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FBI spent $20K on fancy Italian dinner to lure mobsters into trap

Jan 31, 2018 09:31 pm

The FBI spent $25,000 to lure 20 wiseguys to a gangland "Last Supper" - complete with a mob turncoat in the role of Judas - and later arrested them all. FBI Special Agent William Inzerillo revealed the spaghetti setup Wednesday under cross-examination at the racketeering trial of reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino, who was among the hoods that stuffed their faces at the "Cosa Nostra Christmas party" in The Bronx.
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Tyshawn Jones Sits Down to Talk Skateboarding, Supreme, and Groupies in Latest Interview

Jan 31, 2018 06:43 pm

... for me and they just liked me or respected me so much they would do it. It was cool [laughs]. Was growing up in The Bronx a challenge because of finances or was it just a rough neighborhood? I mean I wasn't broke as fuck, but I wasn't rich. I'm from ...
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Oscar Gamble brought levity to chaos: Yankees teamamates

Jan 31, 2018 05:06 pm

... people I was ever around. He had that hair that he was famous for and he was just a free spirit." He spent 1976 in The Bronx after arriving in a trade from Cleveland for Pat Dobson. He trimmed his hair after joining the Yankees, but his Topps ...
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Bronx man with ISIS propaganda from NYC bomber laughs in court

Jan 31, 2018 03:54 pm

The Bronx would-be terrorist who liked to watch gory beheading videos while working out laughed his way through a court appearance.
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'Big hair, big heart': Yankees slugger Oscar Gamble dead at 68

Jan 31, 2018 12:57 pm

... Indians and the White Sox, respectively. The left-handed pull hitter also played seven seasons over two stints in The Bronx, including two American League pennants in 1976 and 1981. Gamble hit a career-high of 31 home runs and 83 RBIs while playing ...
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Crowley housing plan backed by developers

Jan 31, 2018 08:00 am

From Progress Queens : As U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley begins a reelection year, a real estate-backed housing group has expressed political support for his housing proposals. An election year platform put forth by U.S. Rep. Crowley, named, "A Better Deal for Queens and The Bronx," includes a proposal to offer tenants rent relief in the form of a tax credit.
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NYC schools see surge in sex attacks

Jan 30, 2018 10:40 pm

... the city in an attempt to turn them around. PS 165 Ida Posner in Brownsville, Brooklyn, and Holcombe Rucker HS in The Bronx's Longwood section, both Renewals, reported forcible sex offenses last year, the data show. Brooklyn schools had the most ...
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Was the Police Shooting of Psychotic Woman Justified? D.A. Says No

Jan 30, 2018 06:49 pm

New York City Police Sgt. Hugh Barry, center, returns to the courtroom on Tuesday, the first day of his trial in State Supreme Court in the Bronx.
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Video shows knife-wielding man attack landlord before he's killed by cops

Jan 30, 2018 04:41 pm

This is the moment a knife-wielding man attempted to stab his landlord before being fatally shot by cops in The Bronx. Surveillance footage shows the landlord inside a kitchen in his Prospect Avenue apartment building Monday night when he tells the man that he is giving him a two-week notice to move out for failing to keep up with his rent.
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Open Seat in Westchester May Hold Key to Democratic Unity

Jan 30, 2018 10:37 am

... Democrats. But that deal is predicated on Democrats holding the open seat in Westchester, as well as one in the Bronx vacated by Ruben Diaz Sr., who is now a New York City councilman. The Bronx seat should be a slam dunk for Democrats, but political ...
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Stand up for the 96% and support congestion pricing

Jan 30, 2018 06:40 am

... members and 81 subway stations. Brooklyn has 20 members and 170 stations. Manhattan, 12 members and 151 stations. The Bronx, 11 Assembly members and 70 stations. Including the four members from Staten Island - where there is no subway but plenty of ...
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Ex-jail clinician allowed to see inmate after pot smuggling bust

Jan 29, 2018 10:46 pm

... he told authorities, according to the criminal complaint. "OK, this is not the first time I've done it," he added. The Bronx district attorney's office charged him with misdemeanor offenses of promoting prison contraband and official misconduct. He ...
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Rubin Foundation Grants $777,000 to Sixty Arts Organizations

Jan 29, 2018 02:50 pm

... the CUE Art Foundation, Working Artists and the Greater Economy, the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian Art, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Laundromat Project, Socrates Sculpture Park, and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Artist residency programs ...
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Cardi B is a Cover Girl, Says She Was a 'Little Bit Happier' Before Fame

Jan 29, 2018 11:45 am

... her family for their constant support, and is looking forward to hopefully starting her own family someday. The Bronx, New York, native is currently engaged to Offset from the hip-hop trio Migos. "My real goal is to have beautiful kids, a beautiful ...
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Boy, 5, who was shot in Bronx back in hospital with infection

Jan 29, 2018 04:28 am

... - and several special guests. A trifecta of Knicks visited to drop off presents and play a game of hoops with him. The Bronx boy was hit in the head with a stray bullet on June 5, 2017 and is still recovering. "He was drooling, bumping into things," ...
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Giancarlo Stanton ready for the 'big city, bright lights'

Jan 28, 2018 10:57 pm

Fernandez told his Marlins teammate, Giancarlo Stanton, that the slugger would hit 60 homers in 2017 and win NL MVP honors. Fernandez also said that if things didn't work out in Miami, one day they would be teammates in The Bronx.
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Franklin (46) at Baldwin (Ny) (51), in-Season Tournaments - Girls Basketball

Jan 28, 2018 08:56 pm

Kennedy Schenck scored 15 points for Franklin, No. 10 in the NJ.com Top 20, in a 51-46 loss to Baldwin in the Mecca Invitational in The Bronx, N.Y.
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A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Lights Up The HUB For SPA Day 2018

Jan 28, 2018 10:08 am

Rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie put on a solid performance in Alumni Hall Friday night, pumping up the crowd with his wavy flow. The Bronx-born artist put on a set at the HUB to commemorate the third annual SPA Day Celebration before heading over to ENVY Nightclub to perform for its one-year anniversary bash .
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Author tells story of redemption

Jan 27, 2018 11:29 pm

... University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. Born in Baltimore in 1978, Moore moved with his mother and sisters to The Bronx, where his grandparents lived, after his father died when he was just 3 years old. He attended Riverdale Country School, but ...
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