HNBA September Meeting Tonight at 7:00

We’ve Got Great Weather Tonight!

All welcome to attend HNBA’s September meeting. We’ll meet tonight in the Harlem Rose Garden at 7:00 PM

The Harlem Rose Garden (East 129th Street at 5th Avenue) 

  • First we’ll have a tour of the amazing Harlem Rose Garden
  • Officers Lau and Hackeling (our Neighborhood Coordination Officers) will report on public safety in our neighborhood and listen to any of your concerns.
  • The Lower East Side Ecology Center will talk about how you can get involved in composting – what it’s all about, and how easy it is to help the planet.

Come Out To Voice Any Public Safety Concerns You Have

The Race For Inez Dickens’ Seat in the NYS Assembly

Harlem’s Inez Dickens’ seat in the State Assembly is being challenged by Joshua Clennon. If you are interested in learning more about his run for change in Albany, see his website: https://joshuaclennon.com/

Or consider donating to his campaign:

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/JOSHBIRTHDAYPARTY

HNBA’s Meeting Tomorrow Will Include Officers From the 25th Precinct

All welcome to attend tomorrow evening’s HNBA meeting at 7pm in the Harlem Rose Garden (on East 129, just east of 5th Avenue).

There will be our two NCO’s from the 25th Precinct who will talk about crime in the community like this rear-window smash and grab that happened recently:

If you’ve got an issue with crime, we hope you will come out and make your voice heard.

HNBA September Meeting

All welcome to attend HNBA’s September meeting. We’ll meet in the Harlem Rose Garden at 7:00 PM

Tuesday, September 12th, 7 PM at The Harlem Rose Garden (East 129th Street at 5th Avenue) 

  • First we’ll have a tour of the amazing Harlem Rose Garden
  • Officers Lau and Hackeling (our Neighborhood Coordination Officers) will report on public safety in our neighborhood and listen to any of your concerns.
  • The Lower East Side Ecology Center will talk about how you can get involved in composting – what it’s all about, and how easy it is to help the planet.

Tomorrow: Harlem Talks Trash!

Tomorrow we hope to see you tomorrow at 7:00 PM at HNBA’s June meeting – yes, you’re welcome! We’ll gather to talk trash!

Come hear from local elected officials, Community Board 11, DSNY, and others on inequity in the Department of Sanitation’s services provided to our community.

We’ll meet in the ground floor community room at the Henry J. Carter Hospital (entrance at Park Ave. and 122nd Street) and look at new research on DSNY’s litter basket distribution and budget allocation. You are welcome to share your thoughts on improving community cleanliness and the look of your block.

All welcome.

Sponsoring Organizations:

A Sanitation and Data Equity Project

Dawoud Bey And Marcus Garvey Park

The photographer Dawoud Bey photographed this lush view of the greenery in Marcus Garvey Park back in 2016.

Next Tuesday: Harlem Talks Trash!

On Tuesday, June 13th at 7:00 PM you are invited to the June HNBA meeting where we’ll talk trash!

Come out to hear from local elected officials, Community Board 11, DSNY, and others on inequity in the Department of Sanitation’s services provided to our community.

We’ll meet in the ground floor community room at the Henry J. Carter Hospital (entrance at Park Ave. and 122nd Street) and look at new research on DSNY’s litter basket distribution and budget allocation. You are welcome to share your thoughts on how we can improve community cleanliness and the look of your block.

All welcome.

Sponsoring Organizations:

A Sanitation and Data Equity Project

Friday’s: National Action Network NYC City Council Candidates’ Forum

Save the Date! Harlem Talks Trash!

On Tuesday, June 13th at 7:00 PM you are invited to the June HNBA meeting where we’ll talk trash!

Come out to hear from local elected officials, Community Board 11, DSNY, and others on inequity in the Department of Sanitation’s services provided to our community.

We’ll meet in the ground floor community room at the Henry J. Carter Hospital (entrance at Park Ave. and 122nd Street) and look at new research on DSNY’s litter basket distribution and budget allocation. You are welcome to share your thoughts on how we can improve community cleanliness and the look of your block.

All welcome.

Sponsoring Organizations:

A Sanitation and Data Equity Project

Harlem City Council Candidates’ Forum

Please join NAN at their 2023 Harlem City Council Candidates’ Forum on Friday, June 9th:

Save The Date: HNBA Talks Trash!

