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Subject: The Bronx

  • Somebody Got Murdered: Bronx Man Found Fatally Shot in Car

    View Larger Map DATE: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 12:53 a.m. LOCATION: 401 East 140 Street, The Bronx The police say 21-year-old Darrel Ledgister of Laconia Avenue in the Bronx was found shot to death inside a 2008 Dodge Charger. He was declared dead at Lincoln Hospital. No arrests so far.The Daily News says Ledgister hoped to become a school safety officer. His mom told the News that he had called her on his way to pick up his girlfriend. But he and his friends got into a fight and the shooting

    June 29, 2009
  • Somebody Got Murdered: Bronx Man Found Shot in the Head

    View Larger Map DATE: Monday, June 29, 2009 at approximately 9:58 p.m. LOCATION: 3728 Bronxwood Avenue, the Bronx. The police, tipped by bystanders, found a man shot in the head at 3728 Bronxwood Ave. He was taken to Jacobi Hospital, where he was declared dead. The dead man was identified as Warren Wilborne, 30, of Cruger Avenue in the Bronx. Know the victim? Know anything about his death? Drop us a line at grayman@villagevoice.com.

    July 1, 2009
  • Somebody Got Murdered: Another Night, Another Shooting in the Bronx

    View Larger Map DATE: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at approximately 6:08 p.m. LOCATION: 3483 Mickle Ave., The Bronx. A 19-year-old man was shot in the wrist and torso outside 3483 Mickle Ave. in the Bronx Tuesday evening. He was taken to Jacobi Hospital, declared dead. No arrests. Know anything about this case? Drop us a line at grayman@villagevoice.com.

    July 1, 2009
  • Council Candidate Cabrera, Challenged on Residency, Defends Himself with Leftovers, Toothpaste Stains

    There's been a longstanding complaint that rogue state senator Pedro Espada Jr. doesnt really live in the Bronx, which he was elected to represent, but in Mamaroneck; Espada gave Daily News reporters a tour of his Bronx address, showing off family photos as proof of his residency, which they didn't seem to find convincing. Now another putative Bronx resident, Fernando Cabrera, who is running for Maria Baez's city council seat, is being challenged on similar grounds, and he has likewise held a

    July 2, 2009
  • Have You Seen... Thief, Sexual Assailant

    Police say the man on the left went into Allerton Pawnbrokers on White Plains Road between Allerton and Mace on March 26th; while the storekeeper was out of sight, they suspect, he reached behind the counter and stole a tray of jewelry. He's thought to be a Hispanic male in his 20s. The drawing on the right is of a man suspected of approaching a 19-year-old Hispanic woman at 9th Avenue and 130th Street in Queens just before 11 p.m. on June 29th, walking her to Powell's Cove Park, and sexually as

    July 3, 2009
  • Somebody Got Murdered: Teen Love Triangle Ends in Murder

    View Larger Map DATE: Sunday July 5, 2009, 10:18 p.m. LOCATION: Fifth floor hallway, 695 East 163rd Street, the Bronx. The police say a teenager was stabbed to death at the above address late last night during a fight with another teen. He was declared dead at Lincoln Hospital. The victim was identified as Michael Silva, 16, of East 217th Street in the Bronx.This afternoon, the police said they arrested Kevin Santiago, 16, of East 166th St. in the Bronx. He was charged with murder, manslaught

    July 6, 2009
  • Have You Seen... Sexual Assailant

    A young Hispanic man (police sketch above) is wanted in connection with a sexual assault committed Friday morning at about 4:20 a.m. near Union Hospital in the Bronx. The suspect followed an 18-year-old woman from a nearby subway station, threatened her with a boxcutter, and assaulted her in the courtyard at 355 East 187th Street. He is believed to be in his 20s, between 130 and 150 pounds and 5'3" and 5'5" with black hair, and was wearing a blue/black and white striped shirt, black baseball c

    July 7, 2009
  • Have You Seen... Bank Fraudster

    Back on April, this lady rolled up to a teller's window at the Chase at 1355 Oak Avenue in the Bronx. We're not sure quite how, but cops say she managed to get the bank to give her $9,000 of another customer's money. Now they're looking for her. She's described as a white woman with reddish hair, probably in her 40s. If you have information as to this woman or this incident, NYPD asks you to contact 1-800-577-TIPS(8477), www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or text 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577.

