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After years of speculation and advocacy, the city’s education department is poised to build a public school on the former site of Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary near Van Cortlandt Park. However, those who wanted a middle school there might be disappointed — school officials are eying the site for an elementary school.

City taps Visitation site for school and housing

It’s been five years since the parochial school at Visitation closed its doors for good. But soon, there may be a new crop of children running around after the bell rings. more

By SARAH BELLE LIN | 12/21/21

Opposition against a proposed single men’s homeless shelter at 6661 Broadway has been quite vocal, including a number of neighbors who gathered recently at a nearby Mosholu Avenue business to share why they hope the city’s homeless services department will put this proposed shelter somewhere else.

Fears of shelter-related crime overwhelms

The stakes are high. Too high, in fact, when it comes to a proposed men’s homeless shelter at 6661 Broadway for those who live and work close to it. more

By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ | 11/21/21

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