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Archive | September, 2012
Police Release Video of Bronx Laundromat Attack
Posted on 19 September 2012.
Police have released video surveillance footage of a robbery and attack on a worker in a Wakefield laundromat on Sunday night, the DNAinfo reports. The video shows a fistfight between two men, and then two women joining in the attack by striking the victim with a stick inside the laundromat, at 4027 White Plains Road. […]
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Embattled Construction Firm Still Managing Public Projects
Posted on 19 September 2012.
A construction contractor found to owe the city about $960,000 in back wages and benefits to dozens of workers is still managing Bronx projects financed with public money, the New York Daily News reports. The city had stopped awarding contracts to Lettire Construction — once the city’s go-to contractor for thousands of affordable housing units […]
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Emergency Teams Respond to Suspicious Powder in a Fordham Office
Posted on 18 September 2012.
Emergency teams responded to a 911 call regarding suspicious white powder found in an office near Fordham University Tuesday morning. DNAinfo reported that an FDNY Hazmat team and the NYPD rushed to One Fordham Plaza to investigate the substance, which was discovered under a desk in the fifth floor office. The building was not evacuated […]
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MTA Reveals Rail Service Proposal to East Bronx Neighborhoods
Posted on 18 September 2012.
MTA officials launched a series of informational sessions to outline a proposed Metro-North rail service to four neighborhoods in the East Bronx. The project, which is to be completed by 2019, aims to provide swifter access to and from the area to Midtown Manhattan, Westchester and communities outside of the city. Construction of the new […]
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No Pretty Songs, Gentlemen: Exploring Art and Politics in Hunts Point
Posted on 17 September 2012.
Students from the South Bronx learn about politics and performance art
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City Seeks Bronx Residents’ Views on Greenways
Posted on 17 September 2012.
Bronx community groups may finally have city officials’ attention when it comes to improving the borough’s greenways and parks.
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For New York City Century Cyclists, the Bronx was Life in the Slow Lane
Posted on 17 September 2012.
Street fairs were an obstacle for riders on this 100-miles tour through the five boroughs
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