    July 8, 2009
  • Pedro Espada Plays Moneyball

    July 15, 2009
  • Missing Person: Nelson Flecha, 51, The Bronx

    Nelson Flecha, a 51-year-old, light-skinned black man who lives on Woodycrest Avenue in The Bronx, has disappeared. He was last seen on East 94th Street around 7 p.m. last Friday, wearing a beige Yankees cap and blue pants with a white stripe. He's 5'9", about 120 pounds, with dark brown eyes and black hair flecked with grey. If you have information as to his whereabouts, NYPD asks you to contact 1-800-577-TIPS(8477), www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or text 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577.

    July 15, 2009
  • Have You Seen... Dunkin' Donuts Robber

    NYPD is looking for a man they think committed seven robberies from June 24 through this past Monday. Though his began his spree with a Subway restaurant on East Gun Hill Road in The Bronx, he thereafter concentrated on Dunkin' Donuts outlets in The Bronx and Manhattan, most recently at 55 West 55th Street. Wearing a blue bandana in the first two robberies and yellow bandana in the last five, he told employees that he had a gun and demanded cash. Maybe he figures these stores will soon be squeez

    July 16, 2009
  • Quick Hits

    Mayor Bloomberg spoke for Sonia Sotomayor at the hearings today, lauded her appointment on diversity grounds in that she would represent The Bronx. (Ginsburg is from Brooklyn, Scalia from Queens.) "My grandmother was born in Montgomery, Alabama," Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau told Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions at the hearings, which delighted the Senator. Sessions told a witness, "We're gonna do that crack cocaine thing we talked about." Was asked to rephrase. He was talking about legisla

    July 16, 2009
  • Now This is How You Make a Point About Land Use

    The Tri-State Transportation Campaign, like other South Bronx activist groups, thinks the Sheridan Expressway in the Bronx is underused, and that it'd make more sense to tear it down and create "affordable housing, mixed-use retail and open space" in its place. Environmental impact statements may be convincing to wonks, but we think anyone can get the message that Tri-State conveys with this group photo, which they claim was taken at rush hour. Score one for visual literacy!

    July 17, 2009
  • Missing Persons: Edmund Louis, 71; Hadja Kante, 11; Tomas Chavez, 53

    Edmund Louis (left), 71, left his Cauldwell Avenue home in The Bronx on Friday night around 11 p.m. and hasn't been seen since. He was last seen wearing a colorful Hawaiian shirt, black jeans, black shoes, and a black baseball cap. Hadja Kante (center), 11, was last seen Friday around 5:30 p.m. in front of 1083 Sheridan Avenue in The Bronx. She's five feet tall, about 115 pounds, of medium build and dark complexion, and was wearing a black T-shirt and blue jeans when she vanished. Tomas Chavez

    July 20, 2009
  • Somebody Got Murdered: Man Shot to Death in the Bronx

    View Larger Map DATE: July 19, 2009 at approximately 11:12 p.m. LOCATION: 3665 Laconia Avenue, Brooklyn A man, 50, was shot repeatedly in the chest last night outside 3665 Laconia Ave. in the Bronx. He was declared dead at Jacobi Hospital. His name has yet to be released. No arrests. Know anything about this case? Drop us a line at grayman@villagevoice.com.

    July 20, 2009
  • Mosquito Poisoning Next Week in Bronx, Queens, Staten Island

    The recent discovery of West Nile virus in Bronx mosquitoes has apparently got the Department of Health concerned, and they've started "aerial larviciding" -- that is, dropping poison from helicopters -- to cut it back. They actually hit some targets last month, and will recommence firing next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Pelham Bay Park North in The Bronx; Alley Pond Park, Linden Hill/College Point, Flushing, Edgemere, and Somerville in Queens; and Arlington, Old Place, Howland Hook, Bloomf

