CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Paid Bronx Reporting Internship Open for Applications
Jarrett Murphy |
The 10-week internship teaches students the basics of investigative reporting as they hone those skills by working on an actual in-depth story.
Bronx
Bronx Progressive Sees Pragmatism in Controversial NYCHA Moves
Batya Ungar-Sargon |
Initiatives to develop mixed-income housing on NYCHA land and move a substantial number of apartments from public housing to other programs have some advocates concerned. But they have Ritchie Torres’s support.
The Work Site
WorkSite: City’s Economy Grows, but Labor Force Shrinks
Jarrett Murphy |
The five boroughs are outpacing the 50 states when it comes to output, and unemployment rates have fallen for all five boroughs. But there was also a record drop in the number of New Yorkers who are either in a job or looking for one.
Bronx
Update: No Hearing on Bronx Power Plants
Jarrett Murphy |
State regulators say no hearing is needed on the renewal of operating permits for two South Bronx gas plants—and cite evidence that Bronx air quality is improving.
Bronx
Bronx Beep Holds Hearing on Mayor’s Inclusionary Housing Plan
Jarrett Murphy |
Read some of the testimony that Ruben Diaz Jr. will hear tonight.
Bronx
Be Sure to Vote Next Week … With Zero Information
Jarrett Murphy |
The vast majority of candidates for judicial posts in next week’s election, some of whom will win terms of 14 years, haven’t bothered to submit a bio for the state court system’s Voters’ Guide.
Bringing it Home: The Affordability Battles of 2015
Bronx Groups Issue Detailed Demands for De Blasio Rezoning
Jarrett Murphy |
If the administration is truly open to community input on how to improve the Jerome Avenue corridor, the report released by the Bronx Coalition for a Community Vision gives planners much to chew on. Watch a video report.
Bronx
Development Spurs Tenant Harassment in Bronx, Groups Say
Marc Bussanich |
Community organizations in the Bronx say residential and commercial tenants in areas around the Kinsgbridge Armory and the proposed Jerome Avenue rezoning are seeing higher rents and more harassment.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Filicide, from the Ancient Greeks to a Baby Killed in the Bronx
Jarrett Murphy |
A series of recent incidents has people asking “Why?” A National Institutes of Health report tried to find answers.
Bronx
Hugo Chavez, an Oil Company and the Beautiful Sound of Bronx Youth
Liza Austria and Richard Miller |
Ten years ago the controversial Venezuelan leader promised petroleum revenue to help the South Bronx. While Chavez’s legacy is complicated, a youth worker argues that an upcoming concert is proof his vision had merit.
