Posted on 14 September 2018. Tags: Bathgate, Crime, Gangs, Guzman-Feliz, justiceforjunior, Lesandro Junior, Ritchie Torres, Trinitarios
When Leandra Feliz first learned that Bathgate Avenue and E. 183rd Street in the Bronx would be renamed after her murdered son, she described it as God’s doing. Her son was killed in a case of mistaken identity. The hashtag #justiceforjunior spread online. “People will forget it was Bathgate,” Feliz said. “It’’ll be Lesandro Junior.”
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Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Life, Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Featured
Posted on 14 September 2018.
Carmen Arroyo, 82, hung on to her Hunts Point state assembly seat last night, even though progressive candidate Amanda Septimo, 27, won more percentage of votes than any previous challenger.
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Posted in Bronx Beats, Featured, Politics, Southern Bronx
Posted on 12 September 2018. Tags: bird sanctuary, Cancer, City Parks, dred scott, mount eden, Parks
Troy Lancaster built the Bronx’s Dred Scott Bird Sanctuary from the ground up 22 years ago and works almost daily on the park’s upkeep. After being diagnosed with cancer last year, however, he’s been trying to find a replacement—to no avail.
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Posted in Bronx Life, Community Resources, Featured, Southern Bronx
Posted on 08 September 2018. Tags: Bronx, Community Land Trusts, Hunts Point, Majora Carter, Majora Carter Group, South Bronx, Take Back the Bronx, The Bronx
Protesters gathered outside a meeting that Majora Carter hosted with non-profit lenders and homeowners. Protesters accused Carter of displacing Hunts Point residents, promoting her long-held mission she calls “self-gentrification.”
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Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Community Resources, Featured, Housing, Southern Bronx
Posted on 07 September 2018.
Just days before schools opened, the Department of Education removed Superintendent Rafaela Espinal-Pacheco from her post in Crotona’s District 12.
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Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Education, Featured, Southern Bronx
Posted on 06 September 2018.
Parkchester woman stabbed to death in domestic violence incident, Sept. 5
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Posted in Crime, Newswire