In the same area as 10 schools, 1,200 discarded syringes and syringe pieces were found scattered in Mott Haven and South Bronx. This ongoing issues has caused community members to mobilize to keep the streets safer for students.
Archive | September, 2019
A Zone of Neglect
Posted on 19 September 2019.
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Bronx Puerto Rican Parade Embraces Diversity
Posted on 19 September 2019.
This year’s Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade is expected to be a strong showing of the Bronx’s growing ethnic diversity.
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Elizabeth Warren holds her largest rally yet in NYC
Posted on 18 September 2019.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren drew what was her largest ever crowd of roughly 20,000 at a rally in Washington Square Park Monday night.
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A Rare Breed At The Hunts Point Fruit Market
Posted on 18 September 2019.
Hidden in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the South Bronx is the largest food market in the world. Entry is $3 and all are welcome, but few apart from the industrious obsessives who run the market ever come. Even they are increasingly rare.
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Cryptocurrency Comes to The Bronx
Posted on 18 September 2019.
Twenty-eight percent of residents in East Tremont and Morrisania have no bank accounts. One Bronx high school teacher believes cryptocurrency may be the answer.
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Majora Carter warns of ‘brain drain’ while community members fear displacement
Posted on 16 September 2019.
Majora Carter is concerned that the Bronx is experiencing a talent retention problem, but some Bronx residents would say otherwise.
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Looking for answers from a psychic in The Bronx
Posted on 15 September 2019.
A simple Google search won’t do to find Ave Castellanos, a 47 year-old Bronx-based psychic. She doesn’t have a Yelp profile, or an Instagram or Facebook account, and yet it’s common to see a line of people waiting for her advice. The only requirement for an accurate reading is to have faith in her.
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Putting Little Yemen on The Map
Posted on 15 September 2019.
A concentration of Yemeni residents live in Morris Park and Van Nest, an area now dubbed Little Yemen, even on Google Maps.
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