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New senate district cuts Hunts Point off
Posted on 26. Jan, 2012
By Bernard L. Stein | bstein@hunter.cuny.edu
There will be a new face in local politics if the new district lines released on Jan. 26 by a committee of legislators take effect.
Instead of being represented in the state senate by Rev. Ruben Diaz Sr., most of the Hunts Point peninsula would be attached to a district that snakes from Riverdale, as far north and west in the borough as it’s possible to go, to Hunts Point, Soundview and Throgs Neck, as far south and east. [...]
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Home sweet home is showing cracks
Posted on 25. Jan, 2012
When a 50-unit co-op building named for former secretary-of-state Colin Powell opened on Fox Street in the fall of 2010, Powell himself came and delivered an emotional speech to the new residents. Standing in front of the brick building, he waxed eloquent about his childhood in Longwood, while welcoming the new residents to the wonders of [...]
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Can park give new life to old train station?
Posted on 25. Jan, 2012
A new effort is underway to restore the historic Westchester Avenue train station that sits just outside Concrete Plant Park. Nearly 74 years have passed since passengers boarded the last train at the station. Weather and time have bruised and battered the building. But because it is the work of one of New York’s most [...]
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The year in crime: 2011 by the numbers
Posted on 25. Jan, 2012
By Kenneth Christensen There was little change in most major crime categories in 2011 in Hunts Point and Longwood compared with the previous year, according to the NYPD. Thefts of electronic devices and gold jewelry continued to plague residents locally. Two November incidents highlighted the problem.
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DA charges Hispanic Construction Workers
Posted on 25. Jan, 2012
It’s hard to reconcile the good work Longwood-based United Hispanic Construction Workers says it does to help the jobless find work, with the allegations of brutality and extortion lodged by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. In an indictment issued September 26, the DA charges that David Rodriguez and members of the coalition he [...]
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By Gwendolyn McClure About 30 protesters marched on Jan. 21 from a Morrisania health clinic that provides abortions, women’s health care and counseling to a Mott Haven clinic they say uses deceitful methods to dissuade women from having abortions. The rally was held to coincide with the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark [...]
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Environmental organizations win $50,000 grants
Posted on 24. Jan, 2012
Two local environmental organizations—The Point Community Development Corp. and the Bronx River Alliance– have received $50,000 each from the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Environmental Justice Grants Program.
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Architects honored for Bronx River sculpture
Posted on 24. Jan, 2012
The architects who produced works of sculpture designed to call attention to environmental issues—have been honored as by the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects for their work in Hunts Point and at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania.
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Effort for cleaner air targets trucks
Posted on 21. Jan, 2012
It may not have the same ring as “cash for clunkers,” but the new Hunts Point Clean Trucks Program will share that initiative’s goal of trying to reduce air pollution by providing businesses with incentives for getting the worst polluting vehicles off local streets and roadways. The city’s Department of Transportation will oversee a new [...]
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