Tag Archives: Brooklyn

NYC’s Bike Share, Largest In The Country, To Begin

Posted on May 4, 2013 by | 1 Comment

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New York City, with its constant hum of subways, buses, cabs and ferries, has long had one glaring exception to its many transportation options: bicycles for the masses. Continue reading →

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HW Questionnaire: Harlem’s Silka Sosa, A Smooth Operator

Posted on April 8, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Silka Sosa

The hard working manager is a focused over achiever who has a knack for finding some of the best talent from fashion to music in and out of Harlem. Here, her Harlem swag, success secrets, and working with Project Runway, Life Time TV, Olivia, French Montana. Continue reading →

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NYPD Commish Ray Kelly said “stop and frisk” intended to ‘instill fear’ in blacks and Latinos: State Sen. Eric Adams

Posted on April 1, 2013 by | Leave a comment

frisk2n-5-webNYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said blacks and Hispanics are targeted for “stop-and-frisks” by police as part of the city’s program to get guns off the streets, a state lawmaker testified Monday in court. Continue reading →

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Rally to Support After School and Early Childhood Education

Posted on April 1, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Union SettlementOn Thursday morning, more than 500 children from city after-school programs rallied outside City Hall to urge the Mayor not to cut 47,000 children from child care and after-school programs. Continue reading →

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Survey: “Subway stations improving” Straphangers

Posted on March 7, 2013 by | Leave a comment

2-trainWe are now paying more to ride the subway but at least the conditions along the platforms aren’t getting worse, according to the Straphangers Campaign. But the results aren’t all rosy. Continue reading →

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Columbia University Shows Its Muscle And Metal

Posted on March 5, 2013 by | 1 Comment

06CAMPBELL-articleLargeColumbia University, busily expanding into Harlem, has meanwhile opened the Campbell Sports Center, a $30 million athletic building in Inwood, the neighborhood at the northern tip of Manhattan. Continue reading →

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Admissions Fair For Fisk University for the 2013 -2014

Posted on March 2, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Fisk Grads_Harlem World 1Undergraduate Admissions Information Session!

The NYFAA will host an Information Session for prospective students on Saturday, March 23rd to discuss post-secondary academic opportunities to study at one of America’s finest universities! Continue reading →

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HW Pick: AFRIKA21 At Brooklyn Museum: A Night of Fashion, Film, & Music

Posted on January 28, 2013 by | Leave a comment

african-weekly-inspirationTo Celebrate The 21st Century Sights and Sound of The Continent, Society HAE Hosts ‘AFRIKA21 @ Brooklyn Museum’ As Part of Brooklyn Museum?s Target First Saturday Programming
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Keith Wright New Assembly Housing Committee Chairman

Posted on January 26, 2013 by | 1 Comment

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NYDailyNews reports that Veteran Assemblyman Keith Wright has been officially appointed to replace pervy Assemblyman Vito Lopez as the chairman of the chamber’s powerful housing committee. Continue reading →

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HW Pick: Patricia Spears Jones Masterful Master Class

Posted on January 13, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Master Writing Class—Seven Weeks: from Winter to Spring at CALABAR IMPORTS

Master Class for accomplished poets and writers.  The focus will be on generating new work, revision and prosody. This is the fourth year of this class. Continue reading →

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