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...seated in 8F, on the starboard side window and next to a young businessman. The New York to Charlotte flight is one I've taken what seems like hundreds of times over the years. We take off north over the Bronx and as we climb, turn west over the Hudson River to New Jersey and tack south. I love to fly, always have, and this flight plan gives a great view of several New York landmarks including Yankee Stadium and the George Washington Bridge...
...influential New York Archdiocese, which is responsible for some 2.5 million Catholics, includes 405 parishes extending from the boroughs of Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx to several southern counties in the Empire State. It has been struggling in recent years because of financial troubles, shrinking parochial school attendees and the lingering fallout of the sex-abuse crisis...
...focused much of his attention as a public official on housing. According to the Bronx borough president's office, at least 25,000 new housing units have been built in the borough under Carrion's adminstration...
...During his campaign for Bronx borough president, Carrion was arrested, along with Al Sharpton, for trespassing while protesting U.S. Navy bomb tests on the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico. In an open letter written from his jail cell, Carrion said he was proud of what he had done standing up for the civil rights of the island's inhabitants...
...called revenge. This shows total disregard for the community." - Mary L. Blassingame, head of a Bronx community board who lost her position after opposing Carrion on a Yankee stadium development plan, New York Times, June...