Tag: Diana Ayala
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Our Council Member – AWOL And Not Representing Harlem
CM Kristin Jordan has been absent for 48 of the last 100 City Council meetings See: https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/PersonDetail.aspx?ID=259827&GUID=61B9728A-A6E0-4485-9CA1-2588BB542C3B&Search= Councilmember Jordan’s no-show record at City Council is adding up: And the official record showing her lack of attendance is disturbing: Over the first three months of this year, Kristin has attended only 5 out of 23 City…
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Diana Ayala Hosts Community Forum on the Opioid Crisis, Tonight
Tonight, at 5:00 PM, Council Member Ayala is hosting a community conversation on the opioid epidemic. Join her, city officials, community leaders, and East Harlem neighbors in a wide-ranging (in-person) discussion about what she plans to do about the open air drug dealing and drug using that has inundated our community. Please come out and…
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NPR.org Reconsiders Scott Joplin’s ‘The Entertainer’
Scott Joplin introduced Ragtime to America and published his most enduring song ‘The Entertainer’ (as featured in the soundtrack to the 1970’s movie, ‘The Sting’) in 1902. While Joplin’s work was wildly popular at the time, by 1916, Joplin was living in difficult circumstances in Harlem. He was listed as being employed as a “music…
