Post Tagged with: "Community Board 1"

Housing / Politics

No-bid deal could enrich political fixer

by | August 23, 2012 | 0 comments
No-bid deal could enrich political fixer

By Sean Carlson Political operative has hidden stake in city project A longtime political operative and two other allies of the Bronx Democratic Party stand to benefit from a controversial plan to develop the site of a former community garden in Mott Haven, the Express has learned. In a deal [...]

Environment / Food / Parks

Neighborhood voices: Occupy our green spaces?

by | December 19, 2011 | 0 comments

By Tanya Fields Residents of Mott Haven, Longwood and Hunts Point deal with a shortage of green space and poor food quality, even though we are surrounded by privately- and publicly-owned land that has been fallow for years. Empty lots have been used as illegal dumping grounds; they are ripe [...]