The Riverdale Press

The Riverdale Press proves hyperlocal community journalism can exist, even deep inside New York City. Covering a sliver of the Bronx where some 120,000 people live, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Press focuses on a single city-sanctioned community advisory board across several neighborhoods like Riverdale, North Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil and Marble Hill. A news site and a weekly paper, The Riverdale Press was founded in 1950.

Current Position

Location: Bronx, New York

Beat: The affordability gap in Riverdale's residential and commercial real estate

Position:

Construction in the area continues at a brisk pace, with high-density multifamily buildings replacing single-family homes, yet schools and streets aren't given a chance to catch up. Retail rents are high and this has created serious gaps in services. The beat focuses on how these powerful trends affect people in the area.

Reporter: Abigail Nehring