Robert Weston of the South Bronx makes a living providing “fillers” or taking part in police lineups and for each lineup he fills, he earns $10. Weston said he has never failed to produce lineups when asked, no matter what time of night. But these days, the work has slowed down. “There’s not enough crime […]
Archive | October, 2011
South Bronx man is casting director for detectives, NY Times
Posted on 17 October 2011.
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Bronx runner wins Atlantic City Marathon, Press of Atlantic City
Posted on 17 October 2011.
A 22-year-old man, Ahiyut Endhie, from the Bronx has won Sunday’s 53rd Atlantic City Marathon, according to the Press of Atlantic City. Endhie clocked two hours, 26 minutes, 28 seconds to finish the 26.2-mile race ahead of 900 other full marathon runners. Nearly 3,500 people entered four races including 3.1, 6.2, 13.1 miles and the full […]
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Feds seek to solve impasse over Bronx bridge, NY Daily News
Posted on 17 October 2011.
A Bronx bridge project, which has languished for years due to a legal fight between Amtrak and New York State’s Department of Transportation, could finally become a reality, thanks to the intervention of the federal government. According to the NY Daily News, the bridge over an Amtrak rail line will eventually connect two new waterfront […]
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Former math teacher gets things done in Bronx schools, NY Times
Posted on 17 October 2011.
With his 40 years of experience in education – starting as a math teacher in 1971 — Bob Cohen, 59, of the New York Department of Education is transforming some of the most troubled schools in the Bronx, according to NY Times. Cohen has risen to the most important job of his life, as leader […]
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Who has the oldest store in Norwood?
Posted on 17 October 2011.
Two Norwood storeowners debate over who has the oldest store in Norwood.
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Total 74 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested, NY Daily News
Posted on 16 October 2011.
Yesterday, 74 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested throughout the day at various marches and rallies in Times Square, Washington Square Park and Citibank. Twenty-four of those arrests came when demonstrators marched to the Citibank at 555 LaGuardia in a mass attempt to close their accounts Thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters marched their message […]
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Two found dead in apparent Bronx murder-suicide, NY1
Posted on 16 October 2011.
Police found a man and woman dead in a Bronx apartment in an apparent murder-suicide, NY1 reports. Investigators say they found Marie Jannette Lawrence, 30, shot to death in her apartment at 2084 Grand Avenue in Morris Heights Friday afternoon. Batu McClary-Griggs, 37, was also found dead on the floor with a gunshot wound to […]
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Yankee Stadium car lots said to become affordable-home sites, Bloomberg
Posted on 16 October 2011.
Two Yankee Stadium parking lots are slated to become sites for affordable housing and retail, a person familiar with the plan told Bloomberg. The Bronx Parking Development Co., which issued the bonds, approved terms to lease the sites to two development firms to build between 550 and 600 units of apartments, plus about 45,000 square […]
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