Participatory budgeting votes tallied
Students at PS 369 on E. 140 St. will have new laptops and residents of Millbrook Houses will have new security cameras and a solar-powered greenhouse, thanks to votes cast by their neighbors earlier...
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Developers eye public housing
Maya RajamaniA group of residents and developers surveys an abandoned gas station on 138th St. on June 26. Feds ask residents to help plan sweeping change On a walking tour of Mott Haven in June,...
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Residents weigh in on budgetary needs
Steven TraderResidents help decide on neighborhood priorities at the latest participatory budgeting meeting on Oct. 9 at Abraham House on Willis Avenue. Lighting and youth programs top list of wants...
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Mark-Viverito opens district office
Joe HirschCity Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito listens to a constituent outside her new office on St. Ann’s Avenue. New location will serve constituents weekdays near 138th St. The Speaker of the...
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Residents eagerly await new greenhouse
Ben ShanahanMillbrook Houses residents Von Franklin (seated), Shella Hair and two young volunteers in the community garden near where a new greenhouse will be constructed. Millbrook Houses will be site...
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NYCHA residents meet with their ‘landlord’
Joe HirschMillbrook Houses tenant Trudy Ice is one of scores of NYCHA residents who complained to housing officials at a March 16 meeting that management isn’t taking care of major building problems,...
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Residents prepare for big changes on the waterfront
Joseph SwideStorage facilities and warehouses on the Lower Concourse will be demolished to make way for housing, retail and recreation. Plans spur both excitement and fears of gentrification While city...
View ArticleParticipatory Budgeting Vote 2015: April 11-19
Councilwoman urges residents to get out and vote This year’s Participatory Budgeting voting in Mott Haven kicks off on April 11 and will run through April 19. City Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito...
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Participatory Budgeting 2015 winners announced
Joe HirschCity Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito congratulates constituents at Betances Community Center on April 29. Education gets the nod from Mott Haven voters Eight Mott Haven schools will...
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Millbrook residents scorn NYCHA’s latest revenue-raising plan
Joe HirschA NYCHA official, William Crawley, discusses the housing authority’s plan to lease a Millbrook Houses parking lot for private development with residents. Authority says it will lease property...
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