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I attended my first  meeting over a month or so ago where I learned that  University has a 25 year master plan to acquir...
27/11/2023

I attended my first meeting over a month or so ago where I learned that University has a 25 year master plan to acquire up to 200,000 square feet of Harlem per year, with an ultimate goal of owning most of Harlem’s west side all the way up into the Washington Heights section.

Columbia is already New York City’s largest real estate owner, and they have no plans to relinquishing that title in their agenda to compete with other Ivy League schools for students.

With a $13.3B endowment, it is nearly impossible for prospective homeowners and businesses to compete with Columbia for properties the university wants.

Couple that with the city’s blessing on eminent domain, and it becomes clear that they are playing for keeps, so we are literally fighting for the existence of Harlem as we know it.

Please share this post. ALL Harlem residents should make time to attend this meeting to better understand the magnitude of the threat AND to be informed on how we can unite to fight this unprecedented expansion plan.

If you care about this community and its preservation, don’t talk about it, BE about it! Hope to see you there. 🙏🏽
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🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️😂😂☺️-
24/11/2023

🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️😂😂☺️
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Governor Kathy Hochul today signed the Clean Slate Act (S.7551A/A.1029C), which seals certain criminal records and allow...
16/11/2023

Governor Kathy Hochul today signed the Clean Slate Act (S.7551A/A.1029C), which seals certain criminal records and allows individuals to seek employment, housing, and educational opportunities so they can improve their lives.

Records of individuals with eligible misdemeanor convictions will be sealed after three years and those with certain felony convictions, after eight years, following their release from incarceration.

Effective one year from today, the law provides the New York State Office of Court Administration up to three years to implement the processes necessary to identify and seal all eligible records.

New York Attorney General Letitia James said, “The millions of New Yorkers who have paid their dues and are ready to rebuild their lives deserve a second chance. The Clean Slate Act will help ensure our justice system is fairer and more equitable, and help build stronger families and communities by making it easier for formerly incarcerated New Yorkers to find stable housing, good-paying jobs, and quality education.”
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This is really good because society has placed an additional penalty on so many AFTER they have paid their “debt to society” by locking them out of jobs and opportunities because of criminal records. That said, I hope people get right and take advantage of this. 🙏🏽❤️💪🏽
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Get ready New York City! We are just weeks away from the return of the Harlem Night Market for the first three Saturdays...
12/11/2023

Get ready New York City! We are just weeks away from the return of the Harlem Night Market for the first three Saturdays in December.

Get ready for food, music, culture and plenty of makers on December 2nd, 9th & 16th from 4-8pm at the historic located on 116th & Park Ave.

Turntable legends and will be orchestrating the sounds along with special guests,

Bring your appetite, wallet and dancing shoes and be ready to have a great time supporting local small businesses and makers. Harlem Let’s Go!!!!
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Congrats to City Councilman .yusefsalaam who made inevitable a reality last night by being officially elected to the New...
08/11/2023

Congrats to City Councilman .yusefsalaam who made inevitable a reality last night by being officially elected to the New York City Council.

The City Council is the governing body of the City, except as otherwise provided in the Charter, and enacts ordinances subject to the approval or veto of the Mayor. It orders elections, levies taxes, authorizes public improvements, approves contracts, and adopts traffic regulations.

Salaam, a member of the exonerated five, will represent the Central Harlem district and has vowed to fight for Housing, Economic, Social and environmental justice among others via his Equity & Empowerment Agenda which can be found on his website.
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FRFR!-
05/11/2023

FRFR!
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03/11/2023

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True colors.-
31/10/2023

True colors.
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So I had the pleasure of meeting Sister Kenya the other day on Lenox Ave. looking as fabulous as she wanted to be. When ...
29/10/2023

So I had the pleasure of meeting Sister Kenya the other day on Lenox Ave. looking as fabulous as she wanted to be. When I first saw her, I said to myself that I NEED her picture. She was looking entirely too incredible for me not to get that shot.

