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How Allegedly Mob-Linked Firm Helped Build Affordable Bronx Apartments

Jan. 6, 2020, 4:10 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

A new taxpayer-subsidized building in Mayor de Blasio’s housing push used a contractor prosecutors say is tied to Gambino crime family.

Manhattan

Mob Looted Tax-Break Towers Rising Along The High Line: Feds

Dec. 9, 2019, 4:05 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

The Gambino crime family inflated bills for work on a Chelsea condo complex with a $25m penthouse — and a $1.5m tax credit, prosecutors allege.

Justice

New York’s Most Desperate Caught Up in ‘Crimes of Poverty’

Oct. 14, 2019, 4:05 a.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:27 a.m.

Thousands of people are arrested on petit larceny charges every year in New York City. Their fates can depend on who’s doing the prosecuting.

Public Safety

The Bronx Is Waiting: Police Dispatch Times Highest in the City

May 10, 2019, 4:05 a.m.Sept. 8, 2020, 12:58 p.m.

IBO analysis of precinct dispatch times hit about 8 minutes in Highbridge and Wakefield — more than twice the citywide average, which is on the rise.

NYCHA

On-Duty NYCHA Repairman Charged With Sex Abuse in Tenant’s Apartment

April 8, 2019, 4:05 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:57 p.m.

On the year’s coldest day, an assistant electrician allegedly brought a woman to a flat where he was supposed to be making repairs and assaulted her.

Crime

How Allegedly Mob-Linked Firm Helped Build Affordable Bronx Apartments

Mob Looted Tax-Break Towers Rising Along The High Line: Feds

The Bronx Is Waiting: Police Dispatch Times Highest in the City

On-Duty NYCHA Repairman Charged With Sex Abuse in Tenant’s Apartment

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