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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Bronx District Attorney Curbs Stop-and-Frisk Abuses
Posted on 28 September 2012.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Former Featured, Front Page, Housing, Sizing up Stop and Frisk1 Comment
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.
Posted in Crime, Housing0 Comments
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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Fordham Residents Flee Raging Fire in Hazardous Apartment Building
Posted on 15 September 2012.
Fire injured 14 in a Fordham apartment building cited for 21 hazardous violations, including inadequate fire escapes.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Featured, Housing, Multimedia, Northwest Bronx0 Comments
Gimme Shelter
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Mayor Bloomberg fails to deliver on promises of compassion for the city’s homeless.
Posted in Bronx Tales, Featured, Housing, Southern Bronx1 Comment
Budget cuts hit pro bono legal services
Posted on 12 December 2011.
The Bronx has the lowest home ownership rate in New York, but the highest foreclosure rate. While the banks usually have lawyers to make their case at court, the homeowners don’t.
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Razing a graffiti shrine to make room for billion-dollar housing
Posted on 21 November 2011.
Local residents fear the new housing development may price them out of the neighborhood they helped to revive.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Life, Culture, Featured, Housing, Southern Bronx, The Bronx Beat, Transportation0 Comments
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.
Posted in Featured, Housing, Northwest Bronx0 Comments