Seitu’s World: MLK Celebration At BAM
By Seitu Oronde Today represents what would have been the 85th birthday of Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,. People assembled from all over the city to help celebrate this legend.
By Seitu Oronde Today represents what would have been the 85th birthday of Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,. People assembled from all over the city to help celebrate this legend.
In the 1800s, free blacks were sometimes lured from the safety of their hometowns, abducted, and sold into slavery.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a major settlement agreement that will help make communities more just and affordable by ending the reported harassment and intimidation of mainly Spanish-speaking immigrant tenants in nearly 1,800 apartments within 49 buildings in Harlem, Washington Heights, Brooklyn and the South Bronx.
John E. (Jack) Nail, a successful Harlem realtor, was born in New London, Connecticut in 1883. His parents, Elizabeth and John B. Nail, moved to New York City where the senior Nail bought a hotel, restaurant, and billiard parlor after working for a time in a gambling house.
By A’Lelia Bundles Langston Hughes called A’Lelia Walker “the joy goddess of Harlem’s 1920s” Whenever I see my grandmother Mae’s 1923 wedding photographs, I can’t help but marvel at the elegance and extravagance.
This week, Governor Cuomo is expected to announce that those with Cancer, Glaucoma and certain other illnesses from Harlem to East Hampton will have access to medical marijuana.
In year-end good news for the borough’s Consolidated Edison residential customers, a two-year electric delivery rate freeze, and a three-year gas and steam distribution rate freeze from Harlem to East Hampton, is set to go into effect Jan. 1, pending state Public Service Commission approval.
New York City Economic Development Corporation today announced the launch of the NYC Broadband Map, an initiative designed to expand connectivity and ensure that the City further establishes its position as a leader in technology in the 21st century.
The new year is here, and Harlem residents resolving to get rid of last year’s clutter need look no further than Stop ‘N’ Swap®, a free community event organized by local non-profit GrowNYC coming to Harlem on January 25th.
Join Santa Claus and his family at EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care for a photo and face painting with Mrs. Claus and refreshments at 215 West 125th Street (near 7th Avenue). Related articles Brawling Santas have New Yorkers seeing red Shaking it up at FatWallet: Our Own Harlem Shake Videos! With Affordable Care Act, Canceled Policies for…
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today issued a consumer alert to urge Harlemites and New Yorkers to protect themselves against identity theft during the busy holiday shopping season when that risk is especially high.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today released an end of the year progress report on New York State’s commitment to connecting minority and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) showing the state had surpassed its goal of providing 20 percent of state contracts MWBEs.
We love this photo of a Judaica-Jewish Bar Mitzvah boy in one of the many photographic studios in East Harlem, NY, 1920’s.
Notification issued 12/13/13 at 6:00 PM. The New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM) today issued a Hazardous Travel Advisory for Saturday, 12/14. The National Weather Service has forecast 4 to 6 inches of snow accumulation, expected to begin midday Saturday and change to rain in the late evening as the temperature rises. Rain…
In light of the Artists Town Hall: Affordable Care Act Info Session created by the Harlem World Magazine and Injoy Enterprises held last weekend we thought this article is timely. The NY Times write that many in New York’s professional and cultural elite have long supported President Obama’s health care plan.