New York’s transit system is the largest in North America. However, only a quarter of its 472 stations are wheelchair accessible. Despite proposals to add more elevators, the planned changes can’t come soon enough.
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Despite years of reform, NYC subways remain inaccessible
Posted on 19 September 2019.
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A Zone of Neglect
Posted on 19 September 2019.
A lifelong resident of the Bronx Marty Rogers walked his familiar route on September 10 down Third Avenue to the Hub at 149th Street, the unofficial shopping and transit heart of the South Bronx. Rogers regularly visits this area dotted with orange plastic pieces of discarded syringes, neon lights alerting to all too familiar problem for the community.
Knowing that students from 10 surrounding schools pass by all this danger and debris every day broke his heart.
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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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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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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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Mott Haven Charter Schools Still Fail to Enroll a Fair Share of Students Learning English
Posted on 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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Family-owned Hunts Point bakery up against the city’s anti-organized crime commission
Posted on 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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Handful of school-based mental health clinics support kids in the Bronx
Posted on 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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