LGBTQ Group Reboots as Hate Worries Grow
After scandal scuttled the Bronx Pride Center, a new entity is taking shape amid persistent concerns about the hostile atmosphere that confronts for the borough's gays.
Archives: Housing & Development
For Some Landlords, It's Not Easy Going Green
Photo by: NYC.gov A graph from Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC illustrates how crucial residential buildings are to any hopes for a greener city: Homes contribute twice as much carbon as cars and trucks in New York.
Time to License Landlords?
Photo by: Marc Fader Harold Shultz, a former HPD official, is skeptical that a landlord licensing scheme will work.
Years of Warnings, Then a Boy’s Death
Photo by: Jacqueline Vergara Jashawn Parker normally crawled into bed with his father during the night.
Dozens of Properties, Millions of Dollars, No Landlord
Photo by: Marc Fader Palazzolo Plaza, the Scarsdale office building that has been home to several dozen corporations controlling, at one point, more than 100 buildings in the Bronx—many of them with severe maintenance and safety problems. One Bronx real estate operator had an interest in more than 100 buildings, most of them severely troubled.
Corporate Ties Linked Troubled Buildings
Photo by: Marc Fader Frank Palazzolo's Westchester County home.
Troubled Bronx Buildings Spur City Crackdown
Photo by: Marc Fader Outside one of the Milbank buildings, a batch of Bronx properties where default and disrepair inspired a new early warning system for troubled buildings.
Moses, Jacobs And You: The Battle For Gotham
Photo by: Classical Geographer/Library of Congress Jacobs and Moses: Enemies who created the modern city A history of the philosophical battle between Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs, told by an author who, wisely, took it personally.
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Mott Haven Talks Schools: Little Love for Mayor or Critics
Patrons of Camaguey Restaurant hold nuanced views on mayoral control, charter schools and teacher evaluations—and feel the state of the schools is more important that who's mayor.
FreshDirect’s Bronx Foes Weigh Appeal
A state judge last week threw out their lawsuit, which claimed the city's approval of the project cut corners on its environmental review.
Crowded Guest-List for Bronx Mayoral Forum
Eleven candidates have signed up for the Q&A session in the city's only mainland borough.
Public Finally to Have Access to Hyper-Local Crime Stats
Newly signed legislation will correct a blind-spot in the NYPD's crime-report transparency, one we reported on last year.
Advocates Fear Homeless Program Threatens Affordable Housing
Responding to the shelter surge, the city has placed homeless families in clusters of apartments in private buildings. The pricey program might undermine rent stabilization.
FreshDirect Job Vows: At Odds with Environmental Claims?
Opponents rally against the FreshDirect proposal. The grocery deliverer says it will create thousands of jobs in the South Bronx, but that expansion disappears when the firm analyzes its environmental impact. By: Neil deMause Sometime in the next few weeks, a state supreme court judge could issue the first of several rulings on a legal [...]
Mott Haven Up For Grabs in Mayor's Race
If patrons of Camaguey restaurant are any indication, voters in Mott Haven are undecided about the mayor's race, but do know what they want in the next mayor: the good of Bloomberg without the bad.
Campaigns Skip Mott Haven, Drug Centers and Shelters Don't
Mayoral frontrunners skipped a recent forum in the South Bronx neighborhood, where many residents are upset about the number of drug and mental health facilities in the area.
Politically Active Bronx Artists Protest Their Own Eviction
The dispute between a South Bronx landlord and a radical arts collective has become a rallying cry for supporters of the group, which combines youth development with political activism.
