CVS, Rite Aid, Duane Reade And Others Preparing To Distribute A COVID-19 Vaccine
When a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine is approved, you’ll probably be able to get it at your neighborhood supermarket or drugstore.Continue reading
Harlem Pharmacy Robbed At Knifepoint (Photo)
The NYPD is attempting to identify a man wanted for robbing a Harlem pharmacy at knifepoint, police said to Patch.Continue reading
City Launches First Naloxone Detailing Campaign To Expand Distribution To More Independent Pharmacies
The Health Department announced the launch of its first naloxone detailing campaign to expand distribution of the medication in independent pharmacies.Continue reading
Health Department Partners With Walgreens And Duane Reade For Flu Vouchers For The Under-Insured
The NYC Health Department today is announcing a collaboration with Walgreens to offer 1,000 vouchers for flu shots at 11 Walgreens and Duane Reade pharmacies located in areas with high rates of people without health insurance and low flu vaccination rates – an initiative made possible by the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Partnerships. Continue reading
Modell’s To Open 2nd Store On 125th Street In Harlem
Modell’s Sporting Goods on August 24, 2017, will open its second location on 125th Street in Harlem. This will bring Modell’s total store count to 159 locations. Continue reading
Harlem Woman Helps Stray Cats Find Permanent Homes
When Alicia Harding moved to her Harlem home in 2015, she noticed a group of stray cats living in front of her apartment building. It wasn't until Harding went to feed them that she understood the gravity of the situation, she told Patch.Continue reading
Man Apprehended On The Run After Escaping Police Custody In East Harlem
Sources said a prisoner who escaped custody in East Harlem this past weekend was back in custody Monday night.Continue reading
Handcuffed Man Accused Of Shoplifting On The Run In East Harlem (Video)
Police are looking for a man who escaped custody Saturday after he allegedly shoplifted at a Duane Reade in East Harlem.Continue reading
OP-Ed: Get Your Flu Shot…Not the Flu From Harlem To Hollis
A few days ago, I overheard a woman in Brooklyn saying proudly that she and her two children have never gotten the flu shot, and have never gotten sick. Continue reading
Health Department Launches 2016-2017 Season Flu Shot Awareness Campaign From Harlem To Hollis
The Health Department today launched a public awareness campaign, “I Got My Flu Shot…Not the Flu,” reminding New Yorkers that the flu vaccine is the best protection against influenza and its terrible symptoms.Continue reading
Harlem Mother Arrested After Letting Her Children Wander Streets Alone
A 34-year-old woman was arrested after her four young children, one of them with a black eye and another with a burn mark, were found wandering the streets in Harlem, police said on Tuesday.Continue reading
Modell’s Looking Good At Thor-Owned Harlem Building
Less than four months after Thor Equities closed on a 45,000-square-foot office building in Harlem, the developer has sewn up a new lease for a sizable portion of the property’s retail space.Continue reading
Possible Closings With Rite AID And Walgreen’s Merger In Harlem
With three Rite Aid and three Walgreens stores in Harlem, it's interesting that a few months ago, the shareholders of #3 U.S. drugstore chain Rite Aid approved the company’s proposed acquisition by the parent company of the #1 chain, Walgreens Boots Alliance. Continue reading
Duane Reade Settles New York City Overcharge Probe
With a couple of Duane Reade's stores in Harlem, Walgreen Co agreed to pay $500,000 and reform its advertising practices to settle allegations its Walgreens and Duane Reade stores in New York routinely overcharged consumers and tricked them into thinking they were getting great deals.Continue reading
Upper West Side Landmarked Theater Retail Conversion Moves Forward
Last fall, the New York Times broke the news that the landmarked Metro Theater on the Upper West Side would become a Planet Fitness. Now applications have officially been filed to convert the 1930s Art Deco theater at 2626 Broadway into retail.Continue reading