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City Expands East River & Long Island Sound Cleanup Effort
The effort aims to reduce nitrogen discharged from wastewater treatment plants, before it enters the watershed and drives away or kills fish.
In School, Homeless Kids Face A Different Test
Homeless children struggle with more than reading and math. They're challenged to stay connected to schools as their families search for shelter.
Bronx Museum Revisits The Civil Rights Movement
Two exhibits at the Bronx Museum of the Arts explore the civil rights movement -- one though iconic and obscure documentary photos, the other through contemporary multi-media produced by artists born after the movement.
Homelessness Strikes More NYC Children
The recession pushed an alarming number of New York City families into homelessness in 2009, according to a new report.
Life in the Towers: 'I'm Tired Of Ducking Bullets'
A day at River Park Towers reveals a lot about what low-income New Yorkers face from government, management and each other.
Pot Smoke, Dead Elevators & Killer Paint: Life in the Towers
River Park Towers is just one building, but a day spent with its residents revealed it has a world of problems, none of them simple.
A Push To Lodge Homeless In Vacant Buildings
Hundreds of NYC's luxury residential developments are vacant. Advocates want them opened to the homeless.
City Limits News Network
Bronx Economic Czar Marlene Cintron Hits the Pavement To Encourage Investing In The Bronx
Marlene Cintron, President of the BOEDC, Helps Promote Owner Occupied Communities in The Bronx by Participating in Grand Concourse/Mosholu Art-Deco Co-op Trolley Tour and Sees a Bright Future For the Borough
PR Web
PR Web
NYPD Officers Under Pressure to Make Arrests and Meet Quotas, Officer Claims
In the 41st Precinct in the Bronx, a police officer claims that fellow police officers are pressured to meet a quota of 20 summonses and 1 arrest each month at the risk of punitive actions like loss of overtime and denial of days off.
WABC-TV News
WABC-TV News
Two Boroughs, One World: Brooklyn and Queens Immigrants Unionize
Knickerbocker Avenue labor campaign unites neighborhoods.
Queens Ledger
Queens Ledger
In a Bronx Basement, Complaints Linger Long After Lease Is Signed
Bronx residents blast troubled Belmont Dept of Motor Vehicles office.
Inner City Press
Inner City Press
Working New Yorkers Struggle to Find Child Care
Sharon Lerner reports on the shortage of affordable child care services in New York.
WNYC
WNYC
Keeping Kids In School
New York City’s high school dropout rate remains alarming.
Gotham Gazette
Gotham Gazette
Budget Options For New York City
IBO presents 60 cost-saving measures for the city budget.
Independent Budget Office
Independent Budget Office
Multimedia
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's Complaint Filed Against Pedro Espada
Pedro Espada, the Bronx senator at the center of last year's leadership battle in Albany, has been sued for allegedly looting a nonprofit he helped run. Read the attorney general's complaint here.
Lower Density Growth Management Area
Provides a look at the affected multi-family residential developments in the Bronx, and the city's plan to re-zone areas of the Throgs neck section of the Bronx to allow for more parking among those developments.
NYCHA's Plan for Prospect Plaza
Residents helped shape this vision for what should rise after three high-rise housing projects go down.
The Nation's Top 50 Transit Systems
The National Transit Database compares the largest mass transit systems in the United States.
Cops May Change Frisk Tactics
Jose Suarez says he has been stopped repeatedly by the police when visiting his grandchildren at a public housing development. Similar complaints have tenant leaders calling for changes in police policies.By Hannah Rappleye
Upcoming Events
2010 Transportation Alternatives’ New York City Century Bike Tour
Choose your ride from 15, 35, 55, 75 or 100 mile routes and ride at your own pace while exploring NYC and supporting Transportation Alternatives.
4th Annual Understanding, Addiction, Treatment & Recovery Forum
An educational forum for professional and the community. To help raise awareness and educate on drug addiction and recovery.
NYC Mayor's Cup Wheelchair Basketball Tournament
The NYC Mayor’s Cup Wheelchair Basketball Tournament is back for its 10th year and this year’s event should be the best one yet. Come out on October 8-10 and witness the fast-paced action absolutely FREE! 16 of the best wheelchair basketball teams from around the country will battle it out for the coveted Mayor’s Cup at Manhattan College and Horace Mann High School in the Bronx.
Skampa String Quartet
This vibrant young Czech ensemble returns to enchant our audience with its innate musicality and verve. Hailed as one of the finest quartets of its generation, its recordings of Janacek and Smetana are held as bench-marks against which other performances are judged.
Public Speaking Workshop
Become a better communicator and leader at this series of workshops.
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Property Manager
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Announcements
Sustainable South Bronx To Receive EPA Award
Bronx, NY – Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx), a non-profit community based organization devoted to solving environmental and economic issues that affect residents of urban areas has been named a winner of the 2010 Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Region 2 Environmental Quality Award. The award recognizes individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to improving the environment and public health in EPA Region 2, which covers New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and seven federally-recognized Indian Nations.
Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation elects new President
Marlene Cintron has been elected to be the new President of the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation.
RFP-Port Richmond BOA-Step 1 Pre-Nomination Study
Northfield Community Local Development Corp. is seeking proposals from organizations that are highly qualified to provide community planning, design, and facilitation services associated with the development of the Port Richmond, Staten Island Step 1-Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) Pre-Nomination Study.
International Youth Day 2010!
Directions For Our Youth (DFOY) invites you to take part in the commencement of the 10th Celebration of International Youth Day. It is being held on Thursday August 12th, 2010 at Robert Moses Park. The goal of International Youth Day is to unite and celebrate youth worldwide. Live newsfeeds connect the day’s events in New York with other celebrations in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Master Class - Women Writers' Retreat!
The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership is pleased to announce our first Master Class – Writers’ Retreat. A unique opportunity to obtain the skills necessary to successfully publish both your fiction and nonfiction works!
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The Bronx is Kickin'
A blog on soccer in New York City, and my time as a volunteer with South Bronx United.
Changing the Court
A blog that deals with issues related to the Bronx court system.
Bronx News Network
A collection of news from the Bronx
BoogieDowner
Yes, the Bronx IS burning... Burning hot with cultural events, amazing architecture, tight knit residential communities, and acres and acres of wide open green space.
The Bronx Stop
The Bronx Stop is a blog covering the New York Yankees. It is a go-to source for relevant commentary about the New York Yankees as well as Major League Baseball as a whole. Pretty much anything you would like to know about the New York Yankees can be accessed through The Bronx Stop. So please, take a minute and Stop by!!!
