Tag: City Council District 9

  • Candidates’ Forum Tonight

    Candidates’ Forum Tonight

    Join MMPCIA and The Greater Harlem Coalition tonight at 7:00 PM by registering HERE and attend Harlem’s 2023 City Council Candidates’ forum. If you have questions for the candidates, please fill out THIS FORM. Candidate Yusef Salaam’s Position on Defunding the NYPD, Addiction Treatment, and Background Checks for Tenants Candidate Yusef Salaam met with the…

  • Register for the Candidate’s Forum Next Week

    Join The Greater Harlem Coalition and MMPCIA at next week’s Harlem City Council Candidates’ Forum. The forum will begin at 7 PM on Thursday, April 27th. Harlem’s current City Councilmember declined to attend. If you have questions for the candidates, fill out this form after registering for the Zoom webinar. Claire Oliver Gallery Make sure…

  • One-on-One With Inez Dickens – TONIGHT at 7:00

    One-on-One With Inez Dickens – TONIGHT at 7:00

    Assemblymember Inez Dickens, who is running to replace Councilmember Jordan, will be on a Zoom meeting with HNBA and the Harlem East Block Association tonight at 7:00 PM. This is a fantastic opportunity to hear from Inez and to ask her questions about how she intends to work for a cleaner, safer, and more affordable…

  • Harlem’s City Council Candidates’ Forum

    Harlem’s City Council Candidates’ Forum

    Register HERE to attend Harlem’s City Council Candidates’ Forum. The forum will be on Thursday, April 27th at 7:00 PM. The forum is cosponsored by The Greater Harlem Coalition and MMPCIA. (Harlem’s current Councilmember declined to attend.) If you have questions that you’d like the candidates (or one specific candidate) to answer, please write it…

  • One-on-One With Inez Dickens

    One-on-One With Inez Dickens

    Assemblymember Inez Dickens, who is running to replace Councilmember Jordan, will be on a Zoom meeting with HNBA and the Harlem East Block Association, on Thursday, April 13th, at 7:00 PM. This is a fantastic opportunity to hear from Inez and to ask her questions about how she intends to work for a cleaner, safer,…

  • Harlem’s City Council Candidates’ Forum

    Harlem’s City Council Candidates’ Forum

    Make sure to register HERE for Harlem’s 2023 City Council Candidates’ Forum. The forum will be held on Thursday, April 27th at 7:00 PM and feature Assemblymember Inez Dickens, candidate Yusef Saalam, and Assemblymember Al Taylor. Our current councilmember chose not to attend the forum. All registrants have the option to send questions for the…

  • Harlem Brew Fest

    Harlem Brew Fest

    HARLEM . BREW. CULTURE. Where It All Started • Harlem, NYC  November 2017.  Harlem Brew Fest was the first festival in the world to connect all brewers, artists, chefs and DJs in celebration of Black Brewing culture and featured: Sankofa Beer, Black Frog Brewery, Island to Island Beer, 1947 Beer, Harlem Brewing and Rams &…

  • Kristin Jordan Interviewed by Patch

    Kristin Jordan Interviewed by Patch

    Our new council member talks about her goal to preserve the Black plurality of Harlem, her concern that Eric Adams is trying to be a one-man show, and sanitation issues: Read the full interview by Nick Garber, here: https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/kristin-jordan-central-harlems-new-council-member-shares-plans As Seen at Pleasant Village Community Garden

  • Kristin Richardson Jordan Represents Harlem

    Kristin Richardson Jordan Represents Harlem

    Kristin Jordan replaces Bill Perkins as Harlem’s New City Council member. New Building Coming to 120/Park YIMBY reports that a new residential tower will be built on a vacant lot at the corner of 120/Park with 57 residences:

  • Kristin Richardson Jordan

    Kristin Richardson Jordan

    HNBA will host Kristin Richardson Jordan this THURSDAY at 7:00 PM to talk about her historic upset of the Harlem machine, her plans for City Council District 9, the upcoming November election, and what she means by Radical Love for Harlem. To join in, reach out to Shawn, Hallia, Cecile, Saiyda, or Kat for the…

  • Falls Requiring Emergency Room Visits by Seniors

    Falls Requiring Emergency Room Visits by Seniors

    About falls among older adults in New York City Each year, one in three older adults (65 years and older) falls. Among New York City’s older adults, there are approximately 30,500 emergency department (ED) visits, 16,600 hospitalizations, and 300 deaths each year. Falls are not a normal part of aging, and research shows that many…

  • Migdol Foundation

    Migdol Foundation

    Walking on Adam Clayton Powell Blvd the other day I spotted three brass plaques put onto a corner building, facing a side street. The plaques commemorated various individuals and were sponsored by the Migdol Foundation, which I’d never heard of. According to their website: The Migdol Organization, lead by principals Jerry and Aaron Migdol, is…