Despite earlier assurances in official city documents, the city’s Education Department now says it has no plans to construct schools at the Kingsbridge Armory, citing that there is no need in an area where currently there are only two schools. more>

The day after I arrived, I showed up at the ACORN office to volunteer in their house-gutting program. ACORN is one of a few nonprofits that has taken on the awesome task of ripping hundreds of soggy moldy houses down to their bones in the hopes of one day seeing them resurrected and occupied. It costs about $7,000 to empty and gut a house. ACORN and its volunteers do it for free. more>

In 1978, when 2674 Valentine Avenue went abandoned and only one tenant was left, residents of its neighbor to the south, 2670 Valentine, came together to help. They paid the fuel bills so the pipes wouldn’t freeze and eventually people moved back in. These old tactics are becoming in handy again in the effort to save the neighborhoods. more>

It all started when Serrano heard that Chavez would be in town for a United Nations conference in September. He called Chavez’ people to broach the idea of a Bronx day trip and Serrano said their response was, “This is incredible! We were just going to call you.” more>

Group warns of inflated real estate costs in the Bronx, fueled in part by exploding purchase prices of multi-family houses, is not benefiting the locals. more>

On June 25, the University Neighborhood Housing Program in North Fordham, celebrated its 20th anniversary in helping community groups purchase residential apartment buildings. But the mood wasn’t all celebratory, as the nonprofit took the occasion to issue a warning about a serious vulnerability in the borough's housing market. more>

This August will mark one year since 7-year-old Jashawn Parker died in a fire in his apartment on DeKalb Avenue in Norwood. We wish we could say the city moved swiftly to ensure that this never happens again. more>

Tenants from the North Bronx took their landlord, Frank Palazzo—the owner of more than 60 buildings, most with housing code violations—to task in his own neighborhood. The approximately 40 Bronx residents who protested in front of Palazzo’s own palace in Westcheter aren’t the only ones watching him; the city is also planning to litigate over offenses ranging from stealing city funds to not fixing leaking faucets and broken intercoms. more>

Police cooperation with the Bronx “feeder march,” to the Feb. 15 protest in midtown Manhattan is a model for how the demonstration should have been handled downtown. At the 125th St. subway station, where the police left us, we thanked and applauded the officers for their cooperation and a couple of people even chanted, “Money for cops, not for war!” more>