Newsletter BOX: News12 Bronx News Brief - Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson visits Schuster Meat Corporation in Hunts Point during 24-hour campaign tour

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Friday, August 2, 2013

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	Bill Thompson visits the Bronx during 24-hour tour Bill Thompson visited a Bronx business in the early morning hours during his 24-hour campaign tour. The mayoral candidate put on a white coat and went by the Schuster Meat Corporation in Hunts Point to talk to workers as they prepared and packaged ground beef patties.

	Stringer and Spitzer campaign in race for city comptroller In the race for the next city comptroller, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer campaigned Thursday in Brooklyn. Meanwhile, Stringer's opponent, former Governor Eliot Spitzer, held a meet and greet for voters.

	SUNY Maritime wraps up weeklong program Hoping to get the students involved and interested in engineering, the SUNY Maritime College program tasked kids with building a boat that would actually float.

	Woman gets 2-6 years in beating death of son A judge sentenced Kim Crawford to two to six years in prison for killing her 5-year-old son in 2011. In a plea deal, which the family objected to, Crawford pleaded guilty to killing her son on a lesser charge of manslaughter in the second degree.

	New bill could protect victims of immigration fraud State Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, of the Bronx, is calling for legislation to protect victims of immigration counseling fraud. The bill has gained the support of dozens of immigrant advocacy groups throughout the state.