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Sgt. Kristen McKee had patch of hair ripped from her scalp by KeKe Cufee in 2006 attack.

Cufee faces up to seven years in prison.

Bronx Woman Convicted of Assaulting NYPD Arrested For Witness Tampering

A pregnant Bronx woman convicted of assaulting an NYPD sergeant and yanking a giant patch of hair from the cop’s scalp was supposed to be sentenced Tuesday.

Instead she was arrested, handcuffed and carted off to jail for tampering with witnesses, prosecutors said.

KeKe Cufee, 25, was rearrested in the hallway of Bronx Supreme Court. Her lawyer, Laura Pitter, said she did not know why her client was arrested.

Pitter appeared stunned when Bronx Assistant District Attorney Nicole Garretson asked Supreme Court Justice Margaret Clancy to postpone the sentencing.

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Private Investor Buys Four-Unit Property on Webster Ave.

Yosef Offeck of Hope Horizon Realty LLC purchased the retail building at 1349-1351 Webster Ave. in the Bronx for $2.1 million, or about $340 per square foot. The seller was Renaissance Realty Group LLC.

Built in 1931, the single-story building totals 6,160 square feet in four retail units. Tenants include Domino’s Pizza and a beauty salon. According to public records, the building has been through extensive renovations, including a roof replacement, within the past three years.

Erick Yankelovich and Henry Levy of GFI Realty Services were the sole brokers in this transaction.

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Hampshire Partners Fund VII Acquires Medical/Retail Building in Bronx, N.Y.

The Hampshire Companies has announced the acquisition of a 59,100-square-foot medical/office building and a 21,000-square-foot retail building.

Bronx, NY (PRWEB) January 16, 2008 — The Hampshire Companies, a full service, private real estate investment fund manager with equity in assets valued at over $1.5 billion, has announced the acquisition of a 59,100-square-foot medical/office building and a 21,000-square-foot retail building both located at 3250 Westchester Avenue in Bronx, N.Y. from Pelbay Associates, Inc. The acquisition was made on behalf of Hampshire Partners Fund VII, Hampshire’s $350 million institutional real estate investment fund.

Ideally located with close proximity to the New York City Subway System, the property is fully leased and is home to national retail tenants such as Dunkin Donuts, Baskin Robbins, Subway and CVS/Pharmacy. Medical tenants include Doschi Diagnostic, a multi-modality imaging center and premier radiological service provider and SurgiCare Ambulatory Surgery Center of New York, a state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center.

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 Michael Partis, a Fordham College at Rose Hill senior, discusses the challenges of college with visiting high school students from Pablo Neruda Academy in the Bronx. Photo by Ken Levinson

Bronx High School Students ‘Shadow’  Fordham Undergraduates

1/15/2008

Not too many 15-year-olds can say they’ve attended classes at Fordham University. But Shawntel Jones, a sophomore from the Pablo Neruda Academy in the Bronx, did just that as part of the Office of Multicultural Affairs’ College Shadow Program – a weeklong event in which the youngsters teamed up with Fordham undergraduates as a way to gain insight into the college experience.

Jones said the classes on “Effective Speaking” and “Affirmative Action and the American Dream” she attended during the week of Nov. 5 with her mentor, Fordham College at Rose Hill senior Jasmine Velazquez, 21, were anything but boring.

“The [professors] actually get to know their students,” said Jones, who plans to attend college to become an engineer. “I enjoyed the back and forth between student and teacher. It was great.”

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Bronx Science Students Present The Science Of Being Fed Up & Walk-out 

1/16/2008

A student walkout yesterday at the Bronx High School of Science is airing long simmering discontent with the school’s principal, Valerie Reidy.

Between 150 and 200 students walked out of the school at around 10:45 a.m. yesterday denouncing Ms. Reidy in chants and calling for her firing, people who attended the rally or had knowledge of it said.

The spectacle of the rally, which a source said lasted for more than an hour, attracted several television cameras.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Education, Marge Feinberg, said Ms. Reidy told her that the protest was the result of a misunderstanding. Students believed they were protesting the ousting of a teacher, but that was not the case.

“No tenured teacher is being fired,” Ms. Feinberg said.

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