Month: May 2023
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The Other Harlems
No, not the Haarlem in the Netherlands, the Harlems in Georgia, Montana, Florida, and Illinois. This project doesn’t account for neighborhoods but only takes into consideration counties or towns. Thus our Harlem isn’t in the running. The population numbers of America’s other Harlems is interesting: If you’d like to test drive another location, here’s the…
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Ranked Choice Voting – Get Ready for the Democratic Primary – June 27th
Voters will use ranked choice voting (RCV) once again in the June 27, 2023 primary for most of the candidates shown on their ballots. Many Harlem residents (with party affiliation), will be able to vote for candidates for City Council. Ranked choice is used only for primaries, not general elections; come November, we’ll go back…
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Harlem International Film Festival Coming
The 2023 Harlem International Film Festival (Hi) announced it is teaming up with STARZ (2023 Luminary Partner) and unveiled films and events for its 18th edition – a hybrid event. The in-person screenings will take place at AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9 Theaters (2309 Frederick Douglass Blvd), with the Harlem International Film Festival and Columbia University Zuckerman…
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115 to 123
Metro North is going to be completely replacing the elevated tracks between 115th Street and 123rd Street, starting in about 9 months or a year. However, not only are they going to do this massive task, but they’ll do it while the tracks are in use. The engineering behind this is all predicated on closing…
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HNBA Meeting on Tuesday (on Zoom)
On Tuesday at 7:00 PM I will present on new data regarding New York City’s shelter system and how the distribution of shelters has changed from pre-pandemic, into the pandemic, and to the current day. The presentation will look at how family shelters and single adult shelters are distributed differently, and at how the different…
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Life Expectancy
A fascinating map showing where people live longer, and where people die sooner: America is seeing the greatest gap in life expectancy across regions in the last 40 years. While most people will live to 78, some Americans are likely to die more than a decade earlier if they happen to be born in a…
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Our Council Member – AWOL And Not Representing Harlem
CM Kristin Jordan has been absent for 48 of the last 100 City Council meetings See: https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/PersonDetail.aspx?ID=259827&GUID=61B9728A-A6E0-4485-9CA1-2588BB542C3B&Search= Councilmember Jordan’s no-show record at City Council is adding up: And the official record showing her lack of attendance is disturbing: Over the first three months of this year, Kristin has attended only 5 out of 23 City…
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Back In The USSR
During the interwar period – the 1930’s in particular – several Black intellectuals and artists were both attracted to the USSR and courted by the USSR. For all Black Americans experiencing everpresent racism and violence in this country, the Soviet Union looked intriguing as an alternative society that espoused racial equality. The Soviet Union, in…