She hesitantly agreed, and after seeing the first pic, she let her guard down a bit and let me do my thing. 😂

She’s an educator who bides her time between Harlem and Atlanta and is most definitely more than meets the eye. Here’s her “dose of wisdom” speaking on being an educator for the past 30 years.
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“I eradicate ignorance, but people may understand that better if I say I’m an educator.

True educators are never looking for a job…. It’s a job that finds you. We change lives of those we talk to in OUR courtroom… the classroom.

If we are chosen to do the work… it’s about being selected by the passion of changing minds and intentionally creating spaces for critical thinking.”
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Rest easy King. 🙏🏽❤️🕊️-
25/10/2023

Rest easy King. 🙏🏽❤️🕊️
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The Harlem Night Market returns for the first three Saturdays of December so save the dates and pull up for food, fun, m...
11/10/2023

The Harlem Night Market returns for the first three Saturdays of December so save the dates and pull up for food, fun, makers and music.

More to come including vendor application details so stay tuned!
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A nationwide test of the federal emergency alert system will be broadcast at approximately 2:20 p.m. EDT to cellphones, ...
04/10/2023

A nationwide test of the federal emergency alert system will be broadcast at approximately 2:20 p.m. EDT to cellphones, televisions and radios across the United States.

All you are required to do is not to panic and just stay cool. However, we’ve been hearing all the conspiracy theories about how this alert will be broadcast at just the right frequency to take over your minds, so if you’re worried about that, you should probably just turn of all your devices before the alert.
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🤔…😂🤣-
04/10/2023

🤔…😂🤣
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Oh we had a time last night! 🔥❤️🔥 Who else was at the  Block Party?-
02/10/2023

Oh we had a time last night! 🔥❤️🔥 Who else was at the Block Party?
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Just thinking of our brother  in this moment and recalling his love for this community and his love letter to Harlem, .h...
30/09/2023

Just thinking of our brother in this moment and recalling his love for this community and his love letter to Harlem, .harlem, which features a ton of archival photos and personal stories from Dave about growing up in Harlem.

Dave, you are missed but never forgotten. 🙏🏽❤️🕊️ We Never got to do the collaboration we spoke of, but I have ideas. 😉 Rest peacefully Brother! 🙏🏽
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This weekend marks the 25th Anniversary of the , a women’s boutique on 125th Street. 👏🏽👏🏽❤️❤️💪🏽💪🏽Here’s to another 25! 🥂...
30/09/2023

This weekend marks the 25th Anniversary of the , a women’s boutique on 125th Street. 👏🏽👏🏽❤️❤️💪🏽💪🏽

Here’s to another 25! 🥂
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A Great Day in Hip Hop! - On September 29th, 1998, 177 Hip-Hop artists, producers, and influencers gathered at 17 East 1...
30/09/2023

A Great Day in Hip Hop! - On September 29th, 1998, 177 Hip-Hop artists, producers, and influencers gathered at 17 East 126th Street in Harlem to pose for what would become one of the music industry’s most iconic photographs.
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Yup… somebody did f🤬k up. Drugs and ghost guns were discovered at an East Harlem day care today. The licensed day care w...
27/09/2023

Yup… somebody did f🤬k up. Drugs and ghost guns were discovered at an East Harlem day care today. The licensed day care was operating at an apartment on East 117th Street. NYPD says the day care was likely just a front for their criminal activity.

Detectives executed a search warrant and discovered a ghost gun printing and drug dealing operation 🤦🏽‍♂️Several arrests were made.

This comes nearly two weeks after four young children in a day care in the Bronx were treated for opioid poisoning. One of the children, 1-year-old Nicholas Dominici, died from the exposure

People, you have to be VERY careful now about where you’re putting your kids for day care. We’ve already known this but, damn! 🤦🏽‍♂️😡
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We talking high probabilities!-
27/09/2023

We talking high probabilities!
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Deadass! 🤣-
22/09/2023

Deadass! 🤣
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  -   at  with his son before his appearance at  Stoop Session tonight.Wonder if he got with this? 🍔 or that? 🌭 -       ...
17/09/2023

- at with his son before his appearance at Stoop Session tonight.