    July 23, 2009
  • Mosquito Poisoning Next Week in Bronx, Queens, Staten Island

    The recent discovery of West Nile virus in Bronx mosquitoes has apparently got the Department of Health concerned, and they've started "aerial larviciding" -- that is, dropping poison from helicopters -- to cut it back. They actually hit some targets last month, and will recommence firing next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Pelham Bay Park North in The Bronx; Alley Pond Park, Linden Hill/College Point, Flushing, Edgemere, and Somerville in Queens; and Arlington, Old Place, Howland Hook, Bloomf

    July 23, 2009
  • Missing Persons: Melissa Barthelemy, 24; Bernardo Calero, 66

      Melissa Barthelemy, 24, was last seen leaving her home on Underhill Avenue in The Bronx on July 12. She's 4'11", 95 pounds, has blonde hair and the word "BLAZE" tattooed on her upper back. Bernardo Calero, 66, of Teller Avenue in The Bronx left a field trip at the Bronx Zoo (Southern Boulevard exit) at about 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday and has not been seen since. He's 5'6", about 160 pounds, has brown eyes and black hair, and was wearing a red t-shirt and khaki cargo pants at the time of hi

    July 24, 2009
  • Haute Snack Food Comes to Metropolitan Avenue

    hamburgercalculus.comSpuyten Duyvil​The gastronomification of Metropolitan Avenue continues apace: Free Williamsburg reports that Joe Carroll, the owner of Fette Sau and Spuyten Duyvil, is busy crafting a "haute snack food joint" in the building next door to his Belgian beer shrine. The new place will offer high-falutin' takes on such Jersey diner staples as hot dogs and disco fries, and will open sometime in the fall. As has already been reported, Carroll will have some similarly food-fetishi

    July 31, 2009
  • Somebody Got Murdered: Man Shot in the Bronx

    View Larger Map DATE: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, at approximately 12:28 a.m. LOCATION: The vicinity of Rosewood Street and Barker Avenue, the Bronx. A man, 27, was found shot in the chest at Rosewood Street and Barker Avenue in the Bronx early today. He was declared dead at Jacobi Medical Center. No identification released by police so far. Know anything about this incident? Drop us a line at grayman@villagevoice.com.

    August 4, 2009
  • Somebody Got Murdered: Bronx Man Stabbed in Apartment

    View Larger Map DATE: Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009, at approximately 10:40 p.m. LOCATION: 2641 Marion Avenue, The Bronx. The police say 63-year-old David Holmond was found fatally stabbed in an apartment at the above address. He was pronounced dead at the scene. No arrests so far. Know the victim? Know anything about the crime? Drop us a line at grayman@villagevoice.com

    August 6, 2009
  • Get Ready for Puerto Rico's The Taco Maker; You May Not Recognize Sam Sifton After All

    ​The Organic Center in Boulder is refuting claims made by a widely covered British study that found organic foods are not more nutritious than conventional. The Organic Center's own 2008 report showed that "organic foods were, on average, 25 percent higher" in nutrients. [BizJournals] Just as food trends are changing, so are food snobs. Being a foodie once meant knowing one's truffles and foie gras. Now, it's knowing one's Queens taco trucks and best Bronx pizza. [NY Daily News] Newly na

    August 7, 2009
  • MATCH POINT

    August 18, 2009
  • Better Photo of Serial Subway Robber

    ​Police has supplied a better picture of the suspect in 14 robberies on various subway trains in uptown Manhattan and The Bronx, the latest of which occurred on the F at 169th Street and Hillside Avenue on August 14. The suspect, Rasheen Williams, is 39 years old and at large. His alleged MO is to brandish a knife and demand valuables. If you have information as to this man or these incidents, NYPD asks you to contact 1-800-577-TIPS(8477), www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or text 274637 (CRIME

    August 24, 2009
  • Somebody Got Murdered: Man Found Dead in the Bronx

    View Larger Map DATE: Monday, Aug. 24, 2009 at approx 5:00 a.m. LOCATION: Inside of 4431 Carpenter Ave, the Bronx. The police say they found a man shot once in the head inside 4431 Carpenter Ave. in the Bronx early this morning. He was declared dead at the scene. His identity has yet to be released. Know anything about the incident? Drop us a line at grayman@villagevoice.com

