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Merchants: DDC Taking Forever to Finish Plaza at Bronx Hub [Updated]
In 2008, DOT repurposed street space at the Hub in Mott Haven to greatly expand and improve Roberto Clemente Plaza. The first version of the project was made with low-cost materials -- paint, planters, and gravel. Afterward, the city committed to building out the project in concrete. But the agency in charge of delivering capital projects, the Department of Design and Construction, has been working on it for years and still has no definite timetable for completion.
December 22, 2015
The Randall’s Island Connector Is Finally Here
This spring, the Highbridge re-opened between the Bronx and Manhattan, the first car-free crossing linking the two boroughs. Now the second one in less than a year is open with the debut of the Randall's Island Connector. The project has been in the pipeline for what seems like forever, and on Saturday it opened to the delight of many South Bronx residents.
November 17, 2015
Sidewalks Are No Sanctuary: Driver Jumps Curb, Kills 3 in the Bronx
A motorist killed three people Saturday, including a 10-year-old girl, and injured three others when he drove onto a Bronx sidewalk crowded with trick-or-treaters.
November 2, 2015
DA Robert Johnson: Manslaughter Charges for Cab Driver Who Killed Two
District Attorney Robert Johnson has filed felony charges against the green cab driver who killed two people on a Bronx sidewalk.
October 20, 2015
NYPD: “No Criminality” When Drivers Collide, Kill Woman on Bronx Sidewalk
For the second time in less than a week, colliding motorists killed a person standing on a New York City sidewalk and NYPD filed no charges.
October 13, 2015
TLC: Driver Who Hit Children on Bronx Sidewalk Works for Uber [Updated]
Warning: Graphic video
September 30, 2015
Eyes on the Street: Randall’s Island Connector to Open in “Coming Weeks”
The Randall's Island Connector, a greenway link between the South Bronx and Randall's Island, is almost complete. Bronxites are anticipating a ribbon-cutting any day now from the city's Economic Development Corporation, which is building the project.
September 30, 2015