In NYC’s Hungriest Borough, Hundreds Line Up For Free Produce

May 16, 2019 Sasha Gonzales 0

Research shows more than 26 percent of Bronx residents experience food insecurity—defined as being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. Among them are more than 20 percent of all Bronx children, nearly 17 percent of working adults, and almost 24 percent of seniors, according to federal data.

New Laws Would Make it Easier to Visit NY Inmates

May 14, 2019 Kevin Deutsch 1

One bill would reinstate a free New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision bus program—begun in 1973 but discontinued in 2011—that shuttles families twice a month from New York City, Albany, Buffalo, New York, Rochester, and Syracuse to New York State prisons.

Bronx Leads NYC In Fare Evasion Arrests: Data

May 13, 2019 Kevin Deutsch 0

The NYPD Transit Bureau’s three Bronx districts accounted for at least 345 straphanger arrests during the period covered by the data. Citywide, police made 992 arrests for fare evasion, including 142 in which a specific borough was not recorded, the data shows.