    August 24, 2009
  • Somebody Got Murdered: Livery Cab Driver Shot in The Bronx

    View Larger Map DATE: Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, at approximately 10:23 p.m. LOCATION: In front of 455 Wales Ave., The Bronx. The police are saying that a livery cab driver was shot to death during an apparent robbery outside 455 Wales Ave. in the Bronx Sunday night. The car was still moving when he was shot, the Daily News reported. The driver, Jose Pena-Seguira, 42, of Webster Avenue was taken to Lincoln Hospital where he was declared dead at 11 p.m. Police arrested at 31-year-old man in conne

    August 24, 2009
  • Missing Person: Giannaro Tejada, 17

    ​Giannaro Tejada, 17, of The Bronx, went on Thursday to Riverside Park with some friends and has not been seen since. He's 5'9", about 175 pounds, and was wearing blue jeans and a red t-shirt at the time of his disappearance. If you have information as to his whereabouts, NYPD asks you to contact 1-800-577-TIPS(8477), www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or text 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577.

    August 31, 2009
  • Somebody Got Murdered: Man Found Shot in the Bronx

    View Larger Map DATE: Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009 at approximately 11:37 p.m. LOCATION: in front of 3720 Third Avenue, The Bronx. The police say a 20-year-old man was found shot several times in the head outside of 3720 Third Ave. in the Bronx late Sunday. He was declared dead at the scene. The police have yet to release the victim's name. Know the victim? Know anything about the crime? Drop us a line at grayman@villagevoice.com.

    August 31, 2009
  • Gangs Shout Anti-Mexican Slurs, Beat, Stab Men in 3 Bronx Attacks

    ​Four Hispanic men got beaten up, and one was stabbed, in what appear to have been bias attacks in the West Bronx last Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. The attackers were also Hispanic and shouted anti-Mexican slurs at them; it's unknown what the victims' heritage is. At 1:45 a.m. on Saturday, two young men were chased to 182nd Street and the Grand Concourse and there assaulted by four attackers. On Sunday around 4 a.m. five of them set upon a middle-aged man and beat and stabbed him just a f

    September 2, 2009
  • Missing Person: Monica Gonzalez, 23

    ​Around 7 a.m. on August 30, Monica Gonzalez, 23, left her home at Rochambeau Avenue in The Bronx and has not been seen since. She's 5'7", approximately 140 pounds, with brown eyes and black, shoulder-length hair, and was last seen wearing a pink tank top, dark blue jeans, and black moccasins. f you have information as to her whereabouts, NYPD asks you to contact 1-800-577-TIPS(8477), www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or text 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577.

    September 11, 2009
  • Primary Afternoon with Katz & Diaz

    By Steven Thrasher. Melinda Katz, Democratic nominee for comptroller, was joined by Ruben Diaz Jr. at the Parkchester 6 train exit in the Bronx. She looked somewhat tired and run down,but joked today's "been easy! I woke up at noon, watched some soap operas" between greeting commuters. The Bronx Borough President, not lacking energy at all, was pumping flesh right alongside his friend, proclaiming her the next comptroller and Bill Thompson the next mayor. But for the $64,000 question (or,

    September 15, 2009
  • Missing person

    ​Keiana McKoy, 13, of the south Bronx, was last seen on Wednesday wearing a burgundy and pink striped sweater, black jeans and pink rain boots. She's 5'4" tall and weighs 120 lbs. If you have any information, the NYPD is asking you to contact (800) 577-TIPS (8477), or www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or text CRIMES (274637) then enter TIP577.

    October 4, 2009
  • Somebody Got Murdered: Bronx Man Found Fatally Shot in Car

    View Larger Map DATE: Oct. 5, 2009, 2:40 p.m. LOCATION: In front of 3815 Dyre Avenue, The Bronx. The police say a 35-year-old man was found shot fatally in a Nissan Maxima outside the above address. He had been shot in the chest. He was taken to Montefiore North Hospital, where he was declared dead. The police have yet to release the victim's identity. If you know anything about this case or the victim, drop us a line at grayman@villagevoice.com.

