After Sandy, Hunts Point’s Low Lying Areas Struggle with Flooding
30 October 2012
Sandy struck hard in the East Bronx, home of the region's largest food distribution market.
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Sandy Bears Down on the Battered Bronx
29 October 2012
About two-thirds of the Bronx is categorized as Zone B, meaning residents can expect a moderate possibility of evacuation.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, East Bronx, Featured, Front Page0 Comments
Legal Aid Claims Police are Still Making Illegal Marijuana Arrests
28 October 2012
The New York City Police Department is expected to head to court soon over what Legal Aid charges are illegal arrest practices for marijuana possession.
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Will New WIC Rules Mean Healthier Bronx Kids?
28 October 2012
WIC was first created to provide emergency milk and cheese to hungry children of low-income Americans. It now provides expert nutritional advice and vouchers for fresh produce. Is it working?
Posted in Bronx Life, Featured, Food, Health0 Comments
West African Patients Lost in Translation
27 October 2012
Before the Diaspora Clinic opened, health workers at the Martin Luther King Hospital found that many patients who speak minority languages ended up in emergency rooms.
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Honoring a Legendary Salsa Musician in the Bronx
27 October 2012
Fans of the late Arsenio Rodriguez keep his music alive on the streets of Longwood
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Why are So Many Highbridge Students Unprepared for College?
26 October 2012
Only 13 percent of the neighborhood's high school students are ready to go to college when they graduate.
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State Pulls Funding from Highbridge’s only Mental Health Clinic for Children
25 October 2012
Astor at Highbridge, a mental health clinic for children and adolescents in the Highbridge section of the Bronx, will lose three-quarters of its funding from New York State by next year.
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