East Harlem

Rally Held at City Hall to "Dump the Dump"

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Mayor Bloomberg, Asphalt Green, Jessica Lappin, Garbage Marine Transfer Station, East Harlem, Asthma, Environment, Residents for Sane Trash Solutions, New York Trash Plant, New York Trash, New York News

Why the rally? Because this year the city has plans to demolish the East 91st Street Garbage Station, which has been closed for years, in order to build a 10-story Garbage Marine Transfer Station on the same site.

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Cop Stabbed In Head By Crazed Man Making Miraculous Comeback

Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Nypd, Eder Loor, Ray Kelly, Ny News, Schizophrenia, East Harlem, New York News, Terrance Hale, New York News

28-year-old NYPD cops Eder Loor remains in critical condition after being stabbed in the head Tuesday by a schizophrenic Harlem man. After a succe...

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WATCH: Pharmacy Robbery Leads To Deadly Shootout

Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Pharmacy-Robbery, Ny News, Oxycontin, East Harlem, Painkillers, Robbery, Rudoph Wyatt, Long Island Pharmacy Shooting, NY Crime, Video, New York News

An attempted robbery of an East Harlem pharmacy on Thursday led to a violent shootout with police officers killing the armed suspect. The suspecte...

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Shopping Cart Victim Forgives And Feels Sorry For Boys Who Attacked Her

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Video, Shopping Carts, Ny News, East Harlem, Achilles Baskin, Marion Hedges, Shopping Cart Attack, NY Crime, New York News

NEW YORK - A woman who was seriously injured by a shopping cart hurled from a fourth-floor New York City mall last year says she feels sorry for the t...

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The Wisest Day Of All, Even In Disneyland

Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Holidays, Video, Three Wise Men, Cultura, Rosca De Navidad, Museo Del Barrio, Hispanic Heritage, East Harlem, Three Kings Day, Nativity, Rosca De Reyes, Reyes Magos, Latino Voices News

¡Felíz Día de Reyes! Christmas is over, bank accounts are in recovery, New Year's resolutions were made and probably already forgotten. While fo...

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NYPD Still Blaming Occupy Wall Street For Uptick In Crime

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: East Harlem, Nypd, Wall Street Protest, Occupy Wall Street Eviction, New York News, Ny News, Occupy Wall Street, New York News

Parents in East Harlem called an emergency meeting with NYPD officials Thursday after a series of daytime shootings in the neighborhood. And when pare...

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Are Latinos Assimilating Or Is America Assimilating To Them?

Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Latinos, Latino Food, Latino Immigration, Pizza Patron, Latino Assimilation, Jackson Heights, Hispanic Heritage, East Harlem, Bilingual, Hispanics, Latino Voices News

For many immigrants arriving in the U.S., maintaining ties with their countries and cultures is becoming easier. Their countries, it seems, are coming...

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NYPL President Arrested For Drunk Driving In Reverse To Avoid Marathon

Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Drunk Driving, Anthony Marx, New York City Marathon, New York Public Library, Ny News, Dwi, East Harlem, Amherst College, New York Public Library President, New York News

New York Public Library President, Anthony Marx, was arrested on drunk driving charges on Sunday after police officials say he "sideswiped" a parked c...

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Two Kids Charged With Dropping Shopping Cart Onto Woman's Head

Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Video, Marion Salmon Hedges, Ny News, Shopping Cart, East Harlem, Target, New York News, Harlem Hospital, New York News

Police have charged two 12-year-old boys for allegedly tossing a shopping cart off the fourth floor of a parking lot Sunday. The cart landed on the he...

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El Barrio Week Kicks Off In East Harlem

dnainfo.com | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: El Barrio Today Arts Cluster, El Barrio Week, Taller Boricua, La-Marqueta-New-York, Spanish Harlem, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, East Harlem, East Harlem International Film Festival, New York News

HARLEM -- The first-ever El Barrio Week kicks off Wednesday and will feature 14 days of art exhibits, cooking demonstrations, spoken word performances...

