Low-income elderly Chinese immigrants living without power in Manhattan’s Knickerbocker Village are still walking for blocks to access donated food and blankets.
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Day 15 After Sandy: Elderly Chinese Residents Still in the Dark
Posted on 13 November 2012.
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Before, During and After: Bronxites React to Hurricane Sandy
Posted on 31 October 2012.
Bronx residents uploaded pictures, videos and personal reactions to Hurricane Sandy on social media.
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Tracey Towers Lawsuit Fails to Stop 65 Percent Rent Hike
Posted on 29 October 2012.
A State Supreme Court Justice ruled that a rent increase of over 65 percent is permitted to take effect at Tracey Towers.
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Lack of Cheap Housing Boosts Illegal SROs in the Bronx
Posted on 23 October 2012.
The city housing authority has tried to crack down on illegally converted single room occupancy units, but the boom in the Bronx continues.
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Drive-by Wi-Fi Coming to a Project Near You
Posted on 18 October 2012.
The New York City Housing Authority hopes to help close the city’s digital divide by bringing wired vans to nine housing projects and other neighborhoods in the Bronx.
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Bronx District Attorney Curbs Stop-and-Frisk Abuses
Posted on 28 September 2012.
Bronx prosecutors are the first in the city to require police to justify in person each stop-and-frisk trespassing arrest.
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Pelham Residents Take Security into Their Own Hands
Posted on 27 September 2012.
Rocked by two unsolved murders, community leaders in the relatively peaceful Pelham Parkway Houses are working to get residents involved in crime prevention.
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The Long Road to Affordable Senior Housing
Posted on 19 September 2012.
Finding a place to live can be a long struggle for the elderly in University Heights
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