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Prompted By Trump Tape, Harlem Council Speaker Reveals She Was Molested As A Child

Harlem's City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito spoke openly Thursday about sexual abuse she suffered as a child, prompted by a video released last week in which presidential candidate Donald Trump says he aggressively kisses women and grabs their genitalia.Continue reading

Harlem Speaker Mark-Viverito And Food Bank Encourage NY’ers To Use EITC

Harlem's speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito along with Council Member Daniel Dromm today visited Food Bank NYC in Jackson Heights to remind New Yorkers to file their taxes and to utilize the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) at free tax preparation sites at locations across the City. Continue reading

Mark-Viverito’s East Harlem Plan Recommends Tossing Parking Minimums

Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito has released an “East Harlem Neighborhood Plan” to guide the city’s rezoning of the community, and one of the recommendations is the elimination of parking minimums.Continue reading

Q&A With Harlem City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito

Harlem Speaker Mark-Viverito will discuss the City Council's outreach to the community and ethnic media, her State of the City address...Continue reading

Harlem’s Council Speaker Mark-Viverito On Exclusion of Bankruptcy Protection

Statement by Harlem's Council Speaker Mark-Viverito about exclusion of bankruptcy protections for Puerto Rico in 2016 Omnibus Spending Bill. “Once again, the Republican Congress has singled out Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens. Continue reading

Join The Swearing-in Ceremony With Former Mayor Dinkins Of New Democratic District Leaders In Harlem

The Inaugural Committee of the East Harlem/El Barrio Democratic Club requests the honor of your presence to attend and participate in the Inauguration of Ruiz and Melissa Mark Viverito and Johnny C. Rivera as Democratic District Leaders.Continue reading

Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito to open Para Sol expo at La Marqueta

Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito will open the Para Sol expo at La Marqueta and will lead a “Sunday in El Barrio” tour in East Harlem this Sunday, June 28. 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