    October 6, 2009
  • Crazy Yankee Chick: Baseball Doesn't Get Any Better Than This

    ​It's 9:34 pm right now and the Twins and Tigers are still playing baseball. Which wouldn't be extraordinary in most any other circumstances, except that this is one-game playoff game. And the game started at 5. It's the 12th inning, and 4 and 1/2 hours ago, these two divisional teams commenced playing at an aggravatingly early time spot. A day game would have been television ratings suicide. A night game would have theoretically been wildly unfair to the team who had to hop a plane to th

    October 6, 2009
  • While Yankees Play, the Bronx Waits for Its Promised Parks

    ​The Yankees might just bring the pennant back to the Bronx this year, but they won't be bringing ball fields to the borough for at least another two. The Bronx News Network is reporting that Heritage Field, the last of the replacement parks to be built on the site of the old Yankee Stadium, won't be finished until at least 2011. There's been no shortage of recreational athletes and teams displaced by the construction of the Bombers' new $1.5 billion home. Macombs Dam Park, which containe

    October 8, 2009
  • Missing Persons: Christina Leonardo Batista, 75; Michael Vecchio, 34 (UPDATE: Batista Found)

    ​Christina Leonardo Batista (left), 75, was last seen Sunday morning, when she left her home in The Bronx to go to the Blessed Sacrament Church at Gleason and Beach Avenues. She's 5'4", about 145 pounds, Hispanic, with black hair and eyeglasses. She was wearing a 3/4 length white sweater, black pants and black shoes when she went missing. That same day around noon, Michael Vecchio (right), a 34-year-old man with Down's Syndrome, wandered away from his Bronx home. He is 5'2", about 275 pou

    October 12, 2009
  • Have You Seen... Fake Meter-Reading Thieves, Northeast Bronx

    ​Two guys have been going around the Northeast Bronx pretending to be "water department employees" and robbing elderly women on that pretense. The perps speak Italian, which apparently assists them in pulling their scam in this Italian neighborhood. They say they're going to check the meter or something, and while one of them converses with the resident, the other steals stuff out of the house. In September they did this on Doris Street and on Roebling Avenue; on October 7th they hit a h

    October 14, 2009
  • Planning Commission Approves Kingsbridge Mall, Won't Require "Living-Wage" Jobs

    Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., local activists, and labor leaders said that if the Kingsbridge Armory was going to be turned into a mall, as the city proposed, its management should be made to pay workers "living wage" rates. It looks like they won't get their wish: the City Planning Commission voted 8-4 in favor of a plan with no wage requirements other than those mandated by law. The city council has to vote on this within 50 days, but is not expected to oppose the plan, attached to t

    October 19, 2009
  • Have You Seen... Persistent Bronx Burglar

    ​On July 15th, the man pictured is believed to have burglarized a New York City Housing Authority storage facility at 1368 Webster Avenue in The Bronx. He must have gotten the impression from the lack of response that he'd gotten away with it, and so returned to the same facility on October 11th and took more stuff. NYPD is fed up and seeks your assistance in catching him; he is believed to between 35 and 45 years of age. If you have information as to this man or these incidents, they ask

    October 20, 2009
  • Somebody Got Murdered: Teen Busted in Killing of Bronx Woman, 92

    View Larger Map DATE: Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, 6:45 p.m. LOCATION: 731 E. 224 Street, The Bronx. The police have arrested Jamal Blair, 18, of East 233rd Street in the Bronx, in the murder of an elderly bystander struck by a stray bullet in her own home Tuesday. Blair is charged with murder and illegal weapons possession. Sadie Mitchell, 92, was hit in the hip by the stray bullet while she walked from her kitchen to her living room to watch a game show. The bullet "migrated" to her lungs, Poli

    October 22, 2009
  • Have You Seen... Bronx Bomb Threat Bank Robber

    ​On Saturday morning a guy walked into the Chase Bank at Westchester Avenue between Southern Boulevard and Simpson Street in The Bronx, placed a "device" in front of the teller's window, and passed a note saying he would blow it up if they didn't give him money. They gave him money and he fled. The device turned out to be a fake. The man is believed to be in his 30s, 6 feet tall, of heavy build and dark skin color, with a scruffy beard and mustache. He was wearing a black leather jacket,

