Tension exists between mobile car washers, community members, and official car washing businesses in the Bronx. Along Jerome Avenue, dozens of Bronx residents have set up vans, offering car washing services. It is unclear whether they have attained the proper licensing to do so. During a community gathering held on Webster Avenue in April, community […]
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Mobile Car Washers in the Bronx Take Up Permanent Residence on Jerome Avenue
Posted on 20 October 2022.
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Struck By a Subway 14 Years Ago, Still Waiting for Justice
Posted on 17 October 2019.
On March 13, 2005 Luis Rodriguez got up in the early hours of Sunday morning to catch the subway from the St. Lawrence Avenue Station near his Morissania home to travel to Pelham Bay for a fishing trip on his day off. The then-35-year-old HVAC technician and father of two was standing on the edge […]
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Food Stamp cuts pose hardships for home health care workers
Posted on 12 October 2019.
For low-income workers like Elsilia Carrasco, food stamps are essential to help feed her family. Cuts have already posed hardships. And they are about to get worse.
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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.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Featured, Money, Morrisania, Morrisania, south bronx, Southern Bronx0 Comments
Domestic violence and housing linked to homicides in the South East Bronx
Posted on 15 October 2018.
There have been five domestic homicides in the South East Bronx this year. Last year there were none. Experts point to high unemployment and rising rents in the borough.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Community Resources, Crime, Featured, Front Page, Housing, Money, Police0 Comments
Disabled in the Bronx? Good luck finding a subway station
Posted on 13 October 2018.
The new MTA chief pledges to fast forward plans to make NYC subway stations accessible to the disabled. In the Bronx, a full 83 percent violate federal law. “We are one of the least accessible cities in the country,” Susan Dooha, disabled advocacy group director.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Life, Community Resources, Featured, Money, North Central Bronx, Northwest Bronx, The Bronx Beat, Transportation0 Comments
From Street Vendor to Shop Owner
Posted on 19 October 2016.
Without proper immigration paperwork and no previous experience in flower design, this Bronx entrepreneur beats all odds by opening her own flower shop and restarting her life for the third time.
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The Bronx is Branding
Posted on 13 October 2014.
The Bronx has an image problem. Local artists and entrepreneurs are building businesses and organizing events to make sure the world knows that it is, in fact, no longer burning.
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