Wonder if he got with this? 🍔 or that? 🌭
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“Nobody wins when the family feuds” - Those Jay Z lyrics are profound and very true, and in the wake of the lawsuit file...
15/09/2023

“Nobody wins when the family feuds” - Those Jay Z lyrics are profound and very true, and in the wake of the lawsuit filed by Musa Jackson and Nikoa Evans-Hendricks against Yvonne McNair, I heard back from Yvonne today, and like I said before, there two sides to every story.

I had reached out to Yvonne before posting last night, but she didn’t get the message in time. After posting, I did immediately hear back from Nikoa, who vowed to bring back the Harlem Festival of Culture (HFC) next year despite all of the drama that played out this year.

Because this is IG, a short firm platform, I’m not able to get into the details of the 50 page lawsuit, but it’s a LOT! Among others, it accuses Yvonne of:

* Widespread fraud, mismanagement, and deceptive business practices

* Diverting HFC funds to accounts only she controlled

* Violating HFC operating agreements by basically keeping Musa and Nikoa out of the loop on deals and incoming funds

* Misappropriating funds including a $125K charitable donation

* Deceiving vendors by inflating the attendance projections

Here is Yvonne’s statement to me this morning:

It was stated that Aliya Nelson and the litigation team at Greenspoon Marder will “zealously represent Ms. McNair and Captivate Marketing Group against these baseless and meritless claims. We plan to file a response on her behalf which will bear out the truth of this matter.”

“As a two-time Emmy nominated, award winning, and highly respected event producer, I have worked tirelessly over the past several years to bring the Harlem Festival of Culture to life.  I am relying upon my legal team to guide this process and I will be in touch with factual updates in the future,” added McNair.

The courts will sort through who’s who and what’s what, but in the interim, the Harlem ticket buyers and the vendors that paid their hard earned money to participate, in addition to buying of food and supplies, are left ass out! 😡 THAT’S the part that bothers me MOST about this entire mess.

I sincerely hope, even within the infighting, that they, or the court, can at least figure out how to make the ticket buyers and vendors whole again. 🙏🏽💔😢
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Maaaaaaann! Let me tell YOU. I’m just picking my jaw up off the floor right now, but back when I heard the  was abruptly...
15/09/2023

Maaaaaaann! Let me tell YOU. I’m just picking my jaw up off the floor right now, but back when I heard the was abruptly cancelled due to the “heat advisory” issued by White House, something just didn’t sit well with me on that.

Maybe it might have made sense for the first day of the 3-day festival, but the ENTIRE thing? 🤨 It all sounded like an event in need of an excuse to cancel, and president Biden’s heat advisory was probably the best thing going in the moment.

In an already loaded Harlem summer, this was supposed to be THE crown jewel event of the year. Fat Joe, Wyclef, Bell Biv Devoe, Doug E Fresh, and many others, all on Randall’s Island for a 3-day event that also included many Harlem based vendors and makers. ❤️

Of course, when it didn’t happen, the streets were talking. Some said they didn’t have money to pay the talent, others say the lighting company hadn’t been paid. We had no clue WHAT was going on, and aside from serendipitously catching Yvonne McNair at Settepani, I hadn’t officially heard anything or any other reason why it didn’t happen.

Yvonne told me at that time that they would be issuing an official statement on rescheduling the event in the coming days. No such statement ever came.

Cut to this lawsuit filed on September 7th in New York Superior Court in which Co-founders Jackson and Evan-Hendricks accuse McNair of diverting $1.3M in funds to accounts she controlled. They also allege that McNair organized the event to benefit her own companies.

All I can say, is this here sounds like a WHOLE ASS MESS! I know all three co-founders, although not very well, but still have respect for what they all do in the community, especially Nikoa. So for it all to end up here is a tragedy and a loss for Harlem.

