COVID Positivity Rate Over 18 Percent in Wakefield
The percentage of positive COVID-19 tests in the Bronx have reached staggering levels in some parts of the borough, new data show.
Poverty
Benefits Boost: Extra $300 in Unemployment Checks Starting Next Week
Bronx residents will begin receiving enhanced unemployment benefits starting next week—a much needed lifeline in the borough hardest hit by COVID-19.
State Extends COVID Rent Relief Program
The government will provide eligible households with a one-time rental subsidy that will be sent directly to the household’s landlord.
Food Giveaway Draws Over 1,000 in South Bronx
Struggling families waited in line for hours amid the borough’s ongoing economic crisis.
Mold, Rats, Violent Crime: Residents Demand Change at Problem-Plagued Apartment Building
The company tasked with maintaining a problem-plagued Bronx apartment building has replaced the property manager, after Bronx Justice News pressed them for answers following the fatal shooting of a tenant.
Bronx Economy is Worst in U.S. for Young Workers: Data
The Bronx’s 15th Congressional District ranks dead last in economic prospects for young people, according to a new index.
City Announces Plan to Distribute COVID Masks, but Snubs East Bronx
The Bronx will have 11 of the city’s 55 planned locations, officials said, but none will be located in the East Bronx: a sprawling area with some of the highest poverty and coronavirus death rates rates in the nation, as well as more residents of color than any other borough.
Less Than 1 Percent of NYC Small Business Loans for COVID Went to Bronx: Data
New York City’s COVID-19 small business loan program—meant to shore up struggling local merchants—has awarded less than one percent of its funds to Bronx businesses so far, with 99 percent going to owners in other boroughs, city officials said Wednesday.
Cuomo: Pilot Program Will Test NYCHA Residents for COVID at Three Bronx Housing Projects
The state-run program will also facilitate the distribution of 500,000 cloth face masks to all NYCHA and other state public housing residents, as well as provide 10,000 gallons of hand sanitizer to the projects, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
State: New COVID Testing Center Launched at Tres Puentes in South Bronx
Roughly a month into the coronavirus crisis, New York State has been criticized for not making COVID-19 tests more accessible to low-income communities of color, which have been disproportionally impacted in the Bronx.