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Dining With Miss Lil: The PFBL Scholarship Fund, Inc. 2018 Awards Ceremony

By Lil Nickelson On Sunday, August 19^th, 2018 at 1:30 pm, the Pelham Fritz Basketball League (“PFBL”) Scholarship Fund, Inc. held their annual awards ceremony.Continue reading

Seitu’s World: An Inside Look At The Inez Dickens Summer Whites Boat Ride Fundraiser

This week, photographer Seitu Oronde was at the Inez Dickens Summer Whites Boat Ride And Fundraiser 2018 with over 300 hundred attendees, electeds and others in New York, NY. Continue reading

Harlem Leaders Unite To Help More Than 30 Families Break The Cycle of Homelessness

HPD Commissioner Maria Torres- Springer and Assemblywoman Inez Dickens joined Win in opening the new Win 118th Street permanent supportive housing residence in Harlem today.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

Harlem’s Bill Perkins, Adriano Espaillat, Inez Dickens, Brian A. Benjamin And Others At Harlem Town Hall

On Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017, Mayor Bill de Blasio will host a town hall with residents of 9^thCouncil District, represented by Council Member in addition to Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer, U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat, State Senator Brian A. Benjamin and Assembly Member Inez Dickens.Continue reading

Harlem Special Election With A Brian Benjamin Win

Harlem's game of political musical chairs comes to an end Tuesday. Voters elected Democrat Brian Benjamin to serve as the new State Senator for New York's 30th District — which spans most of Central Harlem and parts of West Harlem, East Harlem, the Upper West Side and Washington Heights.Continue reading

Harlem Arts Festival’s 2017 Lynnette Velasco Award Recipient and Honorees

The Harlem Arts Festival (HAF) announced today that actor, former Marine and Harlem fire fighter Hisham Tawfiq, will receive the 2017 Lynnette Velasco Community Impact Award during its 6th anniversary gala on Thursday, March 30 at Riverside Church in Harlem.Continue reading

Holland Challenges Perkins For Harlem Primary Seat

Union organizer Marvin Holland, the runner up in Tuesday’s special election for the District 9 City Council seat, has confirmed to Gotham Gazette that he will mount a challenge against the winner Bill Perkins when the seat is up for grabs again later this year.Continue reading

Harlem City Council Special Election Results

Update: In a low-turnout affair State Senator Bill Perkins was declared victorious in a special election to fill the City Council seat vacated by Inez Dickens.Continue reading

Rudy’s World: Inez Dickens Sworn At Harlem Hospital

By Rudy Collins On Thursday, February 2nd, 2017, Harlem City Councilwoman Inez Dickens was sworn in at a standing room only ceremony at Harlem Hospital to serve in the New York state Assembly, 70th Assembly District, Manhattan. Continue reading

Harlem City Council Candidates Debate Housing Policy

Nine of the 12 candidates vying for the Harlem City Council seat vacated by Inez Dickens made their pitches to Harlem voters Tuesday night at a well-attended debate focused on housing policy.Continue reading

Congressman Adriano Espaillat And Others To Hold District Healthcare Town Hall

Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY13) will hold three (3) healthcare town halls on the Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare this Sunday, to discuss its benefits and the impact it will have in the community if repealed by the Trump Administration.Continue reading

Special Election For Harlem City Council Seat Kicks Off

It’s going to be a sprint of an election -- though it’s not clear how many candidates are running or how many voters will participate -- with ballots likely to be cast sometime in February, 2017.Continue reading

Donald Trump Defeats Hillary Clinton

As Harlem's Inez Dickens was relected, Marisol Alcantara won Adriano Espaillat's Senate seat, and Espaillat won retiring congressman Charles Rangel's seat, Hillary Clinton lose the presidential election to Donald John Trump. Continue reading

Seitu’s World: Inez Dickens Victory Party At Londels In Harlem

On November 11th, 2016, City Council member for District 9, Democrat Inez Dickens victory party was celebrated at Londel's at 2620 Frederick Douglass Blvd, in Harlem, New York. Continue reading