Harlem Rep. Rangel Returns From Africa With President Obama
Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel returns from a historic trip to Ethiopia and Kenya in Africa with President Barack Obama.Continue reading
Thelma Golden Added To The Obama Foundation Board
The State Journal reports that Barack Obama Foundation building President Barack Obama's future library is adding the versatile Thelma Golden to its board. She's the director and chief curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem.Continue reading
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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
Shorris: Council And Uber Agree To Passenger Policy
First Deputy to the Mayor de Blasio Anthony Shorris stated today that
“Today the administration, City Council and Uber have agreed to a framework that will advance the city’s vital policy goals for passengers, drivers and the public. Continue reading
Harlem Speaker Mark-Viverito Assures Minors Free Access To Attorneys
One year after calling for New York City to step up and “respond to the humanitarian crisis we have before us,” East Harlem Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito announced today that the New York City Council Unaccompanied Minors Initiative is successfully providing free attorneys for every minor who arrives in New York City.Continue reading
Uber Gets ‘Community Leaders’ Support In Harlem
For months, the clash has seemed inevitable: the professed disrupters of municipal transportation policy and the chief executive of the country’s largest city government, tussling over who should rule the roads of New York City.Continue reading
Former New York State Gov. David Paterson Greets Chinese Artists and Cultural Representative
Harlem fave Former New York Governor David Paterson met Chinese artists and art officials at the New York City opening of the 12th China National Exhibition of Fine Arts on display at Bonhams during its first and only USA exhibition.
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Harlem Fave PA James File Class Action Lawsuit Against NYC And State
Today, Public Advocate Letitia James, along with ten foster children, filed a class action lawsuit against the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) and the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) for causing irreparable harm to children in New York City foster care. Continue reading
National Action Network to Convene Members of Congress
Reverend Al Sharpton, President and Founder of Harlem based National Action Network (NAN), and NAN leadership this week will bring together members of Congress and the Administration, policy experts, and civil rights leaders and partners for this year’s NAN Legislative and Policy Conference.Continue reading
Op-Ed: Democracy Depends On Exchanging Ideas. Do Leaders Listen?
By Michael McQuillan
“Answer your mail.” Mentors taught this as the first rule of politics when I worked in the U.S. Senate for Missouri’s Stuart Symington in the Seventies. Continue reading
Rare Photograph Of Representative Charles Rangel
"Today marks the 51st anniversary of the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.Continue reading
Souleo: Saving the site of MLK’s ‘War Room’
By Souleo
This year’s list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, compiled by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, includes a popular disco in the LGBT community, Miami’s Little Havana, and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “war room,” housed inside of the A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, AL.
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Sharpton And Gov. Haley Agree To Meet And Discuss SC
Today, Rev. Al Sharpton, President and founder of National Action Network (NAN), participated in the funeral services of Ethel Lance and Sharonda Singleton, two of the nine victims of the tragic South Carolina shooting last week.Continue reading
Rangel Responds To The African Growth Act
Congressman Charles B. Rangel, responose after the House voted to pass H.R. 1295, the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, which includes the reauthorization of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and is now on its way to the White House for the President's signature:Continue reading
Salters Scene: US VP Joe Biden at Freedom to Marry Celebration
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By Udo Salters
On July 9th, United States Vice President. Joe Biden joined Freedom to Marry's huge celebration in New York City at Cipirani Wall Street.
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