Tag Archives: Rev. Vernon Williams

Occupy the Corners in Harlem

Posted on August 17, 2012 by | Leave a comment

To challenge inner-city violence, a community initiative called Occupy the Corners will be launched in New York City tonight, Aug. 17. Continue reading →

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Advocates Call for Increase in Minimum Wage at Harlem Hearing

Posted on April 24, 2012 by | Leave a comment

While working for minimum wage at a Target in Queens, Tashawna Green said she often had to make tough choices.

“There were times when I had to decide between paying the rent or buying food,” Green, a mother of one, said Monday during a state Assembly hearing on increasing the minimum wage. Continue reading →

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Desperate Cry for Help Spurred ‘Kings of Dust’ Takedown in Harlem

Posted on January 24, 2012 by | 2 Comments

“The lesson to take away from this is that when you reach out, people may be working on the problem,”

An anonymous letter pleading for help spurred a 15 month investigation that brought down the “Kings of Dust” PCP drug ring, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. told community leaders. Continue reading →

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Harlem Caught in the Crossfire of Youth Gangs

Posted on February 18, 2011 by | 7 Comments

DNAinfo reports that from East Harlem to Sugar Hill, more than two dozen youth gangs are claiming territory and pulling triggers over petty rivalries. Continue reading →

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Harlem Gangs Busted In Crackdown

Posted on February 17, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Two Harlem youth gangs running a violent crack- and gun- dealing operation centered on one Central Harlem block have been busted by authorities in an investigation personally led by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr., his office announced Wednesday. Continue reading →

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A Harlem Youth Pastor’s Plan for Peace

Posted on October 11, 2010 by | Leave a comment

In July, two teens were shot in the leg and back at 1:40 a.m. near Second Avenue and 122nd St.

George White, 15, was shot and killed while standing outside of his mother’s Harlem apartment just before 11 p.m. Continue reading →

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Harlem Preaching Peace With Zeal

Posted on September 9, 2009 by | Leave a comment

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The man known on some of Harlem’s toughest streets as the “P.O.D.,” shorthand for “pastor on deck,” brought his black Jeep Compass to a screeching halt on Lenox Avenue, near 128th Street, on a recent Saturday night, and jumped out.

Two teenage girls — members of the rival street gangs Girls G.F. and Barbie Dolls — were rolling across the sidewalk in a tangle of elbows, kicks, fists and screams. Blood smeared the concrete as a roaring circle of at least 20 people urged them on.

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