Mark Levine Archives - Page 11 of 12

Harlem’s Levine Leads Hearing On Towers Shadows On Parks

On Thursday, November 12, Harlem City Council Parks Committee Chair Mark Levine will lead a hearing on Int. 737, a bill he sponsored that would create a task force to address the impacts of shadows from the development of super tall towers over public parks.Continue reading

Harlem Levine Calls City To Tighten Taxi Work Shifts

On Monday, November 9, 2015, Harlem Council Member Mark Levine calls on city to strengthen enforcement of taxi driver work shifts after Upper West Side accident:Continue reading

Harlem Council Members Levine, Rodriguez And Others Get Legal With Illegal Hotels

On Friday, October 30 the City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings held a hearing on a package of legislative proposals aimed at strengthening New York City’s enforcement against illegal hotels.Continue reading

Harlem’s Levine And Coalition Expand Foreign Language Education

On Thursday, October 29, Harlem Council Member Mark Levine, Council Member Jumaane Williams, Public Advocate Letitia James, and a group of council members and state legislators joined a coalition of teachers, students and business leaders calling for a broad expansion of foreign language education programs in New York City.

Levine And Rodriguez Lead Talk On Jewish Poverty

On Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 at the YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood, City Council Jewish Caucus Chair Mark Levine and Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez will join local and national non-profit groups to host a public forum on one of the most pressing issues facing the local Jewish community today: rising poverty.Continue reading

Harlem, Prepare For Hurricane Joaquin

From Harlem City Councilperson Mark Levine

New York City is preparing for rain, wind and flooding over the next couple of days and for a yet uncertain impact by Hurricane Joaquin.Continue reading

Mayor de Blasio Announces New Homelessness Services

Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced $12.3 million on homelessness prevention services to expand free legal representation in Housing Court and help thousands of New Yorkers from Harlem to Hollis facing eviction or harassment stay in their homes.Continue reading

Dorothy Skinner Street Naming In Harlem

By Rudy Collins The family and neighborhood friends of Dorothy Skinner gathered at 140th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Harlem, New York.Continue reading

SAGE Harlem Center to Announce New Funding

On Friday, September 25, City Council Member Mark Levine will join older LGBT adults at SAGE Harlem Center for a special announcement on new programmatic support for the center.Continue reading

Harlem School For The Arts Open House 2015

On Saturday, September 12th, 2015 was the Harlem School of the Arts Open House in Harlem, New York.Continue reading

New Bus Lane Coming To 125th Street In Harlem

There is transportation news to report on select bus service along 125th Street. Years of advocacy by leaders and transportation advocates has yielded these results.Continue reading

Councilperson Levine’s Harlem Office Gets New Mural

For weeks in the summer heat, young artists from Creative Art Works were busy planning and painting a new mural outside City Council member Mark Levine's Harlem district office.Continue reading

Yanks Manager Girardi’s Slugfest Against Hunger In Harlem

For the hundreds of thousands of NYC children who rely on school meals throughout the school year, the City's FREE summer meals program provides much needed support. Continue reading

City Council Levine To Require Parks Annual Report

Harlem City Council Parks Committee Chair Mark Levine announced today that the Council passed Intro 558, a bill he sponsored that would require the Parks Department (DPR) to submit an annual report to the Council on the status of disability access in its facilities and its compliance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).Continue reading

Harlem Council Member Levine On Barnard Faculty Forming Union

Harlem Council Member Mark Levine responds to the Barnard College Faculty (at 118th Street and Broadway) in forming a union:

“I congratulate Barnard Contingent Faculty UAW Local 2110 and the Barnard College Administration for reaching a neutrality agreement that will allow the contingent faculty to decide whether or not to form a union.Continue reading