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Making Mount Vernon safer key to revitalization, councilman says

Originally published: January 18, 2013 11:49 AM
Updated: January 18, 2013 1:43 PM
By TIMOTHY O'CONNOR  timothy.oconnor@cablevision.com

Richard Thomas talks about Mount Vernon.

Richard Thomas talks about Mount Vernon. (January 18, 2013 12:58 PM)

Yellow crime scene tape cordoned off Beekman Avenue on Dec. 4 as Mount Vernon police descended upon the basement apartment of Lucius Crawford where 41-year-old Tanya Simmons was found stabbed to death.

An African-American man in blue sweats casually walked around the tape and approached police.

There were a couple of, "Hey, buddy, where do you think you're going?" comments from the assembled...

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