Mott Haven Herald

Grant promises unemployed 300 ‘green jobs’

Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.

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The recipient of a $4 million federal grant is promising that 300 unemployed residents of Hunts Point, Longwood, Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris will find jobs under a new training program for “green” jobs.
The Consortium for Worker Education will use the money to establish a Center for Environmental Workforce Training to teach both job [...]

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Federal stimulus funds will open Randall’s Island to Bronxites

Posted on 26. May, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.

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By Lindsay Lazarski
lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com
Elected officials and the Parks Department describe Randall’s Island as an invaluable resource, and boast that its waterfront pathways provide scenic views and “increased access” to recreation “for the neighboring communities of East Harlem and the South Bronx.”
But the island, only a stone’s throw from the Bronx, has been reachable only from Manhattan [...]

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‘Bronx Swamp’ endangers health

Posted on 14. Apr, 2009 by Lindsay Lazarski.

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By Lindsay Lazarski
lindsay.lazarski@motthavenherald.com
Gloria Hidalgo likes living in her quiet building on 142nd Street. The rent is reasonable; her neighbors are hard-working people, her sister and two nieces live three floors below her and Hostos Community College, where she is studying to become an accountant, is just blocks away.
But a rotten smell, just five stories [...]

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South Bronx Greenway will open waterfront

Posted on 12. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.

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A plan to build a recreational trail connecting a series of parks on the East River waterfront has gotten a major boost from the economic downturn. Federal stimulus money will be used to build the South Bronx Greenway and open it to the public within three years, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced in March. [...]

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Education Dept. vetoes school for green jobs

Posted on 01. Mar, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.

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The city Department of Education has rejected a proposal to create a high school based on the ideas of the founder of Sustainable South Bronx and devoted to training students for jobs that can improve the environment.