City legislators are trying to toughen sanctions for buyers and sellers of HIV medications on the black market.
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City Limits: Crackdown on HIV drug black market
Posted on 22 January 2012.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Featured, Health, Politics0 Comments
Yankees strike out on promises
Posted on 19 December 2011.
The city decided the new Yankee Stadium was worth over $60 million to New Yorkers, but those who live next door believe it is not nearly as valluable.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Featured, Southern Bronx, Sports1 Comment
Subway candy seller makes $150 a day
Posted on 01 December 2011.
This candy seller has been hawking M&M’s on the D train for 14 years.
Posted in Bronx Tales, Food, Money, North Central Bronx0 Comments
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
Fighting their neighborhood
Posted on 20 November 2011.
A 10-year old jiu jitsu program in East Tremont teaches students how to fight back the negative pressures of their community.
Posted in Bronx Life, Bronx Neighborhoods, Featured, Multimedia, North Central Bronx, Sports, Video0 Comments
From Bangladesh to the Bronx
Posted on 20 November 2011.
Bengali cuisine comes to the borough by way of a hole-in-the-wall Parkchester eatery.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Culture, Food3 Comments
Real Azteca serves up the real deal
Posted on 20 November 2011.
Real Azteca on 163rd offers Michoacán fare like huitlacoche quesadillas and soft goat-meat tacos.
Posted in Bronx Life, Bronx Neighborhoods, Featured, Food, Southern Bronx0 Comments
Better luck at next year’s Savor the Bronx
Posted on 17 November 2011.
The 92-year-old Mario’s Restaurant on Arthur Avenue drew loyal customers during the borough’s first annual restaurant week.
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