Federal health care reform is forcing hospitals nationwide to drive down patient readmission rates — or risk losing Medicare revenue. Here’s a look at why and how Bronx hospitals are responding.
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Obamacare Fines Set to Hit Bronx Hospitals
Posted on 30 November 2012.
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Legal Aid Claims Police are Still Making Illegal Marijuana Arrests
Posted on 28 October 2012.
The New York City Police Department is expected to head to court soon over what Legal Aid charges are illegal arrest practices for marijuana possession.
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Sounding Off On Stop and Frisk
Posted on 16 October 2012.
Bronx Ink reporters fanned out over 12 neighborhoods last week to capture the stories and thoughts from Bronx residents about law enforcement tactics.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Featured, Morrisania, Multimedia, North Central Bronx, Northwest Bronx, Sizing up Stop and Frisk, Southern Bronx, Special Reports0 Comments
Bronx District Attorney Curbs Stop-and-Frisk Abuses
Posted on 28 September 2012.
Bronx prosecutors are the first in the city to require police to justify in person each stop-and-frisk trespassing arrest.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Former Featured, Front Page, Housing, Sizing up Stop and Frisk1 Comment
City Limits Report:
Posted on 05 January 2012.
A report published in City Limits magazine by Bronx Ink reporters examines why a toxic contamination inside a Bronx School went undetected possibly for years, endangering the lives of the staff and students. The school, P.S. 51 in the Bronx, was shut down last summer because of the contamination. Since then, students, staff and parents [...]
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Education, Featured, North Central Bronx, Special Reports, Toxic Schools0 Comments
Bronx unemployment by the numbers
Posted on 13 December 2011.
As the national economic recovery begins to show signs of gaining steam, Bronx residents continue to experience a tough time finding work, with the borough recently coming in dead last among all 62 counties in New York state in terms of employment figures.
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Tapping into stimulus funds to create green jobs
Posted on 12 December 2011.
Since 2003, there have been 300 people who graduated from the 17-week green jobs training program. Of that number, an estimated 70 to 75 percent are employed or pursuing college education.
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Troubled Bronx buildings flipped again
Posted on 12 December 2011.
Bronx real estate agent Anthony Gazivoda paid almost $7 million more than the previous owner, a surprisingly high purchase price that has tenants and housing advocates afraid that the new owner will find himself just as cash-strapped as the previous ones.
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