City hires planning group to oversee community outreach for Vision Plan
The city’s Economic Development Corp. has hired a community planning firm to determine what Hunts
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Board 2: Loitering in Longwood buildings must be addressed
Longwood residents say they are frustrated with police and a building management company for not
Young activist returns to his roots
To engage the high schoolers in social justice advocacy, Davila compares and contrasts significant figures like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
Volunteer turnout boosts cleanup initiative
The third Hunts Point Neighborhood Cleanup saw 60 eager volunteers prepared to brave the November
Public benches to be installed on Hunts Point’s industrial waterfront
Hunts Point’s waterfront will soon be home to a new public design project aimed at
New natural gas fueling station opens near food distribution markets
The company says its product enables at least a 70% reduction in carbon emissions when displacing diesel or gasoline.
Private waste haulers may not be able to dump on the South Bronx much longer
The provision is part of a much larger bill to overhaul the city’s inefficient and largely unregulated private waste industry.
Green New Deal is nothing new for South Bronx climate activists
Though the issues that concerned the panelists differed in the details, their call to action was the same: elected officials should consult with communities before making critical policy decisions.
City unveils new design at wastewater treatment plant
The new design calls for demolishing the existing digesters and building four new, cylindrically shaped structures, which, the DEP says, will cause shadows to be cast over the park for less than an hour a day.