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Mott Haven immigration festival mixes culture and politics

Mott Haven immigration festival mixes culture and politics

Posted on 11. Aug, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.

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Immigrants and U.S. citizens filled Brook Park on July 24, defying record heat to celebrate Latin American heritage and to voice their anger over Arizona’s controversial law aimed at finding and punishing undocumented immigrants. At the second annual Festival of Immigrants in the South Bronx’s biggest community garden between 140th and 141st Streets on Brook [...]

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Debate over future of Sheridan rages on

Debate over future of Sheridan rages on

Posted on 11. Aug, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.

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While advocates in Hunts Point continue to battle to get the Sheridan Expressway torn down, a Mott Haven-based community organization is warning that traffic will pile up on the Major Deegan Expressway if the 1.3–mile-long highway connecting the Cross Bronx and the Bruckner expressways is demolished.

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As pact with city expires, gardeners worry

As pact with city expires, gardeners worry

Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.

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Eight years ago, the city, the state and the creators of 500 community gardens on city-owned land reached an agreement that ended a long battle that began when the Giuliani administration sought to auction the garden lots to developers. Now, that agreement is set to expire, alarming gardeners in Mott Haven and Melrose who fear [...]

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Community gardens brace for new rules

Community gardens brace for new rules

Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.

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Mott Haven and Melrose are home to about two-dozen community gardens, lovingly tended green spaces tended by residents, who plant and harvest food and flowers, play music, exercise or simply kick back under stately shade trees. With names like United We Stand, La Finca del Sur and La Casa de Chema, some recall the Puerto [...]

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Proposed budget cuts threaten adult education

Proposed budget cuts threaten adult education

Posted on 27. May, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.

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Pending cuts to the city’s budget threaten to derail long-running adult literacy programs across the five boroughs, taking some of Gotham’s poorest down with them, advocates fear. The Mayor’s proposed budget for 2011 would eliminate over $5 million in funding for adult literacy services, which if combined with the Governor’s proposed $2.6 million reduction, would [...]

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Homeless advocacy group holds rally in Brook Park

Homeless advocacy group holds rally in Brook Park

Posted on 27. May, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.

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The city should be moving people out of homeless shelters and into vacant apartments built during the real estate boom that now stand empty, advocates from the community organization Picture the Homeless said at a rally in Brook Park on May 19. The Morris Avenue-based group chose the anniversary of Malcolm X’s birthday to hold [...]

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Residents rail against transit cuts

Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.

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MTA told plan could devastate families By joe hirsch news@huntspointexpress.com Bronx bus riders could soon be looking for other means of getting around when the MTA implements service cuts this summer. The transit agency announced on March 24 that it will slash service across the city beginning on June 27, in order to help close [...]

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Latino Museum shortchanges NYC, says Senator

Posted on 01. Feb, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.

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A museum dedicated to Latinos in the United States has been in the pipeline in the nation’s capital for several years, but at least one Latino lawmaker from the Bronx is unhappy. State Senator Rubén Díaz Sr. is concerned that Puerto Ricans and New Yorkers are being left out.

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Mott Haven job programs offer hope

Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.

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Two programs to help residents find jobs received hopeful news in January. The Disconnected Youth Training Program and the Entrepreneurial Development Program, both run by Mott Haven based non-profit SoBRO, each received funding to help economically strapped local residents improve their prospects for earning a living wage.

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Vigil held for shooting victim

Vigil held for shooting victim

Posted on 04. Oct, 2009 by Joe Hirsch.

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25 year-old Taisha Santiago was killed protecting her 9 year-old son as they were caught in crossfire in front of their home in Mott Haven on September 25. 25 year-old Jason Irizarry and 16 year-old Robert Vargas were arrested for firing the shots, one of which killed Santiago. The shooting occurred at the corner of [...]

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