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The Hurt of the Hub
Photo by: Marc Fader Collectibles by Armada owner Ray Armada, who oversees the “combat” at his South Bronx store. A look at the Bronx Business Improvement District at Third Avenue and 155th Street....
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Work In Progress: Residents Get More NYCHA Jobs
Photo by: Marc Fader A year after losing a retail job, Jerome Mosley entered a job-training program for NYCHA residents. Now he's making good money on a roofing project. Since 1968, public housing...
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Credits As Collateral: Schools Withhold Records If Debts Unpaid
Photo by: Marc Fader About a third of St Ursula's girls receive some form of financial aid, which Catholic high schools must fund on their own, without support from parishes or the archdiocese. Some...
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Living Wage Law The Next Council Battleground?
Photo by: Jim Henderson Community groups and retail workers' unions squared off in 2009 against the Bloomberg administration, a developer and trade workers over whether to impose living wage...
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One Woman's Plan to Beat Poverty
Photo by: Marc Fader Beverly Davis has a full-time job, a family she supports and a college course to complete. She has plans to become a police officer. Public benefits are essential to her move from...
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Bike Plan Aims to Get Bronx Armory on Track
Photo by: Taleen Dersdepanian Made a city landmark in 1974, the Armory has remained vacant since 2000. In 2009 a controversy over wages scuttled a plan to build a mall in the long-empty Kingsbridge...
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City Probe Uncovered Operator’s Power
Photo by: Marc Fader Lissette Mora still lives in the building where the 2002 fire took place. It was one of several buildings whose troubles led the city's housing agency to conduct an unprecedented...
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Deep in the Bluest Borough, a Conservative Blogger
Photo by: Kathleen Culliton William Gensert writes for AmericanThinker.com, and describes himself as being socially liberal but fiscally conservative. He often writes about how he thinks President...
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Disappointment with Obama, in Obama Country
Photo by: Matthew Perlman State Sen. Jose Serrano speaks at a recent event with his son at his side. The Bronx went solidly for the Democrat in 2008 and likely will back him by a large margin this...
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Voting for Obama, but Playing Romney
At Bronx Community College, some students took on candidates' roles for a debate, and teachers are seeing a mixture of apathy and interest among other voters on campus. By: Kathleen Caulderwood Cesar...
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Many Store Owners Hit By Fire Refuse City Help
Photo by: Adi Talwar The lot where a May 2 fire destroyed 11 businesses on White Plains Road between East 225th and 226th Streets in Wakefield. Small business assistance has been offered to the 11...
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Bronx Councilman Urges Council to Kill Armory Plan
Photo by: Jordan Moss The Armory has been the focus of development battles since 1993. Fernando Cabrera says he still hopes to support the plan to build an ice sports center in the historic...
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Cabrera Rallies Against Armory Plan
Photo by: William Alatriste (Official NYC Council Photo) Cabrera, seen at an earlier City Hall event, has urged his fellow Councilmembers to vote no on the Armory plan. The councilman is trying to...
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Why Big Newspapers Skip the Bronx
Photo by: Jordan Moss Metro and Village Voice have a few news racks in the Bronx, like these on Broadway and W. 231st St., where the 1-train heads to Manhattan. But these, amNewYork and other city...
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Outer Borough BIDs Struggle With Low Budgets, Little Impact
Photo by: Adi Talwar 161st Street Business Improvement District head Cary Goodman says the rough look of the elevated train overpass near Yankee Stadium presents a bad image of the neighborhood to the...
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