Washington Heights Archives - Page 4 of 19

For COVID Crisis – Ravaged Small Businesses NYC Launches $37M Loan Program

Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Commissioner Jonnel Doris announced three financial assistance programs available for small businesses in low-to-moderate income (LMI) neighborhoods.Continue reading

NYC Test & Trace Corps Expands Testing Options And Adds Enhancements To Improve Wait Time

As NYC Health + Hospitals marks one million COVID-19 tests performed, the NYC Test & Trace Corps today announced expansions in testing options and enhancements to address testing site wait times. Continue reading

Coronavirus Rates Keep Growing Amid Citywide Surge In Harlem

Coronavirus rates continue to rise in Harlem and Upper Manhattan this week, part of a citywide resurgence in cases that is fueling fears of a second wave.Continue reading

NYC Announces Winners Of Civic Tech Competition To Strengthen Tenant Protection Rights Uptown

The New York City Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (MOCTO) and the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) make an announcement.Continue reading

The Elections Are Over Here Is The Breakdown Of The Money That Funded Harlem Elections

Candidates who were on the ballot in Harlem raised and spent plenty of money in the weeks and months leading up to Election Day last week.Continue reading

Get Strategies For An Inclusive Recovery Supporting Low Income Entrepreneurship

Connect with the “Encouraging & Supporting Low Income Entrepreneurship in Manhattan,” talk about the new normal from the COVID Crisis to BLM.Continue reading

Congressional Rep. Adriano Espaillat Re-Elected In NY’s 13th District In Harlem

Adriano Espaillat easily fended off two challengers in Tuesday's general election to win another term in Congress, NY1 projected.Continue reading

DoorDash + NYC Hospitality Alliance Announce $5,000 Grants For Small Businesses

Dear Friends and Neighbors, The Pandemic has impacted our community in ways we could have never imagined. Continue reading

Uptown’s Rodriguez’s Calling On Federal Legislators To Immediately Pass Immigration Reform

Uptown Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez states, "No New Yorker should live in fear that federal officers can deliberately deceive them to open their doors.Continue reading

Harlem Congressional Member Espaillat Asks NY AG To Investigate USPS Delays

Rep. Adriano Espaillat Congressmember is asking New York's Attorney General to investigate recent changes at the U.S. Postal Service.Continue reading

Naming The Lost Memorials Commemorates 6,600+ Nursing Home Deaths Uptown

Naming the Lost Memorials on Monday installed an art exhibit around the perimeter of the Isabella Center, a nursing home and rehabilitation center in Washington Heights.Continue reading

Construction Starts On New Future Site For The Harlem Academy

Today, Harlem Academy broke ground at 655 St. Nicholas Avenue, site of its permanent home.Continue reading

$120 Billion Available For District Small Businesses And Non-Profits, Says Harlem’s Espaillat

Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat announced the release of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) information to New York’s 13th congressional district by the Small Business Administration and U.S. Treasury Department.Continue reading

Harlem’s Adriano Espaillat Defends Harlem Congressional Seat In Democratic Primary

Incumbent Democrat Adriano Espaillat secured the party's nomination for his reelection to Congress by fending off two primary challengers Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.Continue reading

“Let Us All Take a Stand,” The Sugar Hill Children’s Museum Of Art & Storytelling In Harlem

Broadway Housing Communities (BHC) is a community-based nonprofit that pioneers high-impact approaches to the challenges of inequality and homelessness in the underserved New York City neighborhoods of West Harlem and Washington Heights.Continue reading