Bill Thompson Archives - Harlem World Magazine

NY Lawmakers Will Soon Be Highest Paid In The Nation With A 63% Pay Increase

Patch reports that New York lawmakers might want to put taxpayers on their holiday thank-you note lists. State legislators are set to get a hefty raise starting January 1, 2019, that will give them a higher salary than anywhere else in the nation.Continue reading

Elsie McCabe Thompson Talks About Her Mission On The Danny Tisdale Show (Audio)

Join Elsie McCabe Thompson, president of the 200 + plus year old Mission Society in Harlem, as she talks about her mission to improve education standards, Champions for Children Gala 2018, her fave place in Harlem and more, with host Danny Tisdale, on The Danny Tisdale Show.Continue reading

Leslie Wyche, ‘Harlem’s Mayor,’ Crosses Over

NY Daily News reports that Leslie Wyche (left), a life-long Harlem resident known for years as the uptown neighborhood’s honorary mayor, passed away Thursday evening at a Bronx hospital. He was 73.Continue reading

Free Tuition For Harlem NY Public University Students Under Proposed Scholarship Plan

Nearly one million students from middle- and working-class families attending public colleges and universities from Harlem to Hollis in New York state would no longer pay tuition, if an unprecedented scholarship plan proposed Tuesday morning by Gov. Andrew Cuomo makes it through the state legislature.Continue reading