Center directors say the new proposal could hit hardest in low-income areas
Archive | December, 2010
New city childcare plan could radically reshape Bronx preschools
Posted on 14 December 2010.
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Bronx Israelites: A world of contrasts and a fight for identity
Posted on 14 December 2010.
Members of Kol Sh’aireit B’nai Yisrael are in a tug of war for an identity they feel was lost during centuries of slavery.
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Bronx Psychiatric Center staff to rally against layoffs
Posted on 14 December 2010.
Workers at the Bronx Psychiatric Center, a 360-bed facility in Morris Park, will hold a rally today to protest recent layoffs (Bronx News Network).
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Bronxnet, Cablevision at war over public access
Posted on 14 December 2010.
The borough’s public access network is seeing red over deadlocked talks with Cablevision, and claims the Dolan family cable company is lowballing it despite multibillion dollar borough revenues. The city is renewing Cablevision’s Bronx and Brooklyn franchise agreement with Knicks and Rangers owner James Dolan. But separate negotiations between Cablevision and Bronxnet have stalled (Daily News).
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Bronx Dominicans in detail
Posted on 14 December 2010.
Bronx Dominicans feel they don’t have adequate access to health care and other public services, many don’t trust their local government and others feel conflicted about having their children identify as “American” (Daily News).
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Five injured in Williamsbridge bakery fire
Posted on 14 December 2010.
Five people were hospitalized Monday morning following an explosion at a Bronx bakery. The New York City Fire Department responded to a kitchen fire just after 9:40 a.m. Fire officials say they are investigating a possible gas leak as the cause (NY1).
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The forgotten building
Posted on 13 December 2010.
Residents of the Soundview houses where Judge Sotomayor grew up are told to wait until 2012 for basic repairs
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Housing, Southern Bronx0 Comments
Living through art
Posted on 13 December 2010.
For Soundview artist Lucy Aponte, a troubled childhood lead to a lifetime of art
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