The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH) today updated New Yorkers on the detection of poliovirus.
Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced the opening of the new Department of Records & Information Services – Municipal Archives facility at Industry City, Brooklyn.
Throughout history, women have always had an impact on our policies and politics.
Calling all storytellers, writers, wordsmiths, English majors, history buffs, and anyone who wants to celebrate the many inspiring women who have made a difference in our lives: you’re invited to write them into history!
It’s said that it takes a village to raise a child, and sometimes more than one actual mother helps shape our lives.
The teacher learning to engage her classes online, the retired nurse volunteering at the local hospital, and the home health aide riding the subway to help the homebound.
Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited, more commonly called HARYOU, was an American social activism organization founded by psychologists Kenneth Clark and Mamie Phipps Clark in 1962.
Who are the women who inspire you? Public figures, historic changemakers or perhaps women you know personally and admire.
The New York City Department of Records & Information Services announced the availability of a new book: The Central Park: Original Designs for New York’s Greatest Treasure (Abrams 2019).
An overturned car, near the 145th Street Bridge ramp, New York, New York, July 10, 1917
A great apartment view of the Cathedral Of Saint John the Divine at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue and other buildings in the “close”, Harlem, New York, 1935-1941.
The New York City Department of Records & Information Services (DORIS) is seeking stories of inspiring and empowering women from Harlem to contribute to WomensActivism.NYC.
Tune in to honor the life and legacy of one of NYC’s most prominent public servants – the late council member Miriam Friedlander loved from Harlem to Hollis.
Join us each month for our Lunch and Learn Series – an intimate conversation with agency staff and special guests on the collections of the Municipal Archives and Library.
The Neighborhood Stories project is an inspiring storytelling initiative that aims to gather oral history-style interviews from New Yorkers from Harlem to Hollis.