Majora Carter is concerned that the Bronx is experiencing a talent retention problem, but some Bronx residents would say otherwise.
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Majora Carter warns of ‘brain drain’ while community members fear displacement
Posted on 16 September 2019.
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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.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Education, Featured, Southern Bronx0 Comments
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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Mentors key to getting kids to school in the Bronx
Posted on 17 October 2018.
One in three kids miss too much school in the South Bronx, and the rate climbs to one in two as students reach their senior year — a new mentorship program aims to reduce chronic absenteeism by paring caring adults, who check-in daily, with absent students.
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Flood-proofing Hunts Point with resilient power
Posted on 16 October 2018.
The Hunts Point Produce Market, responsible for more than half of the city’s produce, is finally set to get central air conditioning. This is part of the Hunts Point Resiliency project’s proposal to install more reliable and efficient power sources in the industrial area of Hunts Point.
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Building the world’s largest collection of hip-hop memorabilia, one piece at a time
Posted on 02 October 2018.
The Bronx’s soon-to-come Universal Hip-Hop Museum is set to open in 2022, but the effort to curate the world’s largest collection of hip-hop memorabilia is well underway.
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