Bengali community on edge after a Kingsbridge resident died from a brutal assault on Nov. 4.
Archive | November, 2011
Bengali immigrant savagely beaten
Posted on 05 November 2011.
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High school teacher arrested for second time at Occupy Wall Street, NY Daily News
Posted on 04 November 2011.
A Bronx Regional High School teacher was arrested yesterday after allegedly using a shopping cart to knock an NYPD sergeant from his scooter, says the New York Daily News. This is the second time this month 43-year-old David Suker, an army vet, was arrested during an Occupy Wall Street protest.
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Police release video of murder suspects, NY Daily News
Posted on 04 November 2011.
Police yesterday released a video of two men wanted for beating a Fordham father to death, mugging him for $15, according to the New York Daily News. The suspects attacked Bimal Chanda, 59, on the second-floor landing of his apartment Saturday.
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Evacuation expert fights to rescue Morrisania
Posted on 03 November 2011.
Her community’s emergency preparedness means everything to Maria Forbes, who has been a staunch advocate for resource entitlement since she was 13.
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Renovation program unable to finish projects as funds dwindle
Posted on 03 November 2011.
A Bronx-based Weatherization Assistance Program’s stimulus funding is nearly gone, so they may not finish construction at River Park Towers.
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Turning unemployment into time well spent
Posted on 03 November 2011.
When Nilka Martell lost her job last December, she looked to volunteer work to fill the void. But she could never have imagined how she would transform her street in the Bronx.
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Students at toxic school had been sick for years, NY Daily News
Posted on 03 November 2011.
Records obtained by New York Daily News show that students at PS 51 had complained to school nurses about vomiting, headaches, abnormal gaits and seizures since 2005. Officials relocated the school in September because of toxic contamination.
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Bronx high school has highest rate of suspensions in the city, NY1
Posted on 03 November 2011.
A principal at Lehman High School suspended 2,000 students last year, the most in the city, according NY1. Students say the principal, Janet Saraceno, who was replaced last summer after changing grades on report cards, suspended students for a number of trivial offenses, including being late to class. The school also received its second F […]
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