It's the hottest day of the summer, and some Bronx residents are spending the day poolside at a swanky new aquatic center. It's part of Roberto Clemente State Park, which has just re-opened after a major two year renovation.
Environmental officials have installed air monitors in the Northeast Bronx to help fight asthma. New York state Senator Jeffrey Klein pushed for the program.
Efforts are underway to turn around a Bronx community troubled by drugs. Morris Heights welcomed the PAL Play Street Program to their Roland Patterson School with a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday.
Teenagers in the Bronx are spending their summer running a farmers market in an effort to improve the health of residents in their community.
Students from Accion Academy in the Bronx unveiled a new piece of public art in Crotona Park. The piece, a painted lunchroom table, was created through LeAp (Learning Through an Expanded Arts Program).
New York City’s air ranks amongst the dirtiest in the United States. According to the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report, the five boroughs have the worst air in state, with the Bronx representing the most dangerous levels of pollutants statewide.
New York City officials are taking steps to slow drivers down along a stretch of Bruckner Boulevard in the Bronx.
The fate of more than a hundred senior centers in New York City is hanging in the balance, and that has a lot of older New Yorkers concerned. The Bloomberg administration is threatening closings because of proposed state budget cuts.
We still have 22 days to go until the first day of Spring, and wanted to share some ways to help make the last bit of winter warm and cozy in New York City.
On this week's Cityscape we explore an indoor rainforest, talk with the creator of a hot chocolate festival, and visit a hot sauna.
Eight percent of children in New York State are uninsured, according to a study by the Children’s Defense Fund, and many of those children are going without dental care.
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