Tag: Tree Lighting

  • NYC Bill Intro 163-2022: Ban on Criminal Background Checks

    NYC Bill Intro 163-2022: Ban on Criminal Background Checks

    NYC City Councilman Keith Power has re-introduced a bill, Intro 632-2022, to ban the use of criminal background checks in rental & sale applications. This bill is supported by both Councilmembers Jordan and Ayala. You can participate in VoterVoice to voice your opinion (for or against) bill, Intro. 632. VoterVoice will allow you to send messages directly to…

  • Terrorist Bombing in Harlem

    Terrorist Bombing in Harlem

    In 1914, an otherwise non-descript tenement in East Harlem looked like this: The location is on Lexington Ave. near 103rd Street East, and remarkably, they repaired this damage – rather than tear down the building (admittedly, the building was only 4 years old at the time – it was built in 1910): At 9:16 a.m.…