Mott Haven Herald

Green jobs, green city: a special report

Posted on 06. Jun, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.

The economy may be recovering, but you wouldn’t know it in Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris, where, officially, one of every five adults is unemployed, a number that overlooks many undocumented immigrants and ignores those who have given up on looking for work or taken part-time jobs because they can’t find full-time employment. But [...]

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Can $4 million paint Mott Haven green?

Posted on 06. Jun, 2010 by Nick Loomis.

Chances are you’ve heard it all before. • New York’s 16th Congressional District, which includes Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris, is the poorest in the country. • The Bronx has the highest unemployment rate in New York at 14.1%, and unemployment is worse still in the South Bronx. • The area is home to [...]

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Will city pull plug on help for Port Morris business?

Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by Emily Lavin.

The city is moving to eliminate funds for a program to help manufacturing businesses in Port Morris, leaving their proprietors worried that in the midst of an economic downturn they are losing an important source of support. The cuts proposed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg would eliminate the staff members of non-profit organizations who help businesses [...]

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In new home, Per Scholas creates opportunity

Posted on 06. Feb, 2010 by Stephanie Rabins.

When Torrey Hopkins got out of jail in 1999, it was easy for him to find a job. Hopkins, who had done time for a non-violent offense he committed as a teenager, had done well in high school and had good references that landed him a job in information technology. He worked in the financial [...]

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Port Morris wasteland dreams of green

Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Sarah Trefethen.

The industrial area at the borough’s southernmost tip is a place of trucks, factories and fumes, with little to offer humans who travel by foot or by bike, or want to sit a spell. But the proposed South Bronx Greenway could bring tree-lined paths and waterfront parks to Port Morris’ lifeless streets.

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Whose South Bronx Greenway is it anyway?

Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Sarah Trefethen.

A number of Mott Haven community leaders are complaining that they have been left out of planning the South Bronx Greenway’s future.

At stake, they argue, is not only recreation but jobs.

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