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Kids scramble up a climbing wall as part of Mosholu Montefiore Community Center’s after-school program. Groups like this are limited — especially at locations away from MMCC’s main Dekalb Avenue center — because of staffing shortages, creating a waitlist of more than 400 kids.

Staff shortages lead to long waitlists for kids

Keshia Collins Brown relied on her two college-age daughters to take care of her 8-year-old while she worked on-site at a Midtown bank during the coronavirus pandemic. But as fall neared, Collins Brown’s older children were expected back on campus, leaving her youngest without care. But there was one other alternative she could consider. more

By TRINA MANNINO | 12/6/21

Gerald Shaw now practicing 40 years

Gerald Shaw recently celebrated 40 years in practice as a chiropractic doctor, currently seeing patients at his 3600 Fieldston Road office. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 12/6/21

Meisha Porter will depart as New York City's schools chancellor at the end of the month after just nine months in office. That will allow Eric Adams to pick his own public schools leader when he takes over as Mayor in a few weeks.

Meisha Porter will depart schools chancellor role when de Blasio leaves

It's hasn't been quite a year, no less an academic year. But New York City will have to say good-bye yet again to a schools chancellor. Except Meisha Porter was one working in City Hall with deep Bronx roots. more

By SARAH BELLE LIN & MICHAEL HINMAN | 12/1/21

New York City’s Open Streets program was born out of the coronavirus pandemic and the growing need to revitalize businesses. Tibbett Avenue — from the top of West 238th Street toward West 232nd Street — is one of the streets designated as an ‘open street,’ closing the area off to vehicles at certain times to create additional recreational space where typical open space is at a premium.

To have or not to have permanent open streets

New York City’s Open Streets program was likely its most popular in Summer 2020 when much of the city was locked down, cars were off the road, and people needed as much space as possible to get outside and breathe some fresh air while still maintaining social distance. more

By SARAH BELLE LIN | 11/28/21

Sidewalk sheds line the perimeter of the buildings at Marble Hill Houses. Tenants say despite some benefits — like protecting pedestrians on the ground from debris falling from above — the structures are an eyesore and have overstayed their welcome.

Marble Hill residents want sidewalk sheds out

For anyone who has been through the expansive Marble Hill Houses property where two boroughs meet in recent years, one might have felt they were traversing one big construction zone. more

By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ | 11/28/21

They might work in New York City, but live elsewhere. Normally that just means a longer commute — but during the coronavirus pandemic, their home — even in another state — suddenly became their offices. Yet, these employees were still obligated to pay New York state’s income tax, even if they hadn’t stepped inside the state for more than a year.

Out-of-town workers still on hook for taxes

The pandemic brought about a lot changes, including far more people working from home. Except those homes aren’t necessarily inside New York state. more

By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ | 11/28/21

Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order allowing hospitals to deny non-essential services if they become overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. It comes on the heels of Africa identifying a new variant that some believe could replace the current delta variant that makes up nearly all of New York's current cases.

Hochul on omicron variant: 'It's coming'

New York City has, by far, the lowest coronavirus infection rates in the state. But even that achievement could soon be challenged by the omicron variant — first seen earlier this month in Botswana, and quickly spreading through Africa — and Gov. Kathy Hochul says she wants to make sure New York is ready. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 11/27/21

Booster shots of the coronavirus vaccine is now available for anyone in the city 18 and older. That means it’s all hands on deck for family-owned shops like Riverdale Specialty Pharmacy on Johnson Avenue as the take daily phone and walk-in appointments for the Moderna booster shot.

Booster shots arrive for (mostly) all

It’s always been a family affair, but the coronavirus pandemic has taken Stella Borukhova’s pharmacy on an especially rocky “rollercoaster” of a ride. more

By SARAH BELLE LIN | 11/27/21

Republican gubernatorial candidate and former Westchester County executive Rob Astorino rallied against Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz’s child vaccine mandate outside the lawmaker’s Kingsbridge Avenue office earlier this month. Cameras caught two protesters displaying what has been described as anti-Semitic imagery during the rally — a swastika emblazoned on a sign, and a man wearing a gold Star of David patch.

Anti-vaxxers target Dinowitz with swastika

It wasn’t that long ago this corner of the Bronx was shaken when a vandal broke windows of four local synagogues and was ultimately charged with a series of hate crimes. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 11/26/21

Apartments on the top two floors of 130 Van Cortlandt Ave. W., were heavily damaged in a three-alarm blaze earlier this month. Eight people — including three firefighters — were treated at a nearby hospital. Some tenants have since been forced out of their apartments, since the fire, by order of the city until structural repairs can be made.

Fires leave families in despair before holidays

It was supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. But for some people like Jose Santillan, these holidays are expected to be anything but joyful. more

By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ | 11/26/21

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