Category: News

  • Opioid Deaths: NYC vs. Upstate

    In the figure above, you can see how New York City has (for the last decade) lower opioid death rates than upstate New York. While often stigmatized as an urban problem, the opioid crisis it much more deadly beyond the 5 boroughs. For more, see: https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/opioid/data/pdf/nys_opioid_annual_report_2019.pdf

  • Keith Taylor for City Council – 9

    As we all know, Bill Perkins, particularly during this last session, has been unable to forcefully represent our community due to undisclosed issues. While he’s been propped up by his staff, crucial time and representation has been lost and Harlem has suffered unnecessarily. 2021 is an election year, and a number of candidates have jumped…

  • Update on Mayor Visit of 125 Street

    Update on Mayor Visit of 125 Street

    Read the updates from elected officials regarding actions taken to address quality of life and safety issues on 125th Street.

  • Graduation Rates

    As we approach December and a mid year reflection on how COVID has impacted children and their education, I wanted to present the pre-COVID data on graduation rates, broken down by ethnicity and race in 2018: To see how our community compares to other NYC neighborhoods: From: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/downloads/pdfs/wwl-plan.pdf

  • Shop Harlem

    We are 2 days away from Harlem’s most creative virtual event this season!  HBA is pleased to partner with AT&T and Experience Harlem to bring you the holiday event of the season! We know you love all things Harlem, that’s how we know you’ll love the Shop Harlem Virtual Fair. This will be an interactive social distancing event with lots…

  • Tali Farhadian Weinstein Speaks to HNBA

    At our November meeting, Tali Farhadian Weinstein spoke to HNBA about her background and the reasons she’s running for Manhattan DA in 2021. The Ghosts of Segregation A chilling photographic essay on America’s past and how it persists and lurks from the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/30/travel/ghosts-of-segregation.html

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • JP Morgan Summer Internship Program for Black College Students

    Harlem neighbors, JP Morgan Chase has a summer internship program for black college sophomore students. This full time paid program lasts for 6 weeks. All majors are considered. Seats are opened in various major cities, including NYC. DEADLINE to apply is Dec 20. Click on this link to apply. This competitive program is a great…

  • A Call for LegislationThe Bronx is Building

    The Greater Harlem Coalition has recently written to our elected officials to ask them to begin the work of enacting legislation that will stop and then reverse the oversaturation of drug treatment programs in our community: The Bronx is Building A new rental building has been proposed for the Bronx waterfront between the Madison Avenue…

  • CBS News Coverage of Oversaturation and the Explosion of Illegal Drug Dealing in Our Community

    CBS News had a great piece last night on how Harlem and East Harlem are oversaturated with substance abuse programs which has attracted unprecedented numbers of illegal drug sellers who prey on the men and women seeking treatment. Harlem residents showed the CBS reporter evidence of illegal drug sales and use – all concentrated around…

  • The Machine: Running for Bill Perkins’ Seat

    The debacle of voting in NYC (note how the still haven’t finished the count and don’t expect to complete it until Thanksgiving) rests partly on the shoulders of Bill Perkins’ wife – Pamela Perkins – who was given a patronage job on the NYC Board of Elections. https://www.vote.nyc/page/commissioners-management. Perkins himself is not expected to run…