Fans of BronxTalk should know that there was a flood at Bronxnet today and so we couldn’t do a live edition of the show. We’ll be running reruns all week and will have a live show next Monday.
Cabrera at his Kingsbridge Heights apartment in 2009. (File photo)An article in today’s Daily News, one in a series the paper is running that chronicles the misdeeds of City Council members, reports that Bronx City Councilman Fernando Cabrera claimed a home he owns in Westchester County as his “primary residence” on tax forms. The move scored Cabrera a $1,513 tax break via a property tax credit known as School Tax Relief, according to the article, which names three other council members from other boroughs as having done the same.Although Cabrera himself would not comment about the finding, his office confirmed its accuracy. Cabrera’s camp told us the listing of the Westchester property as his primary residence was an “honest oversight” and that Cabrera did not know the tax relief credit would be automatically renewed each year. They said the councilman is in the process of paying the money back and that he does, indeed, live in his Bronx district, as required by law. They couldn’t say who lived in the Westchester home.
Weather: straight ugly. Sn-rain is thankfully supposed to stop by the afternoon.To the news!Story of the Day: Bronxite The Real Baby BiggieThe afro-puffed baby posing in his diaper on the cover of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G.’s seminal “Ready to Die” album is a Bronxite. Keithroy Yearwood, 18, now a high school senior, says he was chosen for the shoot after a casting call by a modeling agency hired by Sean “P-Diddy or Puff Daddy or just plain Diddy” Combs’ recording label, Bad Boy Records. Combs’ office couldn’t confirm this, but Yearwood’s baby pictures appear to cement his claim. The album has sold more than 3.3 million copies, but Yearwood says he only received about $150 for two hours of modeling work.
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