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City Limits: Crackdown on HIV drug black market
Posted on 22 January 2012.
City legislators are trying to toughen sanctions for buyers and sellers of HIV medications on the black market.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Featured, Health, Politics0 Comments
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
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
Not in my borough: two neighborhoods tackle waste
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Every day, 33,000 tons of commercial and residential waste is generated in New York City. That waste is treated and transferred though 63 waste transfer stations and 15 of those stations are in the South Bronx, which handles over 31 percent of the city’s waste. Manhattan handles none.
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Gimme Shelter
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Mayor Bloomberg fails to deliver on promises of compassion for the city’s homeless.
Posted in Bronx Tales, Featured, Housing, Southern Bronx0 Comments
House arrest: Why Fordham residents are trapped in their homes
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Real estate prices prevent homeowners from leaving Fordham and Kingsbridge despite the rising rate of crime and prostitution.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Featured, Front Page, North Central Bronx0 Comments
“Little Albania” in the Bronx
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Businesses along Lydig Avenue provide staples for the sizable ethnic Albanian and eastern European communities in New York City.
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