Topic: Mott Haven

Ordinarily, Nazim Preudhomme is on the bench in crunch time. Lafayette wouldn't have left The Bronx a winner if that was the case. . . The reserve...
After closing 27 schools last year - 13 of them in the city - the Archdiocese of New York is rolling out the next phase of its reorganization plan...
This is the first in an occasional series highlighting people behind the crime statistics - victims, perpetrators and those trying to halt the...

Gun violence mars Columbus Day weekend

Ten people were shot in a frightening rash of violence around the city over a 24-hour stretch beginning Saturday morning, police sources said.....

Art group creates 'Sorows' catapault

Perhaps it's a picture of your ex, a pile of bills or that pair of too-tight jeans that taunts you from your closet.. . Whatever the burden, the...
More than 1 million city students returned to class full of excitement about starting a new year, but parents and teachers yesterday worried over...

East Side West Side ALL around the state

The article describes Jim Policastro's O gauge 27 x 37-foot model railroad known as the Central New York RR. Jim, ever the generalist, decided to look at the biggest picture. " Once that idea was firm in Jim's mind, it was ...

THE INVISIBLE EPIDEMIC

The Mott Haven section of New York City's South Bronx has long been one of the poorest neighborhoods in the nation. of its residents, most of whom are African-American or Hispanic, is less than one third of the U.S. median.

The Round-Up: Tuesday

Budget officials acknowledge that Bloomberg cant deny New Yorkers their $400 homeowners rebate without City Council approval, nor can he charge 6 cents for plastic bags without Albanys consent. [NY Times] A shoot-out at a Brooklyn variety store leaves two customers dead ...

Where to live now

We all know the bubble doesn't apply to NYC-we are in our own wacked-out world here. No ad for the new developments in Hudson Square is going to brag "Holland Tunnel-adjacent," but that's exactly where they are-and that's okay ...