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Bronx Kids Facing An Year In Jail For Snowball Fight
In an ongoing effort to criminalize youth, a Bronx DA has no intentions of backing away from charges that could put four young men in jail for a year—because of a snowball fight.
[Business] Bronx Good Jobs Bill To Be Signed
City Council Members Fernando Cabrera, Oliver Koppell, Joel Rivera, Maria del Carmen Arroyo, Annabel Palma and Ydanis Rodriguez will join 32BJ members on Monday for a town hall meeting on good jobs in the community....
[Education] Samantha Medina Is "Latino Student/Athlete Of The Year!"
Samantha Medina, a senior at St. Catherine Academy, has been named the female “Latino Student/Athlete of the Year” by Cablevision’s Power to Learn, in conjunction with Fox Sports en Español and TD Bank....[Crime & Punishment] Bronx Teen Dead In Hit-And-Run
A 17-year-old male pedestrian was struck and killed early Monday morning by a hit-and-run driver, according to police....[Local] Additional $334M In Social Security
Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that he is pushing legislation to provide a $250 check to Social Security recipients who have been slammed with higher costs while receiving no cost of living increase (COLA) last year. In 2009, for the first time since 1975, seniors did not receive a COLA. ...[Crime & Punishment] Missing Doctor Found Dead In Bonx
A depressed Scarsdale doctor mysteriously vanished Sunday - and her physician hubby has told cops, "I think she's dead," was just found dead in the Bronx. ...
[Business] Free SS Disability Benefits Seminar
White Plains law firm, Markhoff & Mittman, is offering a FREE seminar to help people learn more about obtaining Social Security Disability Benefits in the Bronx this month. The seminar is designed to help individuals learn more about obtaining Federal Social Security Disability benefits....
[Business] Crackdown On Income Tax Preparers
Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Jonathan Mintz today announced that during a month-long investigation of income tax preparers throughout the City, DCA inspected nearly 800 tax preparation businesses and issued 2,010 charges for violations including illegally advertising refund anticipation loans (RALs) as “instant” or “rapid” refunds. Total fines from the enforcement sweep could reach more than $1 million. ...
[Local] Librarian Linda Jones Honoured
Councilman Fernando Cabrera honored Linda Jones, a librarian who served Francis Martin Library for over quarter of a century. ...
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