I was drawn to criminal justice at an early age ... Born in Bronx, New York to immigrant Dominican parents, raised in Newark, New Jersey and having experienced the ravages of crime in those communities, a career in public safety was the perfect fit for me.
The South Bronx needs jobs, but it needs good jobs
My dad texted me that he had a meeting in the Bronx today. I didn’t know it’s a real place. I always just thought they made it up, like it’s the ghetto.
I had enlisted in the Navy by then ... I had just finished my indoctrination at Fort Schuyler in the Bronx and was going on leave before my next assignment. I managed to get a pass to Michigan on the old Capital Airlines, but when I went out onto the tarmac to get on the plane, it was commandeered by an...
Today's board approval will allow Fresh Direct—an important and homegrown New York City employer—to create nearly 1,000 new jobs in the Bronx, and generate an economic benefit to the city worth hundreds of millions of dollars
South Bronx residents demand equitable and environmentally sustainable economic development proposals that are developed democratically and that create jobs at a living wage
It starts from Robert Johnson, the district attorney here of Bronx county, setting the example, investigating this matter and prosecuting those who are responsible
essential to a Harlem River Greenway as a necessary Bronx West - East connection from High Bridge and the Harlem River Greenway to the South Bronx Greenway and Randall’s Island.
It’s been almost 15 years since I last smoked from a crack pipe. It’s been almost 15 years since I waited on Jerome Avenue in the Bronx for my drugs. I’m not proud of the girl that I was, but without being that girl I wouldn’t be the woman I am today.
I remember waiting on Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, getting drugs