Please call your state assemblyman Robert Rodriguez at 212-828-3953 to voice your concern over the increased violence. He is planning on meeting with concerned parents in the neighborhood. Inez Dicken’s (city council member #9) 212-678-4505 is also collecting letters and signatures of concerned citizens to try to increase PAL hours and gang prevention activities. Check out harlem4kids for more information on how you can help!!
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Discussion in public forums, such as here, is one of the most important things we can do. There are tremendous development interests in Harlem, which could explain the dearth of news reporting about the shootings and other crimes.
If people see crimes, they should describe them on nyc.everyblock.com or anywhere else that comes to mind. This will increase public awareness, which could increase safety, and also bring pressures to bear on the various institutions to take action.
Where the dickens in my council woman, Inez Dickens?. There’s been 2 shootings in Morningside Park, the streets are full of litter, what the hell is she doing? Oh yeah, finally taking care of her tenement buildings before she’s thrown in jail for being a slumlord.
I could re-word the last comment:
Two individuals who remain on the loose shot two people in Morningside Park recently. A third individual, also unapprehended, sexually molested a twelve year-old child. After the weekend, we can now add that, nearby, one person stabbed another, another person shot and killed Shane Simon, and so on.
Active voices, everyone. Things do not just “happen,” including litter.
Actions have authors.
Here is a letter created by some of the moms at Harlem4Kids to be sent to local officials including Inez Dickens. If you would like your name added to the letter please email mckinney_tiffany@hotmail.com with your name and address before 5PM on July 7th. We have already collected over 60 names of concerned citizens and businesses. Please help us to stop the gun violence in our community!
Dear Councilmember Dickens:
As parents, business owners and community members, we write to express our concern over the recent shooting at Morningside Park and to ask for your leadership in addressing the inaction and indifference we have encountered from many of our officials. As Harlem residents we are both pleased and excited with the strides our community has made in the past several years. We are encouraged with the new businesses and opportunities coming to Harlem and want to ensure that this progress is not jeopardized in any manner.
In particular, on Thursday, June 30, 2011, there was a shooting at Morningside Park in the early evening hours. It is our understanding that another shooting occurred in the same park earlier last month. This is a community space that many of us frequent and our entire community – both young and old – enjoy. In fact, the shooting occurred just steps away from the playground where countless children play. In discussing this shooting, we learned that a 15 year old boy was fatally shot earlier last month in our neighborhood. Our community and more importantly our young people and children deserve much more.
Following the shooting on June 30th, several of us attempted to contact our local officials, including Community Boards 9 and 10, several local precincts and elected officials, to determine what steps were being taken to ensure the safety of our community during these summer months and beyond. Unfortunately, the responses we received were inadequate at best.
Therefore, we are contacting you, our elected official, requesting your immediate attention to this matter. In particular, we believe our neighborhood could be made safer if several measures are put into place, namely:
• Greater police presence (namely, foot patrol) in Morningside Park and throughout our neighborhood, especially during these summer months;
• Re-opening the MTA agent booth at the 116th (Uptown) subway station with greater police presence until loiterers are deterred from sleeping, using drugs and toileting in this station;
• Better communication about such incidents and opportunities (from your office) for the community to respond and help address this and other critical issues that impact Harlem;
• A rigorous investigation of this shooting, in particular, and the larger issue of the prevalence of gun violence in our neighborhood; and
• Increased opportunities and activities for our teens and young people that provide them the safe and productive environments they deserve.
Concerns around our young people and increased violence among them have been an issue in Harlem for years. Many members of the Harlem community have devoted their time and energy towards addressing this issue. Yet, finding sustainable solutions to the many challenges our young people face will require a holistic approach, including partnerships between community members, business owners, religious institutions, and elected officials. Consequently, we look forward to your office taking a lead on this crucial matter.
We are proud members of the Harlem community. Some of us have lived here for generations and others are newcomers. Yet, our common thread is ensuring that Harlem continues to be the safe, friendly, welcoming neighborhood we call home. We are happy to assist your office in this effort.
Sincerely,
[ENDORSERS HERE: NAME AND ADDRESS]
cc: Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg
Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer
State Senator Bill Perkins
Assembly Member Daniel O’Donnell
Assembly Robert Rodriquez
Public Advocate Bill Deblazio
Commanding Officer Rodney Harrison
Detective Ricky Ranson
Detective Adrian G Carmona
Kobla Moats, Director of PALS Harlem Center