NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A charity created by the Yankees in 2006 to help win support from Bronx residents upset about the team’s plans to build a new stadium — seizing 25 acres of public parkland — has been spending most of its money in communities, often wealthier ones, that were not impacted by the construction, according to a report.
The New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits Fund promised to distribute $40 million in cash grants and sports equipment and 600,000 baseball tickets to community organizations in the Bronx over four decades. But The New York Times reported Wednesday that of the $6.