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A June 3rd court decision will ban churches, including Bronx Household of Faith (shown here in the PS/MS 15 auditorium) from worshipping inside city public schools. (Photo by Alex Kratz/Norwood News)

Many churches have long used New York City's public schools as an affordable space to hold their Sunday services. But a ruling by a New York court of appeals has upheld the Department of Education's decision to ban "worship services" from their schools, an issue which could find its way to the Supreme Court.

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The closure of the Sgt. Joseph A. Muller Army Reserve Center in Wakefield frees the buildings up to become schools, which activists have long advocated for and overcrowded School District 10 badly needs. However, the Muller Local Redevelopment Authority, a group tasked with finding a new use for the buildings, has another idea. more>

Last week, Bronx Councilman Oliver Koppell and several other Council members blasted the EDC at a press conference in front of City Hall, saying the group they commissioned to produce the study, the Boston-based Charles River Associates, has demonstrated a history of opposing living wage. more>

"He knows it's a phony bill; it's never going to go anywhere," said Michael McKee, head of the Real Rent Reform Campaign, referring to Espada's bill that's supposed to freeze rent for 600,000 low-income tenants for five years, calling it really just a pro-landlord bill in disguise. more>

With the help of her Bronx community, Edda Lopez struggles to keep her home. Fighting foreclosure and financial-institution-red-tape, her threat of loss is one of many. Since the start of the housing crisis in 2008, over 3000 Bronx homes have gone into foreclosure, and protesters are frustrated that although the taxpayers bailed out the banks, the banks aren't helping struggling homeowners. more>

VIDEO :: Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, together with the Chung Wha-Hong, Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition, Immigration Chair, Council Member Daniel Dromm, Council Members Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez and a number of immigration and civil rights advocates, gathered on May 4th to denounce Arizona's Law SB1070 more>

At a recent press conference in the lobby of Montefiore Medical Center's Children Hospital, Dr. Philip Ozuah held up a big bottle of soda. "Everyday in my practice, children come into my office holding one of these" he said. Doctors estimate that drinking one of those bottles each day adds 25 to 30 pounds to an average 9- or 10-year-old per year. more>

Resident Stephen Hawkins said a man fixing his toilet once asked him for a quarter, which he then wrapped around a pipe with plumbing tape and pronounced the job done. "That's how [the landlord] does things," he said, "if they get around to it." more>

In October, Amanda Texeira, a young single mother wanted her kids to know why they hadn’t seen much of her in the past 10 months and why the fridge was barren, so she took them to the Bronx offices of the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal on Fordham Road. more>

The new plan, which the DOE says was contracted due to budget restrictions, does not include any high schools for the Bronx. more>

State Senator Efrain Gonzalez’s indictment for fraud has opened the doors for the Bronx’s most heated and contentious political race, which is being fought on multiple fronts — the blogosphere, across two counties, at local meetings, in various court rooms and on YouTube. more>

Schools in the northwest Bronx are overcrowded and unlikely to get any help in the near future thanks to a flawed construction effort by the education department, according to a recently released report from the office of Comptroller William Thompson. more>

Leaders at a Norwood-area mosque say their landlord is not only verbally threatening and harassing them, but also using them as a scapegoat for $9,000 worth of repair work that they say they had nothing to do with. more>

In the northwest Bronx, foreclosures rose 39 percent in the third quarter of 2007, compared to the previous quarter, according to University Neighborhood Housing Program. more>

Since her husband died from stomach cancer three years ago and left her penniless, the Baghdad-turned-Bronx housewife, Alham Mastafa, has faced denials of welfare and rent-subsidies and difficulties finding employment. more>

“For all his emphasis on education, Mayor Bloomberg will leave the city with larger class sizes than when he arrived,” said Leonie Haimson, who heads the non-profit Class Size Matters. “This capital plan proves again that education comes last.” more>

Costs for the construction of the Croton Water Filtration Plant at Van Cortlandt Park have spiraled out of control – the consequences might be seen in housing affordability and increases in water rates. more>

In exchange for more autonomy and flexibility, schools will sign agreements that set new performance standards. “It’s an amazing challenge,” a principal says. more>