Jonathan Custodio, Author at THE CITY - NYC News

NAA president Hazel Dukes attends a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Apollo Theater.

Harlem

Harlem Neighbors ‘Baby Whisperer’ Hazel Dukes

March 11, 2025, 12:09 p.m.March 11, 2025, 1:34 p.m.

New Yorkers celebrated the former president of the NAA for her humor, honesty and leadership over decades as a power player in local politics.

The Bronx

Bronx Youth Clubhouse Avoids Shutdown With New Ownership

Feb. 25, 2025, 5:20 p.m.Feb. 26, 2025, 10:27 a.m.

Commonpoint, a Queens-based social and youth services organization, is taking over the Boys and Girls Club in Crotona that closed last year.

Jewish Voters Action canvaser Ben Johns works on the Upper East Side to people for the Democratic primary on the Upper East Side.

Campaign 2025

Socialists, Zionists Race to New Democrats Ahead of Friday Deadline

Feb. 12, 2025, 5:10 a.m.Feb. 12, 2025, 9:42 a.m.

Feb. 14 is the final day New Yorkers can in a party to vote in June’s primaries, where Democrats could pick the city’s next mayor.

Developers submitted renderings for the One45 residential building to Community Board 10.

Housing

Harlem Community Board Rejects Massive One45 Development

Feb. 5, 2025, 11:18 p.m.Feb. 6, 2025, 12:10 p.m.

The plan has faced significant community pushback over the years, and would add hundreds of apartments to the neighborhood.

Harlem

‘Signs of the Times’ Commemorates Black Perseverance in a Changing Harlem

Feb. 3, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Feb. 4, 2025, 1:54 p.m.

As rents rise and displacement grows, Harlem residents led their own project to map the neighborhood’s rich history.

Students attend summer classes at the Borough of Manhattan Community College.

CUNY

CUNY Board Unveils ‘Master Plan’ Projecting Enrollment Bump

Jan. 30, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 30, 2025, 4:31 p.m.

The university intends to redouble its efforts to attract adult learners.

Students walk past the Borough of Manhattan Community College.

CUNY

CUNY Braces Undocumented Students for Second Trump Era

Jan. 17, 2025, 5:59 p.m.Jan. 17, 2025, 6:03 p.m.

The school is being careful in what it’s saying before the incoming president, who has promised mass deportations, begins his second term on Monday.

Windows were smashed out and the facade was charred on the top floor of 2910 Wallace Avenue.

The Bronx

Landlord of Burned Bronx Building Sued to Stop Heat Monitoring

Jan. 14, 2025, 5:17 p.m.Jan. 14, 2025, 5:40 p.m.

Ved Parkash had 10 properties put in a city housing agency program to track temperatures in chronically cold apartments. One just caught fire, leaving more than 250 homeless.

The Bronx

New York City Selects Developers for Long-Abandoned Kingsbridge Armory

Jan. 6, 2025, 7:33 p.m.Jan. 6, 2025, 9:24 p.m.

The Economic Development Corporation’s pick of Maddd Equities and Joy Construction elevates hopes that decades of revival schemes finally come to fruition — and concerns about a contractor’s safety record.

Guests check out the book supply at the Melrose library reopening.

The Bronx

Newly Renovated Melrose Library Returns

Dec. 10, 2024, 5:33 p.m.Dec. 10, 2024, 5:33 p.m.

The stately public library branch Andrew Carnegie paid to build in 1914 reopened this month after more than three years — with a new floor to go toward finally replacing stories lost to a fire decades ago.

Jonathan Custodio

Harlem Neighbors ‘Baby Whisperer’ Hazel Dukes

Bronx Youth Clubhouse Avoids Shutdown With New Ownership

Socialists, Zionists Race to New Democrats Ahead of Friday Deadline

Harlem Community Board Rejects Massive One45 Development

‘Signs of the Times’ Commemorates Black Perseverance in a Changing Harlem

CUNY Board Unveils ‘Master Plan’ Projecting Enrollment Bump

CUNY Braces Undocumented Students for Second Trump Era

Landlord of Burned Bronx Building Sued to Stop Heat Monitoring

New York City Selects Developers for Long-Abandoned Kingsbridge Armory

Newly Renovated Melrose Library Returns

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