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Mayor Bill And Chancellor Fariña Announce closure For The Lunar New Year

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña today announced that New York City will become the second major urban school district in the nation, after San Francisco, to close on Lunar New Year in the official school calendar.Continue reading

Check Out The New Harlem Electeds And Community Directory Page

As part of Harlem World Magazine’s commitment to help Harlemites know more about their representatives and community, we’ve gathered addresses, contact information and more for the occupants of the villages’s highest offices in our Electeds and Community Directory.Continue reading

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Harlem Senator Espaillat’s Remarks On Rent Laws (video)

The following video clip is of Senator Adriano Espaillat's floor speech of the State The Senate on the five day rent law extender (S.5997).Continue reading

Harlem’s Melissa Mark-Viverito To Create $1.4M City Bail Fund

Harlem City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito vowed to create a citywide bail fund even if Mayor de Blasio does not support it, as the Queens district attorney blasted the proposal. Continue reading

Robert Kennedy Campaigning In Harlem, August 14, 1963

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy surrounded by children as they walk down a 125th street after visiting a summer reading program at the Morningside Community Center in Harlem, New York. Continue reading

John F. Kennedy’s Love Affair With Harlem, NY, 1960’s

John F. Kennedy may have been Boston-born and DC-based, but his love affair with Harlem, New York is the stuff of legends.Continue reading

DOT And Ydanis Rodriguez Break Ground On Uptown Bike Lanes

Don’t underestimate the importance of this development: Today, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez announced the groundbreaking for new bike routes linking the Hudson River Greenway to the restored High Bridge, which connects Upper Manhattan to the Bronx.Continue reading

Harlem Council Speaker Mark-Viverito And Others Welcome Lassana Bathily

On Friday, June 12, Chair of the City Council Jewish Caucus Mark Levine and Harlem City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, welcomed Lassana Bathily to City Hall. Bathily, a young Muslim man whose heroism saved Jewish shoppers from terrorists during an attack on a Kosher supermarket in eastern Paris in January, hid the shoppers in a storage room until authorities could respond.Continue reading

Comptroller Stringer Launches Online Tool For NYC’ers

The accessibility and affordability of low-cost checking accounts varies widely across banks from Harlem to Hollis according to a new report, “Take it to the Bank: A New Yorker’s Guide to Affordable Checking Options,” released today by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer.

Harlem’s Keith Wright To Announce Bid For Rangel’s Seat

In an emailed advisory on Friday, Assemblyman Keith Wright of Harlem announced he will kick off a campaign to replace Rep. Charles Rangel in Congress next year at a prayer breakfast in the Bronx on Saturday.Continue reading

From Harlem To Hollis PA James Calls for Tripling Funding To CUNY

Public Advocate Letitia James today released a report recommending that the City increase its contribution to the CUNY budget for child care from $500,000 to $1.53 million to ensure that every child receives the care and opportunities needed.Continue reading

Facilitator Training For Participatory Budgeting In Harlem

Harlem City Council member Mark Levine office is offering the first facilitator training for participatory budgeting will be held on Wednesday, June 10 from 6 PM - 8 PM at his district office located at 500 West 141st Street.Continue reading

In A Dance Class Harlem’s Rangel Sits And Reflects

In 1950s Harlem on a Sunday afternoon, Alma Carter arrived at the Savoy Ballroom in a mauve-colored strapless ball gown. “I wore a tiara with diamonds,” she said, quickly adding, “Not real diamonds.”Continue reading

The Hotness: Black Power Without Black Women Is Weak

By Nicole Moore When most people think about Malcolm X they immediately think of Black manhood leading to associations of Black power tied exclusively to the work of Black men.Continue reading

Larry Walker, Rangel’s Youth Shadow For A Day

Congressman Charles B. Rangel, who represents the 13th Congressional District of New York that includes Upper Manhattan and part of the Bronx, took part in Congressional Foster Youth Shadow Day, by hosting Riverhead, NY resident Larry Walker. Continue reading