Crains New York reports that a Pathmark supermarket was a lifeline of fresh food when it arrived in East Harlem two decades ago. Continue reading
Rev. Calvin Butts Sees Better Times For Abyssinian Development Corp.
Two weeks ago, Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke at Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church, where he vowed to defend immigrants from deportation and pledged to protect the rights of all New Yorkers who feel threatened by the incoming Trump administration. Continue reading
Harlem Developer Moves To Demolish The Former Pathmark
Extell Development is finally starting work on a major Harlem development site that is expected to sprout a residential or mixed-use project.Continue reading
Resurrected Harlem, Rev. Calvin Butts Seeks Salvation
Crains New York reports that when the definitive history of New York's resurgence is written, one of the pivotal players will be Harlem's Abyssinian Development Corp., the church-based housing and social-services organization that the Rev. Calvin Butts led to resurrect a neighborhood that once symbolized urban collapse.Continue reading
Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church Cut From $3.1M
Abyssinian Development Corp., the sprawling housing and social service arm of Harlem’s most influential black church, was cut off from $3.1 million in city contracts two weeks ago after it failed to submit three years of overdue tax filings and independent audits to the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services, the Daily News has learned.Continue reading