Real estate prices prevent homeowners from leaving Fordham and Kingsbridge despite the rising rate of crime and prostitution.
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House arrest: Why Fordham residents are trapped in their homes
Posted on 15 December 2011.
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Violent crime in Mott Haven, Melrose at five-year high
Posted on 14 December 2011.
South Bronx residents are demanding more jobs to curb violence, which has climbed steadily since 2008.
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West Bronx community rallies to rise again
Posted on 13 December 2011.
Longtime residents have watched pockets of Morris Heights become riddled with separation and tension, marked with stories of shootings and weeping mothers. Now some are fighting back.
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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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The cost of murder in Mott Haven
Posted on 13 December 2011.
Death is an inevitable burden in any community. But in neighborhoods such as Mott Haven, epidemic levels of poverty, illegal immigration and violent crime provide the worst context to human loss.
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Brazen thieves run off with a bag of cash through Melrose streets
Posted on 12 November 2011.
It takes serious guts to rob an armored truck, said auto shop owner David Luciano.
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Bloody week in the Bronx
Posted on 11 November 2011.
Violence in the Bronx has escalated in this week with three shootings in a span of three days, leaving a 4-year-old boy in critical condition and Bronx residents feeling rattled.
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Community mourns suspicious death of Soundview teen
Posted on 10 November 2011.
On Sept 12, 18-year-old Anil Sankar was found dead on the jetty in Concrete Plant Park. The police believe his death was accidental. The family and neighbors believe otherwise.
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