Sentences with phrase «hunts point community»

Majora Carter (Exec Director & Founder, Sustainable South Bronx)- Majora Carter is an award - winning community activist / organizer and life - long resident of the Hunts Point community in the South Bronx.

«The Hunts Point community spoke loud and clear that it doesn't want a «mini-Rikers» at this site and, based on what the administration said, there was no comprehensive plan to build one,» Klein said.

BRONX, NY — State Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) today honored local «Cop of the Month» recipients, civic leaders and students for their outstanding contributions to the Hunts Point community at the 41st Precinct Community Council Fellowship breakfast.

«The Hunts Point community spoke loud and clear that it doesn't want a «mini-Rikers» at this site and, based on what the administration said, there was no comprehensive plan to build one,» Klein said at the time.

Senator Klein, Assemblyman Crespo and Hunts Point Community Leaders Call for Official Recognition of African Slave Burial Ground at Drake Park

The lives of the men, women and children who rest in peace here are part of the history of not only the Hunts Point community, but of New York at large.

In the process, we've collected a preponderance of evidence — dozens of archival maps, newspaper accounts, census reports and photographs about Drake Park, the slave burying ground, and the history of larger Hunts Point community.

«The Hunts Point community has worked hard to develop their area, and a secretive plan to bring a mini Rikers to the area is simply unacceptable,» Klein said in a statement on Saturday.

Not exact matches

This will include working to revitalize the Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market in the Bronx, which supplies a large portion of the produce for New York City's and the region's food consumption, and creating a «Share NY Food» Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program that develops partnerships with farmers and residents to expand access and resources and make fresh food available to consumers in urban areas.

Then, there's activist and businessman George Alvarez, who ran previously for a Bronx Assembly seat, and Community Board 3 member Marlon Molina, who, like many, highlights gentrification concerns in a South Bronx district that includes neighborhoods like Hunts Point, Longwood and Melrose.

He proposed including a connection to the Hunts Point market so as to decrease the amount of truck traffic in the community.

In addition to Mr. Pabón, Rafael Salamanca, the district manager of Bronx Community Board 2 in Hunts Point, is considered a likely candidate.

WHAT: Senator Klein, local elected officials and Bronx community leaders will call for official recognition by the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation of an African Slave Burial Ground discovered last year at Joseph Rodman Drake Park in Hunts Point.

Located at Lafayette Avenue and Edgewater Road, Hunts Point Riverside Park opened in 2007 after several years of planning and advocacy by a number South Bronx community groups.

The release also warned that the city was considering creating «waste to energy» facilities, which would use incinerators and «whose siting may be restricted to environmentally overburdened communities of color» — like Hunts Point.

In a letter to Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, Community Board 2 has called on the Department of Education to approve plans for Hunts Point High School for Sustainable Community Initiatives, a school to prepare students for green jobs, saying the school «is capable of changing the landscape and mindset of the area and making Hunts Point a preeminent educational and vocational destination of choice.»

«Communities such as Hunts Point, East New York, Bedford - Stuyvesant, the poorer communities in New York City are just going to be totally at a disadvantage,» he said.

This district includes the communities of Soundview, Clason Point, Longwood, Hunts Point and Rikers Island.

On January 28th, nearly a hundred residents from Hunts Point and surrounding communities came together to discuss how to make Hunts Point resilient against future storms and disasters.

Bronx, NY — State Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester), The Bronx Chamber of Commerce and Bronx Community Board # 2 hosted a successful interview fair with Baldor Specialty Foods on Friday at The Hunts Point Recreational Center.

The writer, who teaches English at Hostos Community College, said he is finishing a novel called «The Hearts of Hunts Point» and just embarking on a new book that will be both a memoir and a historical account of queer activism in the Bronx.

Establishments like Platinum Pleasures also prevent new businesses from investing in Hunts Point because they do not want to associate with places «that give a negative image to the community and promote crime,» according to the letter.

«Hunts Point has come a long way to shed its reputation as a community filled with crime and prostitution and drugs,» he said.

Tats Cru's studio is based at The Point in Hunts Point, Bronx where they work closely with The Community Center to educate Bronx youth in all aspects of visual art.