Mott Haven Herald

Mott Haven flunks Recycling 101

Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Sergey Kadinsky.

Glass, metals, apple cores: It’s all the same to Mott Haven residents, according to a report published in the Daily News on Oct. 4. Citing confusion and lack of space for recycling, the report, based on Sanitation Department figures, pegs the recycling rate for Mott Haven, Port Morris, and Melrose as the worst in the [...]

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Rats plague seniors in Betances Houses

Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.

By Lindsay Lazarski
lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com
For months, residents of the Betances Houses building set aside for senior citizens heard the sound of claws scratching as rats scurried back and forth in the crawl space overhead at night.
Rat urine stained the ceiling. The animals gnawed holes in it, then tumbled through them onto the floor. They darted into the radiator [...]

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Mott Haven community center is reborn

Posted on 24. Mar, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.

By Lindsay Lazarski
Lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com
For years the thumping of fists pounding punching bags, the scuffle of sneakers and the grunts of athletes were the sounds a visitor heard at the Betances Community Center and Boxing Gym.
Now, the scratch of pencils and flip of workbook pages fill the newly renovated center.  Betances has dropped “Boxing Gym” from its [...]

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