These are strictly allegations between partners and McNair will have her opportunity to defend herself against them. I’m mostly saddened that such a dope concept for Harlem has devolved into this mess and even more saddened that it’s US that are falling on our face. 😢
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Harlem Bingo: Summer Madness Edition - We are in the last days of summer and it has been an absolute blast Harlem. So le...
13/09/2023

Harlem Bingo: Summer Madness Edition - We are in the last days of summer and it has been an absolute blast Harlem. So let’s see who was out there doing the most this summer.

How many of you can claim bingo on any of the cards, OR at least, cover 10 spots on each card from your activities this summer?

Here are our results:

Card #1
Got a double bingo and covered 16 spots 💪🏽

Card #2
One Bingo and covered 17 spots 👏🏽

Card #3
No Bingos and covered 13 spots 😑
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Be sure to comment below and let us know how well you do. 🤣 And no cheating… be honest! 🤣🤦🏽‍♂️
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The  is back TOMORROW - SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2023From 1pm to 6pm  ART, FOOD, AND CULTURE. It's about Harlem from 110th to 155t...
08/09/2023

The is back TOMORROW -
SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2023
From 1pm to 6pm

ART, FOOD, AND CULTURE.

It's about Harlem from 110th to 155th Streets with its galleries and businesses welcoming you.

Come out and spend time with:

ARTISTIC NOISE


CALABAR GALLERY AT REFETTORIO HARLEM


CHILDREN'S ART CARNIVAL


CLAIRE OLIVER GALLERY


HEATH GALLERY


H & M ART AND HOME DECOR


HOME TO HARLEM


HEATH GALLERY


KENTE ROYAL GALLERY

ILON ART GALLERY


AHL FOUNDATION


ART & FOOD will be at:

NBHD BRULEE COFFEE SHOP


Get tickets and more info on EventBrite or the link in bio.

SPONSORED BY:

HARLEM BREWING COMPANY


HARLEM ONE STOP


HARLEM CAREERS


HARLEM 4 ALL


TBO HARLEM
(THE BEST OF HARLEM)harlem

EXPOARTIST


WHILE WE ARE STILL HERE
edgecombeavenue

THE UPTOWN COLLECTIVE


PARK NORTH PHYSICAL THERAPY


CALABAR IMPORTS


UP MAGAZINE


STREET ART NYC


STOOP STORIESstories

It's very much local and global. Come experience of Harlem culture. Email [email protected]
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The  arrested Norton Blake this morning for attacking a disabled, elderly woman at the 116th Street Subway Station with ...
06/09/2023

The arrested Norton Blake this morning for attacking a disabled, elderly woman at the 116th Street Subway Station with her own cane last Friday around 3:30am. 😡😡

The incident was filmed by the a female token booth worker. Police initially detained Blake but then, let him go for some strange reason. A warrant was issued for Blake in the attack and he was then arrested around 6:30am this morning.

The officers who first let Blake go are under investigation by NYPD iInternal Affairs Bureau. The victim, 60 year old Laurell Reynolds was admitted to Harlem Hospital.

Blake has prior arrests for drug possession, assault, trespassing, resisting arrest, tampering with evidence and possessing stolen property.
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TOMORROW! This is just a reminder that the Manhattan Community Board 10 General Meeting takes place tomorrow from 6-9pm ...
06/09/2023

TOMORROW! This is just a reminder that the Manhattan Community Board 10 General Meeting takes place tomorrow from 6-9pm at 215 West 125th Street, 4th Floor.

Whether there’s something bothering you about Harlem ($2300 Affordable Housing Studio Apartments) or you need help with an event or business, this is your chance to be heard.

We can’t change anything by sitting on the sidelines. So get into it and get involved.
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This meeting is the General Board Meeting so ALL of the community board members will be in attendance unlike smaller meetings that only include specific committee members.
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Ruschelle Boone. 🙏🏽❤️🕊️Rest in Love. 😢💔-
06/09/2023

Ruschelle Boone. 🙏🏽❤️🕊️
Rest in Love. 😢💔
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How could we ever forget?-
03/09/2023

How could we ever forget?
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