Articles By: Holly Gilbert

Yorkville pantry helps hungry New Yorkers

Yorkville pantry helps hungry New Yorkers
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December 20th, 2009 | Multimedia, Video | Read More

South Bronx housing projects help struggling residents

South Bronx housing projects help struggling residents
A facility on 166th Street in the South Bronx serves as home for women and children seeking emergency or transitional housing. Photo by Holly Gilbert Landy Acevedo lives in a South Bronx housing project with her three children — ages 10, 12 and 15. When she and her family lost their apartment, she...
November 29th, 2009 | News | Read More

NYC Marathon: Ethiopian pride

NYC Marathon: Ethiopian pride
Runners in the New York City Marathon come down the home stretch in Central Park. Photo by Holly Gilbert While most fans standing at the finish line of the New York City Marathon kept their eyes steadfastly fixed on the runners, Terguame Haddis and Selome Argaw, both 28, couldn’t keep their eyes off...
November 2nd, 2009 | Features | Read More

AIDS awareness resonates in Bronx

An official poster for National Latino AIDS Awareness Day is displayed in a subway station in the Bronx. Photo by Holly Gilbert When Milagra Cortes contracted HIV 21 years ago, she knew her life was far from over. “I’m a happy woman,” she said at the commemoration of National Latino AIDS Awareness...
October 14th, 2009 | Features | Read More