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The Faithful Shopper: Top Trends for 2011

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: India, 34th Street, Vogue, Brooklyn, J. Crew, Target, Elizabeth Hurley, Britain, Rei, New Jersey, Madison Avenue, Africa, Liz Hurley, Tjmaxx, Marshalls, Asia, Christian Dior, Ems, Tarun Tahiliani, Natalie Portman, Walmart, Lincoln Square, Celine, Broadway, Snowboarding, Rivington Street, Puck Building, Los Angeles, Japan, Fashion Trends, Dior, Decadestwo, Eastern Mountain Sports, Soigné Kothari, Buenos Aires, Touch, AllSaints Spitalfields, New York Fashion Week, UK, La, South America, Hiking, Barney's, Century 21, H&M, Climbing, Valeria Smith, Kiki DeMontparnasse, East Harlem, Pop Up Shop, Hennes & Moritz, Decades Two, Greene Street, Mercer Street, Cortlandt Street, Arun Nayar, Fitness, Fifth Avenue, Long Island, Rain Africa, Rockefeller Center, Trends, Queens, Fashion Week, Skiing, Herald Square, Lady Dior, Topshop, Biking, Soigne K, TJX Cos, Midtown, Camping, Europe, 57th Street, Financial District, Uniqlo, Pop-Ups, Century21, Céline, New York News

When you visit as many stores as I do (note to accountant -- it's retail research, not shopping), you begin to see patterns and trends emerging, and New York this year is no exception.

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The Faithful Shopper: Retail Lost and Found

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem, Target, Macy's, Federated Department Stores, Bloomingdale's, Jcpenney, East Harlem, Manhattan Mall, Nordstrom, New York City, Hmv, Best Buy, Apple, Compusa, Tower Records, Circuit City, Fortunoff, Seaman's Furniture, Raymour & Flanagan, Service Merchandise, Levitz, Steve & Barry's, Tj Maxx, Marshalls, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Rem Koolhaus, Forever21, Forever 21, Prada, Soho, H & M, Dior, Topshop, AllSaints Spitalfields, Fifth Avenue, Times Square, Hershey, Nintendo World, Pop-Tarts, Swarovski, Playstation, The Time Warner Center, Nolita, Brooklyn, Limelight Marketplace, Happy New Year, Madison Avenue, The Shops at Columbus Circle, 2011, New Year Highline, Meatpacking, New York News

The end of this year also marks the end of the decade, and so it seems appropriate to look back at how New York City retail has changed over these very dramatic 10 years.

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'High Line For Harlem' Gains Steam

dnainfo.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: East Harlem, High Line for Harlem, High Line, Harlem High Line, Chelsea Market, Irwin Cohen, Harlem Community Development Corporation, New York News

EAST HARLEM -- An uptown version of the High Line -- this time under train tracks, not on top of them -- could be headed to Harlem under a new plan ba...

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Holy Toledo and Target Too!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mathew Modine, Harlem, Margo Channing, Stanley-Crouch, Norman Mchugh, Isabel Toledo, Caridad Modine, Albert Maysles, Ruben Toledo, Target, East Harlem, Historic Preservation, El Museo Del Barrio, Michaela Angela Davis, Style News

Is it possible to fall in love and to stay in love? Is happiness an illusory phantom? Does nothing last? It must be the time of year that prompts su...

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Should Parents Be Punished for Teenage Truancy?

Alex Berg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: East Harlem, New York City Department of Education, Educational Neglect, Education Reform, Welfare Reform, Child Welfare Organizing Project, Administration for Children's Services, Truancy, New York News

Bevanjae Kelley's heart sank when she arrived at her East Harlem home after work one day in September and saw the envelope from New York's Administration for Children's Services (ACS).