    October 27, 2009
  • Jail Guard Charged In Inmate Assaults

    Prosecutors in the Bronx have indicted a correction officer for beating up two inmates and trying to cover up one of the incidents at jail housing teenage detainees. The case emerged from an broad investigation into problems at the Robert N. Davoren Center that started after the fatal 2008 beating of teen Christopher Robinson there by inmates who had essentially been deputized as enforcers by correction officers. Correction Officer Timothy Munroe, 24, of the Bronx was charged with two misdemea

    October 30, 2009
  • Somebody Got Murdered: Boyfriend Busted In Young Mom's Slaying

    View Larger Map DATE: Sunday, Nov. 01, 2009 at approximately 7:30 p.m. LOCATION: 690 Allerton Ave., The Bronx. The investigation into the shooting death of a 22-year-old Bronx woman has ended with the arrest of her boyfriend, the police say. Margarita Feliciano was shot in the face, and declared dead in her 8th floor apartment at the above address Sunday night. She lived there with her 2-year-old daughter and the boyfriend. William Soto, 40, of the same address was charged today with murder,

    November 3, 2009
  • Yanks Party While Bleachers Fall

    While the World Champion Yankees are fighting their way through lower Manhattan traffic this morning, a more somber ceremony is taking place in the Bronx, where the demolition of old Yankee Stadium has now begun in earnest. WCBS Radio helicopter pilot Tom Kaminski snapped a photo of a backhoe tearing into the left-field bleachers on Wednesday, and another yesterday that shows the center-field bleachers (aka "the black") partly collapsed into debris. David Lombino, a spokesperson for the city E

    November 6, 2009
  • Bronx Teacher Assigns Chuck Palahniuk Story, is Suspended

    ​We recall that when we worked as a tutor in Brooklyn in the 90s, many of our students carried a copy of Sapphire's Push with their schoolbooks. We wonder what those now-grown students will think when and if they learn that a teacher in the Bronx has been suspended for assigning a Chuck Palahniuk story to a test-prep class. Greg Van Voorhis, who has taught at The Bronx School of Finance for seven years, gave out "Guts" to students preparing for the Regents exam. The story involves a young

    November 9, 2009
  • Have you seen: a missing woman in the Bronx

    ​Police in the 40th Precinct are asking for help from anyone who may have seen Ola McLeod-Addison, age 86, of Morris Avenue in the Bronx. She's 5'6 tall and 110 lbs, and was last seen on Saturday morning at her home wearing a black jacket, white sneakers and a small black leather bag. Anyone with information about Ms. McLeod-Addison is asked to call NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at (800)577-Tips (8477), log on to www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by text (274637), then enter TIP577. All tips

    November 15, 2009
  • Somebody Got Murdered: Severed Torso Found in the Bronx

    View Larger Map DATE: Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, 6:40 a.m. LOCATION: Opposite 214 East 168 Street, The Bronx. A building super discovered a male torso wrapped in a plastic bag inside a blue plastic garbage container early Saturday across the street from the above address. The medical examiner and detectives are investigating. Know anything about this case? Drop us a line at grayman@villagevoice.com.

    November 16, 2009
  • Somebody Got Murdered: Cops Seek Public's Help in Stabbing Death

    View Larger Map DATE: Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, 2:05 a.m. LOCATION: Allerton Avenue and White Plains Road, The Bronx.  The police say a man was stabbed to death early Sunday at the above intersection. He had been stabbed repeatedly. He was taken to Jacobi Hospital where he was declared dead. The Daily News says investigators are trying to determine whether he was assaulted there, or stabbed elsewhere and then dumped at the scene. Cops are asking anyone with information to call the Crime Stopper

    November 16, 2009
  • Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free

    T-shirt design from jinx.com​Did you maybe hear that the new Twilight movie is out?

    November 21, 2009
  • Council Big Puts Squeeze on Kingsbridge Armory Developer for "Living Wage"

    ​Last month the city planning commission approved the Kingsbridge Mall project, in which Related Companies will turn the old Bronx armory into a shopping center, without adding a "living wage" requirement as Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. had hoped. But the city council may yet put the screws on. Joe Rivera, the council majority leader, claims to have the votes to block the project in the subcommittee on zoning and franchises if Related doesn't agree to pay employee s something the

    November 23, 2009
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