Yesterday, 74 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested throughout the day at various marches and rallies in Times Square, Washington Square Park and Citibank. Twenty-four of those arrests came when demonstrators marched to the Citibank at 555 LaGuardia in a mass attempt to close their accounts Thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters marched their message […]
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Total 74 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested, NY Daily News
Posted on 16 October 2011.
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Two found dead in apparent Bronx murder-suicide, NY1
Posted on 16 October 2011.
Police found a man and woman dead in a Bronx apartment in an apparent murder-suicide, NY1 reports. Investigators say they found Marie Jannette Lawrence, 30, shot to death in her apartment at 2084 Grand Avenue in Morris Heights Friday afternoon. Batu McClary-Griggs, 37, was also found dead on the floor with a gunshot wound to […]
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Yankee Stadium car lots said to become affordable-home sites, Bloomberg
Posted on 16 October 2011.
Two Yankee Stadium parking lots are slated to become sites for affordable housing and retail, a person familiar with the plan told Bloomberg. The Bronx Parking Development Co., which issued the bonds, approved terms to lease the sites to two development firms to build between 550 and 600 units of apartments, plus about 45,000 square […]
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Bronx serial sex-offender irks Riverdale neighbors and cops, NY Daily News
Posted on 15 October 2011.
One of the Bronx’s most prolific perverts makes for a creepy neighbor at a Riverdale co-op – and a source of serial frustration for cops, the New York Daily News reports. Gerard Patrick Matthews, 51, has been busted 18 times in the city and Westchester County since 1990 on 29 counts of public lewdness, exposure, […]
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Service returns to two Bronx subway stops, NY1
Posted on 15 October 2011.
Relief came for riders in the Bronx Friday when they heard that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is finally returning service at the Elder and St. Lawrence Avenue stops on the IRT after eight months of construction, NY1 reports. The stations should be open Sunday at 5:00 p.m. The work at the Elder and St. Lawrence […]
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Bronx baby dies after ingesting pills, NY Post
Posted on 15 October 2011.
Bronx baby who was found unconscious yesterday morning and later died may have swallowed prescription pills from a bottle his parents had given him for use as a rattle, the New York Post reports. The parents of 13-month-old Edwin Perocier Jr. told cops they found him unresponsive in their Longwood apartment inside a family homeless […]
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Thousands of cyclists eager to take annual “Tour De Bronx”, NY1
Posted on 14 October 2011.
Organizers and elected officials are gearing up for the 17th annual event on Sunday, October 23, which known to be the largest free cycling event in New York State, NY1 reports. Beginning at 161st Street and taking the Grand Concourse, riders either navigate a 25- or 40-mile route, passing through historic districts, neighborhoods, waterfront areas and […]
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Forty percent of Bronx residents want more police protection, NY Daily News
Posted on 14 October 2011.
Roughly 40 percent of Bronx residents said they think police protection is poor, a new poll shows, the New York Daily News reports. The Municipal Art Society poll, produced by Marist College and released Thursday, surveyed 1,024 New Yorkers last month, questioning them about the livability of their neighborhoods. Nearly nine out of 10 Manhattan residents said they were […]
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