Survey Points to Tensions Among Chief Minorities – New York Times

December 13, 2007
Survey Points to Tensions Among Chief Minorities
By JULIA PRESTON

Distrust and racial tension among Hispanics, Asians and blacks in the United States are pressing concerns for all three groups, a new national poll conducted in English, Spanish and five Asian languages has found.

The poll, published Wednesday, found a stark gap between Hispanics and Asians, who are mainly immigrants, and African-Americans about their prospects for success.

About three-quarters of Hispanics and about two-thirds of Asians believe they will progress in this country if they work hard, the survey found. But only 44 percent of African-Americans polled said they believed that hard work would bring them success, and 66 percent of African-Americans said they did not believe that everyone in the United States had an equal opportunity to succeed.

Survey Points to Tensions Among Chief Minorities – New York Times.

Cities cultivate 2 types of green – USATODAY.com

Cities cultivate 2 types of green

By Marisol Bello, USA TODAY
NEW YORK — Squatting on the roof of a row house with a panoramic view of the sewage plants and warehouses that surround the South Bronx, James Wells sounds like a tree-hugger.

Cities cultivate 2 types of green – USATODAY.com.

Bronx man nabbed in assaults on elderly women — Newsday.com

Bronx man nabbed in assaults on elderly women

BILL MASON
December 13, 2007

A Bronx man was arrested yesterday and will be charged in several robberies of and assaults against elderly women, police said.

Irving Cambasse, 38, of 886 Union Ave., was charged with robbery, assault and unlawful imprisonment, police said.

Cambasse was responsible for four attacks in the Bronx between Saturday and Tuesday, police said. In some cases, he punched or kicked victims or threatened them with a screwdriver.

Bronx man nabbed in assaults on elderly women — Newsday.com.