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Pizza Delivery Guy Fights Gun-Wielding Thugs, Still Makes Delivery

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Frank Grecco, Burkina Faso, Famous Famiglia, Pizza Delivery Hero, East Harlem, Assami Semde Pizza, Delivery Boy Hero, Assami Semde, Pizza Robbery, New York News

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Here Comes the Neighborhood: The Housing Movement Goes Global in East Harlem

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Third Encuentro, Movement for Justice in El Barrio, Shack Dwellers Movement, Sunset Park Alliance of Neighbors, Clinton-Bush Fund, Spanish Harlem, People?S Front in Defense of the Land, Mexico, El Barrio, Real Estate, Haiti Relief, Private Equity, Haiti, Gentrification, Coalition to Preserve Community, East Harlem, South Africa, Hope Community, Other Campaign, Harlem, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Harlem Tenants Council, Tenants, Housing, Dawnay Day, Lakou New York, International Campaign in Defense of El Barrio, Glocal, Atenco, Mjb, Columbia University, New York News

Here, amid the glittering ruins of globalized gentrification's gilded age, a kind of glocal tenants' movement is taking shape, at once locally rooted ...

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Jeffrey Locker Death: Murder Or Suicide? Prosecutors Say Motivational Speaker Investigated Funeral, Bought Insurance

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daniel Gotlin, Motivational Speaker, Crime, Stabbing, Jeffrey Locker Murder, Ken Minor, East Harlem, Jeffrey Locker Suicide, Kenneth Minor, Life Insurance, Funeral, New York News

NEW YORK — From the start, the man accused of killing motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker told a startling tale: He said Locker asked for help s...

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El Museo del Barrio: Fifth Avenue on Fire

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Agnes Gund, Central Park, Robert Motherwell, The Suicide of Dorothy Hale, El Barrio, Latin American Culture, Global Citizens, Peru, Carmen Ana Unanue Galleries, New Workers? School Cycle, Yale University Press, Wilfredo Lam, Dominican Republic, Fifth Avenue, Metlife, Michael Bloomberg, On View - Voces Y Visiones, Miguel Sal, Mexico, Caribbean Culture, Miguel Covarrubias, Museum of the City of New York, Lenin, Brazil, Julián Zugazagoitia, Ecuador, Art, Frida Kahlo, Man at the Crossroads, Latino Culture, Diego Rivera, Cuba, Bolivia, Upper East Side, Salvador Dali, Thought Leaders, Henry Luce Foundation, Dorothy Hale, East Harlem, Michelle De Leon, Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, John Lee, El Museo Del Barrio, Rockefeller Center Mural, Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Latino Traditions, Mexico City, Rockefeller Discovering the Rivera Murals, Rockefeller Family, Marcel Duchamp, Nexus New York - Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis, Elvira Moran, Chile, Terra Foundation for American Art, Daily Kos, Opponent of Fascism, Empire State Building, Deborah Cullen, Art Commission of the City of New York, American Avant-Garde, Museum of Modern Art, Museum Mile, Taíno, Pre-Columbian, New York News

Forty years ago, El Museo del Barrio was a dream contained in a single classroom so far north that “sophisticated” Manhattanites would not...

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Cab Driver Kicks Out Gay Couple

nypost.com | Kirsten Fleming, Tom Namako, Reuven Fenton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: East Harlem, Paul Bruno, 13th Street and First Avenue, Cab Driver Homophobic, Cab Driver Gay, Medhat Mohamed, Cab Driver Same Sex Couple, Cab Driver Homosexual Couple, Cab Driver Kicks Out Gay Couple, Cab Driver Gay Discriminate, New York, New York City, New York News

An overzealous cabby allegedly booted a gay couple when he spotted the duo sharing a warm embrace in the back of his cold car. Paul Bruno and his par...

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A Museum, A Community, A Festival

Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: East Harlem, NYC Department of Health, New York City Housing Authority, El Museo Del Barrio, Upper East Side, Spanish Harlem, Museums, Food Desert, Hispanics, Julian Zugazagoitia, New York News

How interesting to embark on a project developing the menu for a museum whose surrounding neighborhood -- El Barrio -- has been described as a food desert.

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Motivational Speaker Found Stabbed And Strangled In His Car

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeff Locker, East Harlem, East Harlem Stabbing, New York Murder, Jeff Locker Murder, East Harlem New York, Crime, New York, Jeff Locker Stabbing, New York News

AP - Investigators are trying to retrace the steps of a motivational speaker found stabbed to death in his car. Police say Jeff Locker, of North Wo...

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