Elected officials urge City leaders to halt jail plans in Mott Haven, citing Covid-19
Critical programs to serve vulnerable populations should be funded instead, they argue Eleven elected officials
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Elected officials consider ways to lighten Covid-19’s heavy load
Food distribution market workers are equivalent of ‘first responders,’ says councilman Elected officials are weighing
Families look to combat youth violence
Melrose and Mott Haven parents and teenagers gathered recently for a different style of team
Thanksgiving shooting spree leaves Melrose residents on edge
Melrose residents say they are frustrated with what they perceive as a lack of responsiveness
Elected officials, prison reform advocates, host community forum
Community leaders and elected officials sounded off at a town hall in November over the
Voters consider more police oversight in Nov. 5 voting
Initiative to expand powers of NYPD monitoring board attracts more interest than uncontested elections
Bronx elected officials remain divided over jail
On Oct. 17 the City Council voted overwhelmingly to back the de Blasio administration’s historic proposal to replace the jails on Rikers Island with four borough-based jails, but two Bronx lawmakers oppose the part of the plan that calls for the Bronx jail to be built at East 141st Street and Concord Avenue.
Outrage over opioid crisis may cause it to get worse, experts fear
Meeting addicts with sympathy, not scorn, improves chances of rehabilitation, say health care professionals On