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Bronx Teen Takes Aggressive Approach To Raise Jeans For Teens

Fourteen-year-old Myles Miller can’t help but get involved - in everything.

The freshman at Bronx Preparatory Charter School in Morrisania is a national oratory champion; a member of his school’s debate team; and heads RFK, a news station he founded at his school two years ago to get the voices of youth into mainstream media.

So when Myles recently heard about “Teens for Jeans” - a national campaign to donate denims to homeless youth - he jumped on board.

“Who wants to live in a homeless shelter and have to go to school every day in the same old clothes?” he said. “Self-esteem comes into play and it really relates to some of the hard-hitting topics happening here in the Bronx.”

Last month, the nonprofit teen group Do Something teamed with Aeropostale clothing stores to launch the jeans campaign. People who donated gently-used jeans to any of 800 Aeropostale stores nationwide got 20% off a new pair of jeans. The denims are to be donated to local shelters and charities.

The ultimate goal was to collect 100,000 pairs of jeans by Feb. 10. Myles has been encouraging his fellow students to do their part.

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In the pizzerias, cafes and delicatessens along Arthur Avenue in the Bronx yesterday the flags - American and Albanian - were much in evidence as news of Kosovo’s declaration of independence resonated in this ethnic enclave.

The area just south of Fordham Road in the Belmont area of the Bronx still is a heavily Italian-American neighborhood. But for the past three decades it has absorbed a significant influx of ethnic Albanian emigres from Kosovo and elsewhere in the Balkans.

Buoyed by the news, it was a day for Albanians to shine. “I think this is the best day for all Albanians,” said Gentrit Dedushi, 18, a worker at Gurra Cafe. “It is our independence day. I think this is going to help our [Kosovo] economy.”

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4,000 Bronx Building Workers Looking For More $$ & New Contract

Residents in 500 Bronx buildings are facing another nervous wait-and-see game, as building workers and landlords have begun talks on a new contract.

With their current contract expiring March 14, talks were underway for nearly 4,000 residential property service Bronx workers, represented by Local 32BJ, and major Bronx employers, including the Bronx Realty Advisory Board and top independent employers.

“Wages for Bronx members have failed to keep pace with the rising costs of housing, food and transportation over the last three years,” said Kyle Bragg, vice president of Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union.

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