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.

Bronx Justice News Analysis: A Move Toward Accountability, Eleven Years In the Making

May 4, 2019 Eric Klein 0

After more than a decade of taxpayer waste and mismanagement at the Bronx Hall of Justice, Councilman Ritchie Torres’ announcement of an official investigative referral doubled as a stinging rebuke—not just of the government bureaucracies responsible for building and maintaining the troubled courthouse, but also of the oversight system that allowed its myriad problems to go unchecked.