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Parkchester mugging turns political
Posted on 13 September 2010.
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VIDEO – Open Your Eyes
Posted on 19 May 2010.
Domestic violence in New York City.
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Moshe Piller: How a New York Landlord Works the System
Posted on 18 May 2010.
After 18 months of rehabilitation for a broken hip, all that Eta Eckstein wanted was to go back home to her Brooklyn apartment. The 92-year-old Holocaust survivor had lived at 8750 Bay Parkway for 40 years, but when her son visited her apartment while she was still at the Shore View Rehabilitation Center, he found a red eviction notice on the door.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Housing, Multimedia1 Comment
A Challenger Emerges for Bronx Senate Seat
Posted on 14 May 2010.
Soundview native (pictured left) is confident the voters will not hold his past life against him.
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Bronx Men Arrested With 1,925 Cartons of Untaxed Cigarettes
Posted on 13 May 2010.
Today, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance announced the arrest of four men who are accused of possessing 1,925 cartons of untaxed cigarettes and more than 36,800 counterfeit tax stamps.
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Families in mourning for slain teenagers
Posted on 10 May 2010.
Quanisha Wright, 16 and Marvin Wiggins, 15 were killed at a birthday party over the weekend.
(Dunia Kamal/ The Bronx Ink)
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Water Rates Increase has Bronxites Irate
Posted on 07 May 2010.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection heard from angry Bronxites last night who reject a proposed 12.9 percent increase in their water bill.
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46-year-old woman from Parkchester disappears in Lower Manhattan
Posted on 07 May 2010.
Maria Toro has been missing for a week, police say.
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