Mayor Bloomberg fails to deliver on promises of compassion for the city’s homeless.
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Gimme Shelter
Posted on 15 December 2011.
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Africans immigrants add their own flavor to the South Bronx
Posted on 13 December 2011.
African immigrants overcome a history of discrimination to establish a lively presence in the Bronx.
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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.
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Running for president of the Dominican Republic–from the South Bronx
Posted on 22 November 2011.
A Bishop and real estate manager running for president of the Dominican Republic, from a Bronx salsa club.
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The ecstasy and the agony of Ethiopian marathoners
Posted on 12 November 2011.
Kenyans and Ethiopians triumph in the largest NYC Marathon with 47,107 runners. The Bronx’s Fikadu Lemma is already thinking about 2012.
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Evacuation expert fights to rescue Morrisania
Posted on 03 November 2011.
Her community’s emergency preparedness means everything to Maria Forbes, who has been a staunch advocate for resource entitlement since she was 13.
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Turning unemployment into time well spent
Posted on 03 November 2011.
When Nilka Martell lost her job last December, she looked to volunteer work to fill the void. But she could never have imagined how she would transform her street in the Bronx.
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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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