This week, Representatives Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Luis V. Gutiérrez (IL-04) led 62 House Democrats in sending a joint letter to Speaker Paul Ryan urging him to reverse course and take a stand against the implementation of President Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban executive order. Continue reading
Hundreds Of Bodegas From Harlem To Hollis Will Close Thursday To Protest ‘Muslim Ban’
Hundreds of Yemeni-owned bodegas and grocery stores across NYC's five boroughs from Harlem to Hollis plan to shut their doors Thursday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., strike organizers say, in protest of President Donald Trump's recent executive order barring travel to the U.S. from Yemen and six other Muslim-dominant nations.Continue reading
Congressman Adriano Espaillat Statement On Donald Trump’s Firing Acting Attorney General Sally Yates
Today, Harlem Congressman Adriano Espaillat released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s firing of Acting Attorney General Sally Yates:Continue reading
Harlemite And Trump Lover Azealia Banks And Rihanna Have Trump Fight
"Haven't they got anything better to do?" I hear you asking.
It's possible that they haven't.Continue reading
Harlem’s Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito Responds To Donald Trump’s Executive Orders on Immigration (Video)
On Wednesday, January 25th, 2017, speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito from Harlem responds to president elect Donald Trump's Executive Orders on Immigration.Continue reading
Harlem’s Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito And Others On Sanctuary Cities at NYU School of Law
In his first 100 days in office, President-Elect Donald Trump intends to cancel all federal funding to Sanctuary Cities—part of broader commitment to reduce unauthorized immigration. Continue reading
How To Best Handle Those Heated Political Conversations As Trump Is Sworn In
By Sharon Schweitzer
President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office as the 45th Commander-in-Chief this Friday, January 20, 2017. Continue reading
Harlem Rep. Espaillat To Skip Trump’s Inauguration
Harlem Congress person Adriano Espaillat has represented New York's 13th Congressional Distrcit for only a few weeks, but has already become one of Congress' most vocal critics of President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration. Continue reading
How Much Money Is Donald Trump’s Security Costing Harlemites And New York City?
By the time Donald Trump becomes President of the United States next week, Harlemites and New York City taxpayers will have spent $37 million to keep him and his family safe from harm in Trump Tower. Continue reading
Harlem Attorney Plans To Attend Women’s March On Washington
Not since college has Robyn Watts participated in a political march. But with Donald Trump poised to be the next President of the United States, Watts couldn’t stay silent.Continue reading
De Blasio, Harlem’s Melissa Mark-Viverito And Sharpton Feed Hungry At Annual Buffet In Harlem
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio dished out food and a message on Christmas Eve, likening the political left’s struggle against President-elect Donald Trump to the resistance faced by early Christians in the time of Jesus.Continue reading
Oh Boy, Harlem’s Azealia Banks’ Battery Case Against Russell Crowe Gets Dropped
In mid-October, Harlem's Azealia Banks filed a battery report against Russell Crowe. On December 7th, 2016, TMZ reports that a Los Angeles County District Attorney is rejecting the charges against Crowe.Continue reading
Harlem’s Mark-Viverito And Other Electeds Pass Resolution Affirming NYC As A Sanctuary City
Resolution 1321 sponsored by the Harlem Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Council Member Brad Lander and Council Member Carlos Menchaca, affirms that despite president-elect Donald Trump’s senseless threats, NYC will remain a Sanctuary City for immigrant residents.Continue reading
Harlme’s Al Sharpton Announces Pre-Inauguration March (Video)
Rev. Al Sharpton, of the Harlem based National Action Network, announces Monday that a coalition of groups will lead a march and rally at the Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington a week before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. Continue reading
Uptown Council Transportation Chair Calls On Pres-Elect Donald Trump To Move HQ
On Monday, December 5th at 10:30am, uptown NYC Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez will call on President-Elect Donald Trump to move his transition headquarters out of New York City to ease traffic congestion in midtown Manhattan.Continue reading