Melissa Ascencio moved from Queens to the Bronx to move in with her mother and work as a janitor at the Board of Education, and she is eager to move again.
Category: Bronx
The New Bronx: What’s a Monk Doing in East Morrisania?
An ex-monk finds new life in the Bronx among former convicts and drug addicts.
Living With New Fears of Legionnaires’ Disease
Morris Park residents like Dawn Smyth, 40, thought they had avoided the worst of the Legionnaires’ outbreak that killed 12 of their neighbors in the South Bronx… Read more “Living With New Fears of Legionnaires’ Disease”
Jerome Study Raises Questions of Affordability
Bronx community members got together last night to discuss the implications of rezoning Jerome Avenue and what affordable housing really means
Mayor Rolls Out Ambitious School Plan in Bronx Latin High School
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his most ambitious education plan to date in a speech Wednesday morning in a Bronx high school, pledging to spend up to… Read more “Mayor Rolls Out Ambitious School Plan in Bronx Latin High School”
Living Together and Apart
The Bronx is a borough in constant transition. With an influx of new immigrants from the Dominican Republic and Ghana as well as transplants from Manhattan, Brooklyn,… Read more “Living Together and Apart”