17 post offices in the Bronx, reports WNYC News, are slated to be closed. Many Bronx residents rely on the post office to pay bills, rent, and keep in contact with family in other countries. The removal of post offices would disrupt the daily workings of the neighborhood, simply making life harder for some. The […]
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The possible closing of post offices in the Bronx feels like government abandonment to some
Posted on 14 September 2011.
Firefighter from the Bronx commemorates 9/11 anniversary by helping flood victims
Posted on 14 September 2011.
FDNY Captain Tom Yuneman spent the anniversary of 9/11 helping to relocate flood victims in Binghamton. The Daily News reports that Yuneman helped a 93-year old man whose home was destroyed find his wife. September 11 was their 64th wedding anniversary. “It made my day,” Yuneman said by phone on Monday. “Of all the days thatI could […]
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Judge Lee Holzman gives advantages to his chief campaign fundraiser
Posted on 13 September 2011.
The Daily News reports that Surrogate Judge Holzman allowed his lawyer friend, Michael Lippman, charge fees for work he didn’t do on the estates of deceased Bronx residents. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct recommends disciplinary action against Holzman.
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New gallery to open in the Bronx in memory of slain journalist
Posted on 13 September 2011.
Tim Hetherington, photojournalist, was killed while reporting in Libya last April. He dreamed of opening a film and photography gallery space in the Bronx. Soon, reports The Daily News, his dream will be realized. Fellow photojournalist Mike Kamber plans to open the doors to the gallery in tribute to his heroic friend.
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Bronx mom takes cops to civil court for failure to protect her son
Posted on 13 September 2011.
Residential confidential informant, 20 year old Antony Velez, was doing is job when he tipped off two cops to the location of guns and drugs inside a Brooklyn apartment. The agreement was that he would be protected in return. But on that day in 2004, Velez was shot just two hours after giving police the […]
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Posted on 13 September 2011.
Bronx mom takes cops to civil court for failure to protect her son Residential confidential informant, 20 year old Antony Velez, was doing is job when he tipped off two cops to the location of guns and drugs inside a Brooklyn apartment. The agreement was that he would be protected in return. But on that […]
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Posted on 12 September 2011.
New lawyer set to try Bronx prosecutor, Jennifer Troiano’s DWI Case Bronx prosecutor, Jennifer Troiano, fired her lawyer in her DWI hearing scheduled to begin later this year. Her now former lawyer, Howard Weiswasser, was preparing to put his own daughter, and close friend of Troiano, on the stand. The Daily News reports that Troiano’s new […]
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Posted on 11 September 2011.
Bush at Yankee Stadium after 9/11. Bronx has most ‘dangerous’ schools. Bronxites help farm devastated by Irene.
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