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.
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Yankees strike out on promises
Posted on 19 December 2011.
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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.
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P.S. 48 wins $50,000 from national “Glee” contest
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Hunts Point’s P.S. 48 saved its music program from the budget axe by winning one of three national Glee Give a Note grand prizes.
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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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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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Taking Advil to schools
Posted on 30 November 2011.
As schools nationwide watch budgets dwindle, for-profit companies have stepped in. However, critics see gifts from these companies not as goodwill, but as a way of marketing to children.
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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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