Tag Archives: Mayor Bloomberg

Rudy’s World: Officials Turn Out For The Harlem School of Arts/The Herb Alpert Center Naming

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Salters Scene: Rev. Sharpton Leads Silent Protest

Rev. Sharpton Leads Silent Protest

On Father’s Day the Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network led a silent protest march down 5thAvenue. Continue reading

DA Vance Secures Conviction in Cheyenne Baez Case

Dear Friends:

Yesterday, my Office secured a conviction for the murder of 17-year-old Cheyenne Baez, an innocent young woman who was shot to death as she was talking to her friends in East Harlem. Continue reading

A Proposal To Give Harlem Two Things It Lacks: Canals And A Waterfront Boardwalk

The East River, which runs along the eastern edge of Manhattan, was once the busiest industrial waterway in America–and, some say, the dirtiest. Continue reading

Mayor Bloomberg Signs Bill Naming Street after HSA Founder, Dorothy Maynor In Harlem

On Monday, July 11th Mayor Bloomberg signed the bill making St. Nicholas Avenue between 141st and 145th Streets officially Dorothy Maynor Place.  The New York City Council, sponsored by Councilmember Robert Jackson, approved the renaming of the street after HSA‘s founder and soprano, Dorothy Maynor.   Continue reading

Assault On Women Protest in Harlem

The International Working Women’s Day Committee sponsored a rally today in central Harlem to protest the war on women at home and worldwide.  The gathering began at noon today and took place at the Harriet Tubman Memorial Plaza, located at 123rd Street and St. Nicholas Blvd.

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Panel Rejects Black, Now What?

Mayor Bloomberg’s controversial pick for schools chancellor has run into serious trouble. An advisory panel has voted against granting a waiver to publishing executive Cathie Black. Continue reading

Super Bowl XLVIII in NYC 2014!

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“NY Giants will play the NY Jets and New York will win!!” – Mayor Bloomberg

All weather is football weather.

The Giants and Jets begin playing in their new home this fall.

Heat and humidity in the late summer days? Football weather. Crisp and cool air of autumn? Football weather. Mud? Sleet? Snow? Football weather. You deal with the elements in football, you change your game plan, you adapt and attack and you persevere. Continue reading

Smikle’s Ride To State Senator

Political strategist Basil Smikle will be challenging incumbent State Senator Bill Perkins for the District 30 seat in Harlem this fall. Smikle, who has worked with Hillary Clinton and Mayor Bloomberg, told the Daily News, “I don’t like the way that [Perkins] has pitted residents of upper Manhattan against one another. Continue reading