Transit lines are life blood

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Transit Lines are Life Blood
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Building Community in a Cramped Space
Students who go to Banana Kelly High School tend to stay in school – despite its poor physical facilities. more...

Marketing Health In The South Bronx
Residents of the South Bronx complain about the lack of fresh food, while the store where they shop argue that there's not enough demand to stock such items. Several local efforts look to bridge the gap (Read More...)

Testing Students For Success in the South Bronx
Billionaire financier Carl Icahn has founded -- and funded -- a school in the South Bronx that is focused on teachin to the test, in hopes to get local elementary school students into the city's elite high schools. (Read More...)

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Pleasant Park for South Bronx residents
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We're being shived, jail protestors say
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Center tries to get runaways off the street
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Tractor trailers are once again parking on the land next door to a controversial high school. Despite protests by elected officials of exposing students to diesel fumes, the trucks are back. The school itself sits atop land where mercury and other potentially toxic substances were detected.
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posted by Daniel Gesslein (September 6, 2005)



Announcements From the Public Officials of District 17

MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES SELECTION OF BALDOR AND ANHEUSER-BUSCH TO EXPAND IN HUNTS POINT

Serrano Sends Letter to Bloomberg Opposing Power Plant Proposal

Mayor Breaks Ground on Affordable Housing and Community Park in Hunts Point



 
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Basic information for District 17
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City Council Representative
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Community Profile from City Project






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OnNYTurf
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Ballparks.com: New Yankee Stadium
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Highbridge Horizon
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Mothers on the Move
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