Friends Of Public School Harlem Help Distribute Backpacks, School Supplies And Masks
Friends of Public School Harlem help distribute 1,000 New Backpacks, School Supplies, and Masks at NYCHA developments throughout Harlem.Continue reading
Childhood Lead Exposure From Harlem To Hollis Fell 21% In 2019 Compared To 2018
The Health Department today released its latest Childhood Blood Lead Level Surveillance Quarterly Report covering all four quarters of 2019 from Harlem to Hollis.Continue reading
MBP Brewer And NYCHA Tenant Leaders Accept Donation Of 100,000 Masks
Today, Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer and NYCHA Executive Vice President Gerard Nelson, and NYCHA tenant leaders Bernadette McNear and Rhonda Bennett accepted a donation of 100,000 three-ply surgical masks from SC Health.Continue reading
The COVID Crisis: Mayor de Blasio Updates New Yorkers On COVID-19 Summer Heat Plan
Mayor Bill de Blasio today updated New Yorkers on the City’s efforts to keep vulnerable New Yorkers cool indoors this summer. Continue reading
The COVID Crisis: The New York City Health Department Releases New COVID-19 Data
As the City continues to confront the disparities of COVID-19, the Health Department today released an updated COVID-19 data page detailing additional demographic information about how the outbreak is affecting New Yorkers from Harlem to Hollis. Continue reading
Mayor de Blasio Announces COVID-19 Heat Wave Plan To Protect Vulnerable From Harlem Hollis
Mayor de Blasio today announced a COVID-19 Heat Wave Plan to keep vulnerable New Yorkers cool and safe at home, create safer summer cooling options and prevent and respond to power outages.Continue reading
The COVID Crisis: Harlem’s Senator Benjamin Distributes Hand Sanitizer And Masks To NYCHA Residents
To fight racial disparities in COVID-19, Senator Benjamin Benjamin partnered with community and faith-based organizations to distribute New York State hand sanitizer and masks to NYCHA tenants across northern Manhattan.Continue reading
Mayor Bill de Blasio To Ask Feds About NYCHA Rent Freeze From Harlem To Hollis
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged to ask federal officials to consider a rent moratorium for the city's public housing residents as the city grapples with the economic toll of the new coronavirus.Continue reading
Mayor de Blasio And NYC Health + Hospitals Expand Appointment-Only COVID-19 Testing Capacity
Mayor de Blasio and NYC Health + Hospitals today announced expanded, appointment-only COVID-19 testing capacity across 10 acute-care hospitals, seven Gotham Health community-based health centers, and 4 drive-thru test sites.Continue reading
Gale Brewer’s Update: From Harlem To Houston Tuesday Update 3-17-20
Friends,
In times like these, we need some lightheartedness. Frederick Douglass Houses (and NYCHA) resident Samantha (Sam) Diaz, 20, appeared on American Idol last night.
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100+ Organizations Urge de Blasio To Issue Eviction Moratorium And Close Housing Courts
Over 100 organizations across the city, spearheaded by the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition, sent a letter to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio urging him to issue a citywide eviction moratorium.Continue reading
NYCHA Residents Return To Court To Regulate Their Own Housing Conditions From Harlem To Hollis
On Thursday, February 6, 2020, the resident-led Holmes-Isaacs Coalition will return to civil court to demand that City agencies do their part in monitoring and regulating conditions.Continue reading
New $4.8M New York Public Library Branch Opens In Partnership With NYCHA In Harlem
The New York Public Library's new Macombs Bridge branch opened Thursday in Harlem following a $4.8 million project yielding a library that is five times the size of the branch it's replacing.Continue reading
Public Housing Residents From Harlem To Hollis March To NYCHA Over Slum Conditions
Dozens of residents of Holmes Towers and Stanley Isaacs Houses filed a group Housing Part action today demanding NYCHA fix the broken elevators, vermin infestations, lack of heat and hot water, broken intercoms and other issues facing residents. Continue reading
WE ACT Receives Grant To Build Power Among NYCHA Tenants In Northern Manhattan
Harlem-based WE ACT for Environmental Justice (WE ACT) has been awarded a $400,000 grant over two years. Continue reading