Evidence of Burial Ground Is Discovered in East Harlem


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For nearly a decade, keepers of Harlem’s historical flame have insisted — in the face of official skepticism — that a significant antebellum landmark lay beneath an enormous bus depot near the Harlem River.

They had plenty of documents to show that the 126th Street Bus Depot in Upper Manhattan occupied the site of a Reformed Dutch churchyard where New Yorkers of African descent had been buried from the 17th century through the 19th century. What they lacked were any remains.

Ted Cruz gives lame apology for ‘New York values’ comments — then slams Gov. Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio


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He also apologized to New York law enforcement and first responders who he said de Blasio doesn’t stand with and instead “stands with looters and criminals.”

The mayor fired back earlier, labeling Cruz as a hypocrite who had no trouble soliciting campaign funds from New Yorkers in his run for the White House. Cruz also accepted a $1 million low-interest loan from Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street fiancial giant based in New York since 1869, to help finance his 2012 run for the Senate.

On Friday, the Daily News stood up for the all New Yorkers by urging the trash-talking politician to “go back to Canada,” on its front page.

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