Mott Haven Charter Schools Still Fail to Enroll a Fair Share of Students Learning English
19 October 2018
Success Academy 1 has the poorest record by far among Mott Haven’s 21 charters, and it’s getting worse.
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Caught in the Crisis: A Bronx church responds to news of clergy abuse
19 October 2018
An independent board decides that the evidence against a priest who served in a South Bronx church between 1969 to 1995 has credible and substantiated allegations of clergy abuse against him. The current priest of the church delivers this news to the parish in the middle of the dark season of sexual abuse scandals within the Catholic Church.
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Family-owned Hunts Point bakery up against the city’s anti-organized crime commission
18 October 2018
Il Forno, a family-owned bakery in Hunts Point, is refusing to pay steep registration fees to the Business Integrity Commission, the city's anti-mafia enforcement agency for public wholesale businesses. "Kind of like a shakedown, was what it felt like," said Jenny Eduardo, the owner's daughter.
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Hidden hospital courtrooms, where the mentally ill fight forced treatment
18 October 2018
Every Wednesday a judge comes to Bronx Psychiatric Center and oversees hearings in which the hospital wants to force a patient to stay hospitalized or take treatment. How do these small makeshift courtrooms straddle the balance between respecting civil rights and ensure that patients get the treatment they need even if they don't want it?
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Handful of school-based mental health clinics support kids in the Bronx
18 October 2018
One in three kids suffer mental health problems every year, many of them go untreated. Fifteen percent of schools in the Bronx have adopted mental health clinics to address the issue. One in Marble Hill, is run by Mosaic Mental Health.
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U.S. Congressional candidate Ocasio-Cortez may have what it takes to reverse low black voter turnout in November
17 October 2018
“There are a lot of folks that are in other districts who are a little scared to say things like, ‘Black Lives Matter,'" 14th District Congressional Candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said at a local Bronx campaign rally.
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Why would a Black Republican run for State Assembly in the Bronx?
17 October 2018
Alpheaus Marcus is a rarity, particularly in the Bronx, the borough with the highest percentage of Democrats in the city. What drove him to run as a Republican, in a race he has little chance of winning?
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Mentors key to getting kids to school in the Bronx
17 October 2018
One in three kids miss too much school in the South Bronx, and the rate climbs to one in two as students reach their senior year — a new mentorship program aims to reduce chronic absenteeism by paring caring adults, who check-in daily, with absent students.
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