of a non-profit group hoping to construct a new residence with 20 apartments for people with psychiatric diagnoses got an earful from members of Community Board 2.
Housing
Hope grows on Kelly Street
Once infested with “rats that looked like cats,” a Longwood apartment building that was on the list of the city’s worst has been given a new life.
Government / Politics
Frontrunners are no-shows at Melrose mayoral forum
It was standing room only on a Saturday afternoon in March at a Melrose church known for its social activism streak, where residents came, hoping to hear the city’s mayoral candidates explain their positions on the issues. There was only one problem: The three candidates considered frontrunners in next November’s [...]
Environment / Government
City nears final plan for Sheridan
Early recommendations include ramps to industrial area The city is weighing plans “to make transformative change” in the vicinity of the Sheridan Expressway, while maintaining the highway’s connections to the Cross Bronx and Bruckner expressways, a representative of the Department of City Planning told residents, business owners, elected officials and [...]
Education / Parks
Kids make movies about Hunts Point
Program at the Rec turns out young filmmakers Chelsey Rodriguez, 11, took a deep breath, put her shyness aside and stepped into The Candy Box, a bodega on Spofford Avenue. She held an iPad and walked up to the owner, Gilbert Valle. She started recording a video, asking him questions [...]
Environment / Politics
From the editor: Just garbage
The city is supposed to build a new garbage facility in Manhattan to relieve the South Bronx of the unfair burden it has shouldered for years. Now, though, some politicians are wavering.