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Runners race around Yancey Field with Yankee Stadium in the background

Yankees strike out on promises

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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Gimme Shelter

Mayor Bloomberg fails to deliver on promises of compassion for the city’s homeless.

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Glee

P.S. 48 wins $50,000 from national “Glee” contest

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

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

African immigrants overcome a history of discrimination to establish a lively presence in the Bronx.

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Taking Advil to schools

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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MS Ventura sits at table with cabinet

Running for president of the Dominican Republic–from the South Bronx

A Bishop and real estate manager running for president of the Dominican Republic, from a Bronx salsa club.

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Razing a graffiti shrine to make room for billion-dollar housing

Local residents fear the new housing development may price them out of the neighborhood they helped to revive.

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