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Live Across Van Cortlandt, One of NYC’s Most Beautiful Parks, Starting at $1,292 A Month

Applications are now being accepted for 15 affordable housing units at a brand new 72 unit development in Riverdale right across from Van Cortlandt Park, one of New York City’s most beautiful parks, and at the end of the 1 line at 242nd Street. There are 12 1-bedroom units available renting for $1,292 a month…

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Applications Now Being Accepted for 7 Brand New Affordable Units in Pelham Bay

Three one-bedroom units renting for $1,600 a month and four two-bedroom units renting for $1,800 a month in Pelham Bay are now accepting applications via NYC’s affordable housing lottery program. Located at 1701 Parkview Avenue at Roberts Avenue and across from Our Lady of Assumption Church, the 7 units are part of a brand new…

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Apply for New “Affordable” Housing in Tremont

Located at 4215 Park Avenue and sitting right next to the Tremont Metro North Station is a new “affordable” housing development which you can now apply for. Tremont Renaissance, as the 255 unit development is called, is open to residents making 60-120% of the Area Median Income which ranges from $30,069 for a single-family household…

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Forced to Flee Washington Heights’s Gentrification, A Man Finally Finds a Place to Call Home in The Bronx

The following is a series written by Diego Robayo of the Historic District Council which profiles Bronx community leaders who have contributed to our history and will be published here on Welcome2TheBronx. Before buying his own house in Longwood, Bronx, in 2013, Dondi McKellar was evicted from Washington Heights in 2010 due to increasing rent…

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Legionnaires Cluster In Co-op City Being Investigated; 3 Sick, 1 Dead

Co-op City residents over the age of 50 and those with underlying health factors and compromised immune systems are being told not to shower until the New York City Department of Health completes an investigation of a legionnaires cluster which sickened three people in 3 buildings leaving 1 dead. Residents of the three buildings located…

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