Fire injured 14 in a Fordham apartment building cited for 21 hazardous violations, including inadequate fire escapes.
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Fordham Residents Flee Raging Fire in Hazardous Apartment Building
Posted on 15 September 2012.
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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.
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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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Landlord ordered to pay tenant $33,000
Posted on 02 November 2011.
A Bronx woman is due to collect more than $33,000 from her landlord, after she was overcharged on her rent for nearly three years.
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Fire in Soundview building leaves tenants with holes in the walls
Posted on 18 October 2011.
Three workers believed to be hired by the Soundview building’s new owner, Gazivoda Realty Inc, may be responsible for the fire.
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Dr. Bola has more to do
Posted on 13 October 2011.
The focused 50-year-old has quickly climbed the leadership ranks in Community District 5 and may go higher yet.
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