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June 27, 2007

Double Dutch champs jumping for joy!

2 Bed-Stuy teams did well at world championship

NY Daily News
By Denise Romano

Though Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner is poised to receive special legislative treatment that will allow him to charge higher rents to low-income tenants as a part of the controversial 421-a reform bill, he's still getting props for supporting local sports.

Two Double Dutch teams from Bedford-Stuyvesant - the Jammin' Jumpers and the Hot Steppers - had a successful run at the recent world championships in Sumter, S.C., once again asserting Brooklyn's credentials as a mecca of the fleet-footed.
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Payne thanked her generous fellow New Yorkers who made donations big and small to help the girls travel to Sumter after the Daily News published an article about their financial straits.

Developer Forest City Ratner chipped in $16,000 toward the $21,000 tab to send three New York City teams to the world championships.

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Posted by lumi at June 27, 2007 5:54 AM