Category Archives: Housing

Harlem Home Stresses “…Loving…like a Zen [experience]…”

Posted on August 29, 2012 by | Leave a comment

In 2001, Nadja Fidelia’s life revolved around Lower Manhattan. As a managing director for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. living in Battery Park City, Ms. Fidelia was only a short walk between home and work. Continue reading →

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Can Accessory Apartments Work in Harlem?

Posted on July 30, 2012 by | Leave a comment

I heard about accessory apartments while listening to WNYC the other day. What is an accessory apartment? Accessory apartments in Harlem might be the answer to affordable housing, senior assistance, and/or a source of added income for homeowners, etc.,. Continue reading →

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‘Sugar Cube Building’ Sweet Deal To Add Affordable Housing and Jobs in Harlem

Posted on July 24, 2012 by | 1 Comment

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Mathew M. Wambua and project developer Broadway Housing Communities Executive Director/Founder Ellen Baxter celebrated the beginning of construction for the new Sugar Hill development… Continue reading →

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Harlem to Preserve Brownstones By Creating height Limits

Posted on May 20, 2012 by | 1 Comment

Hundreds of New York City’s most glorious brownstones and majestic townhouses will be protected from developers and preserved for generations under a major rezoning proposed for West Harlem. Continue reading →

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Walter’s World: University Settlement Celebrates Upcoming Gala

Posted on April 10, 2012 by | 1 Comment

By Walter Rutledge

For one hundred and twenty five years the University Settlement has provided comprehensive social services to low-income and immigrant families.

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In E. Harlem, ‘Keep Out’ Signs Apply Even to Renters

Posted on October 30, 2011 by | 1 Comment

East Harlem has been undergoing a resurgence for two decades, yet the neighborhood is still pockmarked with four- or five-story walk-ups where the ground-floor stores are bustling and the apartments above are devoid of life. Continue reading →

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P.A’L.A.N.T.E, Empowering Harlem’s Needy And Underserved

Posted on July 21, 2011 by | 1 Comment


By Marc “The Raz” Rasbury

The People Against Landlord Abuse & Tenant Exploitation, PALANTE Harlem, is a Harlem-based grass root organization whose sole mission is to reduce poverty and be an advocate for the safe housing conditions for the residents of Northern Manhattan. Continue reading →

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Shootings In Public Housing Increase, What Can We Do?

Posted on March 8, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The Columbia Spectator today reports a rise in shootings in public housing in Harlem.

According to data from the New York Police Department, there were 48 shooting incidents in the city’s public housing in 2010, a 55 percent increase from the 31 shootings in 2009. Continue reading →

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Supportive Housing Comes To E. Harlem

Posted on February 17, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Formerly homeless and mentally disabled people will be one step closer to finding a home in Upper Manhattan should a plan to build a supportive housing development receive final approval from the Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HPD). Continue reading →

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Harlem gets new school for projects

Posted on May 4, 2010 by | 2 Comments

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A school grows in Harlem.

The city will spend $60 million – and a private group will raise $40 million more – to build a new home for a charter school in the middle of a housing project. Continue reading →

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