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South Bronx Council Races Generate Little Heat
Joe Hirsch |
As Campaign 2013’s temperature rose, diners at Mott Haven’s Camaguey restaurant and voters in Melrose had little interest in their lowest-level officials.
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Campaigns Skip Mott Haven, Drug Centers and Shelters Don't
Joe Hirsch |
Mayoral frontrunners skipped a recent forum in the South Bronx neighborhood, where many residents are upset about the number of drug and mental health facilities in the area.
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Violence Dominates Campaign Talk in Mott Haven
Joe Hirsch |
Guns trump other concerns among diners at the Camaguey restaurant. Some see more cops—and others more programs—as the answer.
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Mott Haven Looks to Activists, Not Pols, For Progress
Joe Hirsch |
We open an election-year series with a trip to a restaurant in the South Bronx, where gun violence and wage inequality are what people are talking about—and where there’s little confidence that politicians are listening.
