Posted on 15 October 2019. Tags: Department of Education, Education, education policy, gifted and talented
A recommendation that Mayor Bill de Blasio phase out all New York City gifted programs has left the fate of gifted education in the Bronx uncertain. If implemented, the programs, which are comprised predominantly of black and Latino students, would come to an end.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, East Bronx, Education, Education, Featured, Front Page
Posted on 14 October 2019. Tags: 15th District, 2020, congress, Hunts Point, Jose Serrano, U.S. House of Representatives
Known as the moral compass of Bronx politics, Serrano is set to retire from Congress after 44 years of serving the borough.
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Posted in Community Resources, Front Page, Politics, south bronx, Southern Bronx
Posted on 13 October 2019. Tags: barber, barbershops, church, Health Care, health outreach, health problems, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Hunts Point, Morrisania, Mott Haven, South Bronx
While New York celebrates declining HIV rates, healthcare advocates in the Bronx narrow their focus to where services aren’t reaching people.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Community Resources, Featured, Front Page, Health, south bronx, Southern Bronx
Posted on 12 October 2019.
“With over 20,000 overdose deaths under Governor Cuomo’s tenure, his legacy will be marked by his choice to either stand with New Yorkers or stand in the way of their survival,” according to an advocacy group for overdose prevention sites.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Community Resources, Featured, Front Page, Health, Politics, Southern Bronx
Posted on 11 October 2019. Tags: animal care, animal cruelty, animal rescue, animal shelter, Animals, aspca, bronx pets, Mott Haven, pets, South Bronx
ASPCA is expected to open a community veterinary center in the South Bronx next Spring. The community hopes the center will address some of the persistent issues with the mobile clinics.
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Posted in Bronx Life, Community Resources, Featured, Former Featured, Front Page, Health, Southern Bronx
Posted on 16 September 2019. Tags: Affordable Housing, brain drain, displacement, housing, Hunts Point, Majora Carter, Majora Carter Group, The Bronx, The Point CDC
Majora Carter is concerned that the Bronx is experiencing a talent retention problem, but some Bronx residents would say otherwise.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Featured, Front Page, south bronx, Southern Bronx
Posted on 15 October 2018. Tags: Domestic homicide, Homicide
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.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Community Resources, Crime, Featured, Front Page, Housing, Money, Police
Posted on 24 October 2016.
British artist Nick Walker of “gentleman vandal” fame displaying his stencil graffiti works in the Bronx and of the Bronx at Wallworks Art Gallery in Port Morris. The exhibit, “The Last Ride,” opened Sept. 17.
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Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Culture, Featured, Front Page, Politics, Southern Bronx