Author: Harlem Shill
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Redlining Webinar
If you’re curious about the issue of redlining, join The Washington and Chicago Map Societies on December 3, 2020, 7:00 pm when they present Linda Gartz in a Zoom discussion: “How Federal Government Redlining Maps Segregated America.” She will discuss her award-winning book, “Redlined,” and her discovery of the redlining maps used by the federal government to exclude African-Americans from the middle-class…
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Legal Drug Sales
Given the recent NY Times Article on how Perdue Pharma internally strategized ways to profit through addicting clients to their OxyCodone drug, it is worth looking at the data for Manhattan that came out of the ‘discovery’ on the recent lawsuit. Last year I assembled the data for Manhattan (or New York County – the…
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The Top 5 Languages (other than English) Spoken in NY
NY Times: Paying Pharmacy Companies Rebates for OxyContin Overdoses When Purdue Pharma agreed last month to plead guilty to criminal charges involving OxyContin, the Justice Department noted the role an unidentified consulting company had played in driving sales of the addictive painkiller even as public outrage grew over widespread overdoses. Documents released last week in a federal…
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HNBA (Zoom) Holiday Party – Tuesday, December 8th!
We’ll all readily admit that it won’t be the same, but we’re going to try anyway. Now that Thanksgiving’s over, let’s usher in the holiday season with a Zoom HNBA Party on Tuesday, December 8th at 7:00 PM. Subscribe to this blog: https://hnba.nyc/subscribe-to-the-hnba-blog/ to get the Zoom link (we’ll have it for you in the…
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Opioid Treatment Program Admissions – Increases and Decreases: 2017 – 2020
With OASAS FOIL data from 2017 and now 2020, we are able to see where admissions to Opioid Treatment Programs have increased or decreased. On the live map (link below) you can see red increases and blue decreases. Hover over any of the dots to learn more. Note that the size of the dot indicates…
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Mike, The Knife Sharpener
Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving! Mike the knife sharpener is on his way to East 129th St between Madison & 5th, and should be here around 9:15-9:30. Jennifer will send out notice when he’s here, but wanted to give notice that he’s on his way! Midnight Cowboy The 1969 film Midnight Cowboy was celebrated for it’s…
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This Thanksgiving, Mask-up!
Lincoln Houses, Wednesday morning. Van Bramer House The oldest colonial (pre-Revolutionary War) house that remained by the end of the 19th Century in Harlem was the Van Bramer house. Located near 7th Avenue and 117th Street. Unlike the Dyckmann House up in Inwood, this historic home was not saved. James Riker, writing in 1904 notes:…
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Governor Cuomo Announces Parts of Harlem Under Yellow Zone COVID-19 Restrictions
The governor has noted a Covid “yellow zone” in Upper Manhattan including zip codes 10031, 10032, and 10033. * No gatherings indoors/outdoors over 25 * Dining indoors/outdoors no more than 4 per table * Houses of worship at 50% capacity A Historical Perspective on Redlining The Where We Live NYC report has a fantastic explanation…
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Mike, The Knife Sharpener
Mike is planning to return to our neighborhood this Wednesday. We’ll put out details when we know more. Great prices, great sharpening, just in time for the holidays (even though we have much smaller celebrations this year, it is still great to have sharp knives for cooking!) The Dark Tower A’Lelia Walker’s home at 108 West…
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Opioid Treatment Deserts
With new data from a recent FOIL request that was submitted to the NYS Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) we wanted to map the inverse of what people typically map – the absence of something. In particular, we were interested in learning which Community Districts in New York don’t have any OASAS…
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DSNY Manhattan Community Coordinator
Marissa Yanni – DSNY’s Manhattan Community Affairs Liaison – appeared at this week’s 25th Precinct Community Council meeting and offered that we could contact her directly with any questions or to report any sanitation issues in East Harlem and Harlem. Marissa’s contact information is: myanni@dsny.nyc After the mayor’s walkabout in East Harlem, agencies like DSNY…
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Crime Alert
On Wednesday, Captain Henning of the 25th Precinct went over the CompStat data and noted that there is an significant increase in property theft (from homes, cars, and work sites) between 125th and 135th streets. Please be extra vigilant and watch belongings, keep tempting items and packages out of sight. For those car owners, it…