Tag: Children
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Smart Compost Bins Spotted in Harlem
The Adams administration announced the placement of 250 new “smart” composting bins. The sealed bins will be on publicly accessible streets and opened via a smartphone app. The city has completed a small-scale pilot of these bins that began in late 2021, proving them to be a popular and effective way to keep compostable material…
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HNBA Meeting Next Tuesday (April 12, at 7 PM)
Join the Commanding Officer Chris Henning of the 25th Precinct next Tuesday at 7, to hear more about (and ask questions concerning), public safety issues in our community. In addition to CO Henning, we will be joined by Marissa Yanni from DSNY. She’ll be answering questions about composting, pickup of corner trash bins, street cleaning, and…
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The Holiday Spirit on East 126
Children’s COVID Vaccine Event Harlem Pride is hosting a children’s specific vaccine event happening this Saturday, December 18th from 10am to 6pm at 215 West 125th Street. The event is sponsored by NYC Health & Hospitals and National Black Leadership Commission on Black Health. HarlemPride.org 42 Macombs PlaceNew York, NY 10039 West Harlem Festival of…
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Children Tested With Elevated Lead
How Calculated: Number of children less than 6 years old tested in a given year with blood lead levels of 15 mcg/dL or greater, divided by the number of children less than 6 years old who were tested for lead poisoning in a given year; expressed as cases per 1,000 tested. The numbers in this table…
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Asthma Prevalence – Adults
How Calculated: Estimated number of adults aged 18 years and older who reported medically diagnosed asthma with symptoms in the last 12 months, divided by all adults and adjusted for age; expressed as percent. Source: New York City Community Health Survey (CHS) Asthma Prevalence – Children ever diagnosed with asthma (ages 0-13 years) How Calculated: Estimated number…
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Drugs and Children
I Walk on Water Filmmaker Khalik Allah has a new film – IWOW: I Walk On Water – coming in at a massive 200 minutes. As with earlier work, Allah returns to Lex/125 and films a hallucinatory portrait of the men and women of the M35, K2, mental illness, and homelessness: Since 2011, filmmaker and…
