Tag Archives: Scott Stringer

Metropolitan Hospital Community Advisory Board Legislative Forum With Harlem Rep. Rangel

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The Metropolitan Hospital Center Community Advisory Board (CAB) hosted local elected officials, their representatives, healthcare advocates, and community residents at its annual legislative forum on Friday, March 22. Continue reading

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Stringer Calling For New Pedestrian Safety Measures In Wake Of East Harlem Boy’s Death

scott stringerManhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and other officials are calling for new pedestrian safety measures following the death of a 6-year-old boy who was killed on his way to school in East Harlem last week. Continue reading

Grants to Start or Expand Composting Projects in Harlem

Handful_of_compostCitizens Committee for New York City, the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB), and Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer invite you to apply for grants to start, expand and grow composting programs in Harlem!

Tito Puente Post Office In East Harlem Downsized

postal24u-2-webThe Tito Puente Post Office in East Harlem — a bustling, 40-year-old institution named after the greatest Latin jazz musician of the 20th century — is about to be shrunk to the size of, well, a postage stamp. Continue reading

Become a Community Board Member in Harlem

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Apply To Serve On A Community Board:

Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of one of Harlem’s three Community Boards (#9, #10 and #11).  Here’s an opportunity to serve our communities. Continue reading

Blacks, Latinos and Women Underrepresented in NYCity’s Startups

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New York’s startup activity is hot — but many of the city’s residents are being left out in the cold, according to a report by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer. Continue reading

Harlem is getting a business incubator for engineering students

A new center that aims to turn engineers into entrepreneurs is coming to Harlem. Continue reading

Bollinger Wins, But Does Harlem?

Lee Bollinger had yet to take over as president of Columbia University in 2002 when he toured a largely industrial area about 10 blocks north of the historic campus on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Continue reading

An inverted High Line envisioned for Harlem could turn out to be a miracle at La Marqueta

An upside-down High Line — using gritty railroad tracks to create a dazzling new destination for tourism, commerce and recreation — may be coming to Harlem. Continue reading

Harlem Tenants Fight Invade Their Privacy

Furious residents of a 1,200-unit apartment complex in Harlem are doing everything they can to stave off a new security system that would require them to swipe a photo ID card every time they come home. Continue reading