The number of shootings in the Bronx have increased by 19 percent since last January, while overall crime is down 3 percent. Police held buybacks this weekend to try to remove guns from the streets.
Archive | September, 2014
Bronx residents go to church to surrender weapons to police
Posted on 21 September 2014.
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Bronx man fatally crushed by security gate
Posted on 19 September 2014.
A 79-year-old man, known as an ice cream entrepreneur, was fatally crushed when a security gate fell on him at his Bronx store Friday. NBC New York reports.
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Bronx celebrates cinematic masterpieces at inaugural film festival
Posted on 18 September 2014.
Yes the Bronx Film Festival hopes to showcase the borough’s renaissance and thriving possibility for Hollywood filming locations.
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Footage of Bronx shooting released
Posted on 18 September 2014.
Police released video footage of a shooting that took place in the Bronx on Monday. Three men attacked two teens and shot one of them in the leg at East 174th Street and Eastburn Avenue. The New York Post reports.
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Man stabbed three times over iPhone
Posted on 18 September 2014.
A 23-year-old man was stabbed three times at East Tremont and Westchester Avenue early on Thursday. He is in stable condition. The attacker took off with his iPhone. The New York Daily News reports.
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Healthcare startups still struggling while the industry booms
Posted on 18 September 2014.
Between 2009 and 2013, the health care industry in the Bronx added nearly 5,000 new jobs in private hospitals, clinics, and other agencies. The growth has not benefited entrepreneurs equally.
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Man choked, sexually assaulted teen in the Bronx: NYPD
Posted on 17 September 2014.
Police are looking for a man they say sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl in University Heights. Surveillance video of the suspect has been released. NY1 Reports.
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New York cracks down on immigration fraud
Posted on 17 September 2014.
A new law passed in New York State will help protect immigrants from fraud, reports Al-Jazeera America. Approximately one-third of the Bronx is foreign born.
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