Bronx advocates joined Manhattan’s largest climate change march Sunday, with a focus on curbing a business deal that would add more truck fumes to the area already plagued by high asthma rates.
Posted on 24 September 2014.
Bronx advocates joined Manhattan’s largest climate change march Sunday, with a focus on curbing a business deal that would add more truck fumes to the area already plagued by high asthma rates.
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Posted on 22 September 2014.
Residents gathered at 924 Kelly Street garden on Saturday to celebrate Field Day, organized by the Laundromat Project, partaking in a variety of activities.
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Posted on 21 September 2014.
The number of shootings in the Bronx have increased by 19 percent since last January, while overall crime is down 3 percent. Police held buybacks this weekend to try to remove guns from the streets.
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Posted on 18 September 2014.
Between 2009 and 2013, the health care industry in the Bronx added nearly 5,000 new jobs in private hospitals, clinics, and other agencies. The growth has not benefited entrepreneurs equally.
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Posted on 16 September 2014.
A small yet vocal group took to the streets of Hunts Point on the morning of Sept. 13 to speak out against the continuing stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS in the South Bronx
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Posted on 12 September 2014.
The murder of a 22-year-old man in the Belmont area brings out longstanding concern about gang shootings in the neighborhood.
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Posted on 08 September 2014.
The new “Know Your Rights” mural in Mott Haven was inspired by the community’s growing frustration with police violence.
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Posted on 07 September 2014.
Severe political disengagement in this district has allowed an intriguing race for state office to be met largely with shrugs.
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