In the 70’s, when no one wanted to live in some abandoned buildings on Morningside Avenue in Harlem, a group of mostly Dominican and Puerto Rican immigrants, took risks and fought to make some residential units habitable. And they made it happen, although in the beginning they did not have even the minimum basic services. … Read more
The Mentoring Program East Harlem began in 1958 as a children’s reading group, and over the years, it grew into a multi-site after school plan for public school students, but also into a network of charter schools focused on significantly increase the college graduation rate in those Manhattan neighborhoods. Today East Harlem Scholars Academies (EHSA) … Read more
NYPD in Harlem – Photo: Mariela Lombard / The NY Journal Charles Buckner, an alleged known drug dealer in Harlem (NYC), was shot to death while sitting in a luxurious new Mercedes Benz car in that neighborhood, in broad morning light. Buckner, 38, died at the scene and his 24-year-old nephew was injured in the … Read more
Police Department audio shows how a domestic violence report quickly escalated and ended with the murder of Officer Jason Rivera and seriously injured his partner, Wilbert Mora. The NYPD received a 911 call from Shirley Sourzes, a woman who was fighting with her son in a Harlem apartment at 5:09 p.m. Friday, according to official … Read more
A civilian involved in the incident reportedly died. Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images An NYPD officer has died and another is in critical condition after a shooting took place in Harlem. this Friday night, an officer told CNN. The incident occurred after officers responded to a domestic call around 6:00 pm on West 135th Street. According … Read more
Kristal Bayron-Nieves, the 19-year-old cashier at a Burger King in East Harlmen, was shot dead by a thief, the New York Police Department reported. The subject broke into the 24-hour branch of the fast food chain on East 116th Street shortly before one in the morning this Sunday, where he demanded money. Before, the armed … Read more
The new section of the train on Second Avenue will link the station on 96th Street with 125th Photo: Mariela Lombard / El Diario NY The ambitious public transport project that for decades had been kept on blueprints and papers, advanced this week to an engineering stage: the controversial expansion of the Subway from Second … Read more