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— Nobody in Albany or his own district office had a clue Bronx Assemblyman Nelson Castro had been leading a double life as both an elected official and an informant for law enforcement agencies, the NY Times reports. Here’s a classic quote from Castro’s Democratic colleague in the Assembly, Jeff Dinowitz: “He was always very friendly,” Dinowitz told the Times. “Now I know why.”

— The city is testing a new pay-by-phone parking service in the Bronx’s Little Italy neighborhood, WNYC reports.

— At the federal trial where the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk tactics are being debated and scrutinized, a Bronx teacher testified about being stopped and frisked for, apparently, carrying an empty plastic bag during his lunch break. [CBS NY]

T– he Daily News talks to residents in the Bronx’s 40th Precinct, a focal point in the stop-and-frisk debate, to gauge their feelings on the NYPD’s controversial tactics. At least one guy said he didn’t mind the tactics because they were helping keep the violence down, but others said it eroded trust in the community and made residents feel like criminals.

— The New York State Department of Labor statistics show that the Bronx has the second highest unemployment rate in the state. The Daily News noted, however, the 12.5% rate has dropped from January’s 13.4%. Citywide, the number is much lower, at 9.2%. The Daily News also reported that the numbers may be slightly off due to the 1.75 million young adults not calculated as unemployed. Though the article claims the decline in employment has significantly hit 18-29 year-old minorities, it also recognizes the lay-offs occurring in the Bronx.

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— Due to the MTA’S FASTRACK construction program, Bronxities should expect to take alternate routes this week if accustomed to using the D train. The line will not be in service from 205^th Street to 161^st Yankee Stadium in both directions and will be down every weeknight from 10PM to 5am Friday. Check out ABC’s Eyewitness News’ travel alternatives.

— The Bronx has been selected to be a part of an exhibit featured in the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center in Washington, D.C. that will honor the borough’s innovation and creativity, which, of course, gave birth to hip-hop.  As the Daily News reports, visitors of The Places of Invention exhibit can expect to see hip hop’s essential building blocks such as vinyl records, a boombox, videos, and hip hop flyers. They will even be able to conjure up their inner disc jockey and mix and scratch. The exhibit is scheduled to open in the spring of 2015.

— A handful of upstart City Council candidates, including two facing off against establishment candidates in the Bronx — Cliff Stanton (11th District) and Julio Pabon (17th) — went to City Hall on Monday to rail against the recent corruption scandals that have engulfed some high-profile city officials and say they fear the latest charges will keep people from voting this fall. [Daily News]

— Tragic story about a 9-year-old Bronx girl who hanged herself, perhaps because she couldn’t deal with the arrival of a new baby brother, the Daily News reports.

— And finally, more big-time soccer is coming to Yankee Stadium this spring and summer. English premier league team Chelsea and Manchester City square off on May 25 and Spain takes on Ireland on June 11. [Major League Soccer]