Costly Cleanup Stalls Harris Field Project

Sonia Lappin looks out over Harris Field from her Bedford Park apartment building and sees a glorious past - a community space used by generations of local families for everything from ball games to picnics - and an uncertain future.

Because of lead contamination, Lappin and others wonder how long the next generation will have to wait before the fields will be ready and safe for use after lead soil contamination was discovered at Harris in 2009. |  Read More

Assessing the Bronx's 'Most Dangerous Road'

A total of five pedestrians were killed on Gun Hill Road in 2006 and 2007. Because of this cluster of deaths and a total of 57 serious accidents between 2006 and 2008, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign (TSTC) named Gun Hill the most dangerous street in the Bronx in recently released study. |  Read More

Espada: Housing Bill Will Freeze Rents for Poor

A new housing bill introduced by State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr., which proposes to freeze rent increases for close to 300,000 qualifying city households, has riled some housing advocates who say the bill is pro-landlord legislation in disguise. |  Read More

Carlos Gonzalez Steps Out Of Father's Shadow

It's not easy being the son of a former politician who is best known for being indicted by federal prosecutors. But Carlos Gonzalez, the son of ex-State Senator Efrain Gonzalez, is determined to make his own name for himself in Bronx politics. |  Read More