Welcome to Harlem’s Newsletter
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Early Voting Hours Extended for NYC
The historic voting numbers have led to changes in voting hours this weekend. But… Don’t wait for an extension. Make a plan. Get on line. Vote. Remember, you’ve been waiting for this for 4 years. Don’t let it slip by. The New York City Board of Elections’ commissioners on Tuesday voted to extend early voting…
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Vote!
Enslaved Africans in Dutch Harlem Last year a number of major museums in The Netherlands began to cease using the term “Golden Age” to describe the 17th-century Dutch empire that included New Amsterdam, and the village that became Harlem. In particular, Dutch society has begun to wrestle with fact that much of the power and…
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The Mail
Harlem has had a mail system since 1673. In order for mail to travel, however, the road to Harlem to New York and beyond had to be finished, or at least made usable. Eventually, a monthly mail between New York and Boston was officially announced and the earliest letters set out on the first of…
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Vote For Her
If you haven’t seen this ad, it’s the must-see of 2020. I have to confess, I was weeping at the end. Walking to Morocco It’s hard to imagine, but 240 million years ago, were you in what would become Harlem, you could walk eastward and arrive in Western Sahara or Morocco. We all know, of…
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Early Voting Sites Are Open!
Vote in person, or simply drop off your absentee ballot. Early Voting New Yorkers can vote early for the November 3, 2020 general election. Early voting starts on October 24, and runs until November 1, 2020. Early Voting Information Saturday, October 24, 2020 10 AM to 4 PM Sunday, October 25, 2020 10 AM to…
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An Address to You from The First Lady
Michelle Obama, First Lady of The United States of America: An American Street Mural in Harlem Harlem Park to Park – https://harlemparktopark.org/ – has a great teaser video out on the project to create the Black Lives Matter mural on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd this past summer. The plan is to expand the project…
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Samuel L. Jackson
To Find Your Early Voting Location (You can begin to vote on Saturday) You can (early) vote from Saturday, October 24th, to Sunday, November 1st. Note that your polling place will likely be different than the polling place you are used to. When I keyed in my address, this is what Vote.nyc told me was…
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Protest at The Lucern
You likely have heard how some residents of the Upper West Side raised a significant amount of money to fund a legal campaign to force homeless New Yorkers out of the Lucern Hotel which the DHS had contracted to house homeless New Yorkers so they wouldn’t be at risk of COVID in congregant shelters Today…
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Where Do They Live?
The oversaturation of substance use programs in Harlem and East Harlem has been proven repeatedly. Our community hosts many more programs than are justified by our population, by our addiction rates, or even by drug-related death rates. One question remains, where do patients who are admitted to New York City substance abuse programs come from?…
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Open Streets this weekend!
Hi neighbors, We’ve now got not just one but TWO Open Streets here in East Harlem! This weekend’s schedule: PLEASANT AVENUE AT 118TH: Saturday, October 17: COVID testing (rapid & antibody), plus flu shots (10 a.m.-5 p.m.) HIV and Hep-C screenings (10 a.m.-4 p.m.) “Pick your own” produce sales at Pleasant Village Community Garden (10…