Topic: Co-op City

Disabled man wins case against Co-op City

A handicapped Bronx man has defeated Co-op City management in court for the second time in less than a year.. . "I feel vindicated," John Rose said...

MTA tees up plans to sell driving range

The MTA is shopping a golf driving range to land buyers, marketing the Bronx property as ripe for big-box retail development.. . The 14-acre plot...

Bx. job center works against odds

During Tuesday's steady downpour, a steady stream of well-dressed Bronxites made their way in and out of NYC Workforce 1 Career Center in the Hub...

HUD barks at Co-op City policy

The feds are charging Co-op City's management company with violating the Fair Housing Act for not allowing a resident to keep an emotional-support...

Gilly bill may not help small groups

Faith-based organizations are the "heart and soul" of their communities, said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, but some Bronx groups voiced concerns that...

City rolls out beach wheelchair

Whenever Lucila Rodriguez went to Orchard Beach with her family, the 86-year old grandmother had to sit in her wheelchair and watch from the...
Workers at NY's Co-op City ratify new contract after garbage led to emergency declarationWorkers at the nation's biggest cooperative housing complex have ratified a new four-year contract.Last month, New York City health officials declared an emergency because uncollected garbage ...
Labor deal struck at NY's Co-op City, where festering garbage led to emergency declarationManagement and workers at the nation's biggest cooperative housing complex have reached a tentative contract agreement.Three weeks ago, New York City health officials declared an emergency ...
Trash piles up in nation's biggest cooperative housing complex as NYC labor dispute escalatesNew Yorkers living in the nation's biggest cooperative housing complex are carrying about 40 tons of garbage daily from high-rises as a labor dispute escalates at Co-op ...

Betting on the American Dream

According to the latest census, there are nearly 18 million Italian Americans, or roughly 6% of the U.S. population. Yet even in areas of large concentration of Italian Americans such as New York City, their experience is rarely written about. He ...