The Mott Haven Lincoln Recovery Center was once a popular therapeutic refuge for drug addicts, but where have the patients gone?
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Bronx acupuncture center for addiction fighting to survive
Posted on 15 October 2019.
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The lasting legacy of U.S. Rep. Jose Serrano
Posted on 14 October 2019.
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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How HIV outreach is tackling an “invisible crisis” in The Bronx
Posted on 13 October 2019.
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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A Zone of Neglect
Posted on 19 September 2019.
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.
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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
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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Caught in the Crisis: A Bronx church responds to news of clergy abuse
Posted on 19 October 2018.
An independent board decides that the evidence against a priest who served in a South Bronx church between 1969 to 1995 has credible and substantiated allegations of clergy abuse against him. The current priest of the church delivers this news to the parish in the middle of the dark season of sexual abuse scandals within the Catholic Church.
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