Angie and Alex Brown have a beautiful family and live in Mount Vernon, where Alex grew up. Their two boys and two girls range in age from five to 13. …
When It Rains, It Pours, and Then There’s a Rainbow
Mia Farris grew up in the town of New Rochelle and earned a BA degree from a local college. She now lives there with her 17-year-old daughter, who will graduate …
A New Chapter With a Happy Ending
Five and a half years ago, Jerry and Ann Young took a leap. With their kids grown and out of the house, they started a new chapter in life. They …
Healthy and Happy Again
When 50-year-old Bronx-born Jasmine Williams was looking for a new apartment in 2014, she found one in New Rochelle Public Housing. She and her daughter moved in and, at first, …
The Bridge Fund helps three generations through a difficult time … A Family Moving Forward After Traumatic Fire
The Smith Roberts family – John, Chantel and their two children – had been living in the same building in Yonkers for 12 years. Their extended family, including Chantel’s mother, …
A Couple Coping with Disability are Saved from Losing their Home
Edwin Chabot, a Bronx native, has worked as a stagehand and lighting designer for events and shows for over 10 years. He and his wife Eve live in Yonkers. Eve …
A New Home is a New Start
Kemi Pogue lived in Ossining with her two sons, where she shared a home with her sister’s family of three, and they divided expenses. She worked in human services as …
Heat and Hot Water are Not Too Much to Ask!
The Griffin household in Mount Vernon is large and multi-generational. Robert Griffin is a security guard, his wife Janet, a homemaker, nineteen-year-old twins Jerry and Raquel are finishing high school …
The Bridge Fund and a Landlord Work Together to Avoid Eviction
Donni Smith, a self-described Jamaican-Italian-American, loves her apartment in Yonkers, where she’s lived for almost 11 years. “My neighborhood has all races and all are just above the poverty line,” …
A Family Keeps the Only Home the Children Have Ever Known
Soledad and Pedro Ramirez have three children: Candy, 14, Stephanie, 13 and Alfredo, 11. The family of five has lived in the same house in New Rochelle for 13 years, …
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