On Tuesday, June 13th, at 7:00 PM, HNBA will hold our final in-person monthly meeting before our summer break. On June 13th we’ll be meeting at the Henry J. Carter Hospital – enter at the corner of 122/Park. We’re working on getting local elected officials and DSNY on hand to talk about what can be done about the multiple and complex issues of trash in our community.

If you’ve got an idea, a solution, an offer, or anything else to do with trash, litter baskets, and more, you are welcome to join and help us collaborate on this issue.

This meeting is co-sponsored by CIVITAS , 1775 Houses, and the Harlem East Block Association.

In addition to looking at the trash issues in our community, we’ll also have virtual tour of the amazing Carter Hospital, and discuss voting in the June 27th primaries (that will determine who is Harlem’s new city council member).

(Below is a map of litter baskets in upper Manhattan)

See: https://fordham.carto.com/u/shill18/builder/c9a7f29d-3971-41be-92b2-13a6967bc3f4/embed

New York, Supreme Court, Judicial Candidacy

HNBA Meeting Recording

If you missed HNBA’s meeting on Tuesday night, here’s the recording:

Topic: HNBA Meeting
Date: May 9, 2023 06:48 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Spring Cleanup on Malcolm X

Saturday, May 20th. Malcolm X Blvd. and 140th Street.

Participatory Budgeting Slideshow (from the HNBA meeting on Tuesday)

Are You Ready To Vote?

Check your registration here:

https://vote.nyc/page/register-vote

or register if you’re not yet.

Environmental Justice Conference

On May 25, Cristina Contreras, CEO of Metropolitan Hospital and District Leader Will Smith will open an exciting Environmental Justice Conference at Metropolitan Hospital

Morning Session: 10 am – noon

The order of presenters:

  1.  Steve Chiu, Representative to the UN
  2. Ameesha Mehta-Sampath, EPA
  3. Tyisha Smalls, We Act
  4. Kyle Jeremiah, Energy Vision
  5. Dr. Pellicone, Chief Medical Officer, NYC Health + Hospital

Lunch Break: Noon until 1 pm

[Congressman Adriano Espaillat. Representative Jose Serrano and Councilman Diana Ayala will be in attendance – they may give a talk in the auditorium between 12:30 and 1] 

Afternoon Session: 1 pm – 4 pm

  1. Tomi Vest, General Counsel to Manhattan Borough President
  2. James C. Lendemer, Lichenologist at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden
  3. Narendra Paramanand, Analyst, NYC Parks
  4. Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, First Deputy Commissioner at NYC Parks and Rec.
  5. Jean Kim, Executive Director of the East River Esplanade

HNBA Meeting Tonight!

Hello Harlem Neighbors,

TONIGHT at 7:00 PM HNBA will meet on Zoom with an exciting and packed agenda.

The meeting will start off with a presentation from neighbors in the 2041/5th HDFC Co-Op (5th Avenue at 126th Street) who are planning a second annual family and community block party to celebrate the children in East Harlem on 8/12/23.  Lionel will answer any questions you have about the block party and hopefully encourage you to get involved. 

Shawn Hill will then present on new data regarding NYC’s Shelter Distribution 

To be followed by Travon Butler, who’ll tell us more about the upcoming Participatory Budgeting project that his office – Civic Engagement.NYC – is promoting.

Our District Leader for the 68th Assembly District – Sharase DeBouse – will provide a community update.

And we’ll conclude with a brief presentation from NYC’s Rat Academy representative, Martha Vernazza, Community Coordinator for Rats (what a job title…) on upcoming Rat Academies for Manhattan Community Boards 9, 10, and 11 residents.  

See you on Zoom TODAY at 7:00 PM:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85809784042?pwd=MHRWMU4xUHNrZWpMWkVBbzk5bDBjdz09

Meeting ID: 858 0978 4042
Passcode: 840216

HNBA April Meeting Recording

If you missed the fascinating April 11th conversation on Black home ownership in New York City, here’s the recording:

Topic: HNBA Meeting
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Housing Justice Town Hall, April 30th

Barnard College – Undesigning the Redline

https://barnard.edu/undesign

Visit the Exhibit

The exhibit is located in the first-floor lobby of Barnard’s Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning. Currently, Barnard and Columbia community members can visit the exhibit during the building’s open hours. Sign up for a guided tour at the link below. Due to COVID-19 precautions, the building is currently closed to outside visitors. Please check back for updates, as we hope to allow visitors in the future.

Sign up for tours.