Housing

Fight Over Worship at Schools Puts U-Heights Church in Spotlight

When the leaders of Bronx Household of Faith, an evangelical Christian congregation based in University Heights, first approached the city, in 1994, about using its public schools to hold worship services, they didn’t think much of it. They certainly did not think they would find themselves, 17 years later, fighting for freedom of religion and speech as part of a back-and-forth legal case that could end up in front of the Supreme Court.

Crime Watch: Boy Shot On Grand Ave.

Police are asking for help finding the gunman responsible for opening fire on a crowd last Friday night in Fordham Heights, injuring three people, including a 5-year-old boy.

Op-ed: Action Needed on Dirty Boilers That Pollute and Kill

When it comes to health-threatening air pollution in New York, toxic boilers are public enemy number one. These boilers—which burn #4 and #6 heating oil in apartment buildings and other structures—are a menace to the health and well-being of our city. While they are only used by one percent of all New York buildings, they account for an astonishing 86 percent of the city’s airborne soot pollution.

Rent Hike Rattles Tracey Towers

Residents at Tracey Towers, the twin concrete high-rises on Mosholu Parkway, are bracing for another battle with management over their desire to raise rents up to 77 percent over the course of the next three years.

Sen. Diaz Betrays Tenants

Most New Yorkers don’t know who their state legislators are or what they do (or don’t do). But there’s no better illustration as to why they should than the impending debacle over rent regulations in New York City.

Green Housing for Seniors Opens in Bedford Park

Tony Carter remembers the New York City apartments of his youth: the cramped spaces, the flights of stairs he had to walk up, the rooms that were always too hot or too cold. Now in his 60s, Carter’s current apartment has its own thermostat and air conditioner. He was the first tenant to move into Serviam Gardens, an affordable housing complex for seniors that officially opened May 3 in Bedford Park, on the campus of the Academy of Mount St. Ursula.

With Local Support, Tenants Take on Landlord

Lights. News 12 cameras. Action. It was opening day for these Kingsbridge-area tenants who say they are finally fighting back after enduring more than two decades of neglect and unresponsiveness from their landlord, Martin Hyman. Organizers and other activists who helped orchestrate the rally say 85 Strong residents are not alone. This type of treatment is happening to tenants in buildings throughout the borough.

Picture the Homeless Challenges Perceptions of Marginalized

Adjusting the yellow bow in her thick gray locks of hair, Arvenetta Henry clasped her hands under her chin. “Everyone calls me Miss Henry,” she said with a smile, “because I am a teacher.” Henry spent most of her adult life as a Bronx teacher. She is no longer in the traditional classroom setting, but through a nonprofit homeless advocacy organization operated by the very homeless population it serves, Henry, who became homeless herself 18 months ago, continues to teach.