Cyrus Vance Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Seitu’s World: Stop Gun Violence With Jackie Rowe Adams In Harlem (Photographs)

Photographs by Seitu Oronde On Saturday, May 15, 2021, Seitu attended the event with women who have lost their children due to gun violence, the event was sponsored by the NYPD and Jackie Rowe-Adams in from of PS 175 in Harlem.Continue reading

DA Announces Indictments In Unlawful Monopoly On City’s Towing Industry In East Harlem

NY1 reports that the Manhattan DA has announced a major takedown of an illegal enterprise that dominated the city's towing industry.Continue reading

East Harlem Landlord Pleads Quilty To Endangering Tenants

NY1 reports that a East Harlem landlord pled guilty this week after being accused of trying to force rent-stabilized tenants out of their apartment.Continue reading

NYC Prosecutors To Dismiss 700,000 Open Warrants From Harlem To Hollis

The city’s top prosecutors are going to forgive and forget. The district attorneys from Harlem to Hollis, Queens announced this week they are dismissing nearly 700,000 warrants for low-level crimes committed more than 10 years ago.Continue reading

Turnstile Jumpers Will No Longer Be Arrested From Harlem To Hollis

Thousands of low-level crimes like turnstile jumping will no longer be criminally prosecuted in most circumstances, Manhattan's district attorney announced on Friday in a significant policy change.Continue reading

Here’s How Some New Yorkers’ Warrants Were Forgiven In Harlem

NY1 reports that New Yorkers with outstanding summonses received a fresh start Saturday. The Manhattan district attorney's office hosted its third "clean slate" warrant forgiveness event.Continue reading

Cops Indicted For Unlawful Washington Heights Arrest

Two NYPD officers are facing charges for making up false statements to back up a 2014 arrest of a Washington Heights man, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's office.Continue reading

Harlem Teacher, Jailed For Sexually Assaulting Boys In Disturbing Fondling ‘Game’

A former choir teacher at a Harlem charter school has been sentenced to 20 years to life in a state prison for sexually assaulting two young boys in his class.Continue reading

Man Strangled Ex-Teacher, 4-Year-Old Lovechild In Harlem

A man who authorities say killed his former high school teacher and their love child in her Harlem apartment was formally indicted Tuesday on multiple murder charges.Continue reading

Inwood Gang Bust ‘Kingpin’ Pleads Not Guilty, Held Without Bail

The 21 members of an Inwood Street gang arrested during an NYPD sting have pleaded not guilty and will be held pending bail hearings, which begin Friday, according to a spokeswoman for the Manhattan District Attorney.Continue reading

Trafficking Ring Brought At Least 86 Guns Into Harlem NY From Virginia

Four members of a gun trafficking ring that has smuggled at least 86 firearms into New York City from Virginia were indicted Monday, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.Continue reading

Phony Harlem Real Estate Agent Gets 3-6 Years

A conman who posed as a real estate agent selling properties in Harlem has been sentenced to 3-6 years in state prison, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's office.Continue reading

Phony Landlord Scammed Harlem Renters

A woman is facing charges for posing as a property manager and collecting rents on a Harlem brownstone years after selling the property.Continue reading