by Jennifer Brookland As hard-fought health insurance legislation comes across President Obama’s desk, the economic problems of the Bronx are apparent in the places people get their insurance. One in five people in the Bronx were on Medicaid as of 2008, the highest percentage of all the boroughs, according to city data. About 180,000 people […]
Archive | March, 2010
Bronx and Brooklyn Health Care at the Starting Line
Posted on 23 March 2010.
Posted in Health Care Reform, Special Reports0 Comments
Mayor’s Proposed Budget Cuts Threaten AIDS/HIV “Epicenter” in Bronx
Posted on 23 March 2010.
NYC budget cuts are feared to discontinue HASA programs
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Health, Politics2 Comments
VIDEO – Health Care Reform – Bronx and Brooklyn React
Posted on 22 March 2010.
Reactions from Bronx and Brooklyn on the passage of the historic health care reform.
Posted in Bronx Life, Bronx Neighborhoods, Health, Multimedia0 Comments
VIDEO – La Lechonera Criolla
Posted on 12 March 2010.
As part of our upcoming series the Bronx Eats, this is La Lechonera Criolla.
Posted in Bronx Life, Food, Multimedia, Southern Bronx0 Comments
Centenarian Boulevard Merits Preservation, Commission Says
Posted on 12 March 2010.
A historic designation would bring new rules and grants to the Grand Concourse.
Posted in Bronx Life, Bronx Neighborhoods1 Comment
Man Who Killed Mother and Brother Gets 40 Years
Posted on 11 March 2010.
Lamar Platt dismembered the victims in November 2007, prosecutors said.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Northwest Bronx0 Comments
AUDIO SLIDESHOW – Mike Amadeo: Rey of the Bolero
Posted on 11 March 2010.
Mike Amadeo, 76, is an icon of Latin music in the Bronx.
Posted in Bronx Life, Bronx Tales, Multimedia, Southern Bronx0 Comments
VIDEO – After Two Year Effort, Street Renamed for Fallen Soldier
Posted on 11 March 2010.
In Parkchester, a street is dedicated to a soldier killed in Iraq in 2007.
Posted in East Bronx, Multimedia1 Comment