2007 ups and downs in the Bronx

2007 ups and downs in the Bronx

BY BOB KAPPSTATTER
DAILY NEWS BRONX BUREAU CHIEF

Sunday, December 30th 2007, 4:00 AM
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Songstress Jennifer Lopez greeting children at a school across the street from her childhood home.
The new Yankee Stadium under construction. Hagen for News

The new Yankee Stadium under construction.

All things considered, 2007 wasn’t the worst of times for the Bronx, and there were some high spots that came close to making it the best of times.

So herewith, a final look at some of the major and minor stories of the year that was, and let’s hope it’s all uphill in 2008.

2007 ups and downs in the Bronx.

Lawbreaker Lawmakers — Page 1 — Times Union – Albany NY

Lawbreaker Lawmakers
Arguably, about 1-in-5 state legislators has violated the law. How can this be?

By MARY CUDDEHE, ELLEN GABLER and EMILY PICKRELL, Special to the Times Union
First published: Sunday, December 30, 2007

In a perfect world, elected lawmakers would always obey the laws they alone are entrusted to enact, but public records show that in Albany, lawmakers are anything but perfect.

An investigation for the Times Union by the Stabile Center for Investigative Reporting at Columbia University found that about one-fifth of elected legislators in New York have, by some measure, broken some law in recent years. While most of those cases were traffic violations, more than a dozen involved acts charged as crimes — frequently bribery or theft.

Source: Lawbreaker Lawmakers — Page 1 — Times Union – Albany NY.