via The City
Federal Tax Credit Program Creates Bronx Gold Rush
The Opportunity Zone program may not benefit urban areas that are already gentrifying.
Tag: Bronx
219West: Challenging the System
The latest edition of our TV news magazine looks at people pushing for change – including an ex-inmate who's lobbying for prison reform and a victim of childhood sex abuse who's leading the charge to extend the statute of limitations governing pedophiles.
via City Limits
Church’s Mission Extends to Healthcare
The Bronx's Church of Abiding Presence helps low-income and marginalized residents, regardless of faith, get access to healthcare and clinical resources.
via The Riverdale Press
Effort to Aid Bronx-Tied Earthquake Victim
Friends are raising money to help photographer and Riverdale native Wesley Bocxe, who was seriously injured in the Mexico City quake, which killed his wife, Elizabeth Esguerra Rosas.
via City Limits
Getting Back to School in the Bronx
Across the borough, cops, parents, merchants and – above all, kids – brace for the inevitable: the end of summer.
via DNAInfo
Training a New Generation of Home Healthcare Aides
The Bronx-based Cooperative Home Care Association is working to meet the growing demand for services.
via The GroundTruth Project
SPECIAL REPORT: The Fix
Our reporters teamed with The GroundTruth Project to explore the causes of New York's opioid crisis, what’s being done about it – and how denial and stigma are fueling a record number of overdose deaths. (Illustration by Natalie Kenney/GroundTruth)
via Gothamist
Gas Shutoffs Rise, Shafting Residents
Tenants advocates charge that some landlords are using safety issues as an excuse to turn off the gas – and push out low-income residents.