Yanks Manager Girardi’s Slugfest Against Hunger In Harlem
For the hundreds of thousands of NYC children who rely on school meals throughout the school year, the City's FREE summer meals program provides much needed support. Continue reading
City Council Levine To Require Parks Annual Report
Harlem City Council Parks Committee Chair Mark Levine announced today that the Council passed Intro 558, a bill he sponsored that would require the Parks Department (DPR) to submit an annual report to the Council on the status of disability access in its facilities and its compliance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).Continue reading
Harlem Council Member Levine On Barnard Faculty Forming Union
Harlem Council Member Mark Levine responds to the Barnard College Faculty (at 118th Street and Broadway) in forming a union:
“I congratulate Barnard Contingent Faculty UAW Local 2110 and the Barnard College Administration for reaching a neutrality agreement that will allow the contingent faculty to decide whether or not to form a union.Continue reading
Electeds Call For Rapid Expansion Of Select Bus Service
State Senator Adriano Espaillat (D-Manhattan/Bronx), Councilman Mark Levine (D-Manhattan), and Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan), Chair of the NYC Council's Transportation Committee, and advocates called for the expedient creation of ten new Select Bus Service lines. Continue reading
Community Board 12 Manhattan Jobs Fair UpTown
Need/looking for a Job? Need help with making a resume? Employers with job openings will be onsite, as well as resources to prepare you for job interview/resume skills. Continue reading
Harlem/Uptown Electeds Hold Tenants Rights Press Conference
With rent laws set to expire Monday; Harlem electeds State Senator Adriano Espaillat, the Ranking Member of the Senate's Housing Committee, Councilman Mark Levine, Co-Chair of the City Council's Affordable Housing Preservation Task Force, and Councilman Ydanis Rodríguez, held a press conference.
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Harlem Council Speaker Mark-Viverito And Others Welcome Lassana Bathily
On Friday, June 12, Chair of the City Council Jewish Caucus Mark Levine and Harlem City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, welcomed Lassana Bathily to City Hall. Bathily, a young Muslim man whose heroism saved Jewish shoppers from terrorists during an attack on a Kosher supermarket in eastern Paris in January, hid the shoppers in a storage room until authorities could respond.Continue reading
Facilitator Training For Participatory Budgeting In Harlem
Harlem City Council member Mark Levine office is offering the first facilitator training for participatory budgeting will be held on Wednesday, June 10 from 6 PM - 8 PM at his district office located at 500 West 141st Street.Continue reading
Harlem Rallies To Save Nasry Michelen Day Care From Closure
On Thursday, May 28, Harlem City Council Member Mark Levine, State Senator Adriano Espaillat, concerned parents, and members of the community will call on the New York City Administration of Children’s Services (ACS)...Continue reading
Harlem Council Member Levine Call To Improve Gas Line Safety
On Friday, May 15, City Council Member Mark Levine along with tenants and tenant advocates called for preemptive safety measures to the city’s gas infrastructure.
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Gale Brewer Reappoints Safe Streets Foes To Harlem And Other CB’s
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer has reappointed a slate of community board members with a long history of opposing safer streets and better transit.Continue reading
Harlem Torn About Expanding Bus-Only Lanes
Harlem is torn between the Department of Transportation’s plan to expand bus-only lanes on 125th Street west to Morningside Avenue.Continue reading
Some Harlem Bus Riders “Trampling Our Liberties”
A DOT plan to extend bus lanes and add turn restrictions on 125th Street was shouted down last night by the same hecklers who have filibustered street safety improvements at Community Board 10 for years. Noticeably absent from last night’s meeting: People who ride the bus on 125th Street.Continue reading
Levine, Council Stand up for Critical Parks Priorities In Budget Response
City Council Parks Committee Chair Mark Levine announced today that in its Budget Response to the Mayor’s Preliminary Budget, the City Council is advocating for restoration of funding to critical parks programs. Continue reading
Harlem Council Members Levine/Mark-Viverito To Create Office Of Civil Justice
This week the Committee on Courts and Legal Services will hold a hearing on Intro 736, a bill introduced by Harlem City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and City Council Member Mark Levine to establish a new Office of Civil Justice. Continue reading
