Harlem World

Historic City College Building Sits Empty With No Signs Of Life In Harlem

NY Post reports that a historic City College building once slated to house a center dedicated to a US congressman and then a secretary of state is an empty shell with no sign of life. (more…)

NYPD Officer Struck By Car While Trying To break Up Fight In East Harlem

PX11 reports that an NYPD officer is injured after she was struck by a car in East Harlem. (more…)

Harlem Rep. Espaillat Calls For Immediate Resignation Of NYC TLC Commissioner After Suicides

Today Harlem Congressman Adriano Espaillat issued the following statement calling for the immediate resignation of New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) top official, Meera Joshi following a number of suicide deaths of NYC taxi drivers. (more…)

$45 million Awarded Woman Who Suffered Brain Damage In East Harlem

A jury awarded $45.2 million to a brain-damaged philanthropist and her family who sued an East Harlem mall where two youths tossed a shopping cart onto her head. (more…)

Man Holds Up Harlem Cellphone Store At Gunpoint

Patch reports that the NYPD is trying to identify a man wanted for robbing a Harlem cellphone store at gunpoint, police said. (more…)

NYPD Officer Struck By Car In East Harlem

NY Daily News reports that an uniformed on-duty NYPD officer was seriously injured when she was hit by a car on an East Harlem street late Friday, police said.

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Jon Batiste, Sheila E., Arturo O’Farrill Perform At National Jazz Museum Awards Concert

On the 5th Annual National Jazz Museum in Harlem Benefit Awards and Concert, on Tuesday, June 12th, 2018 in NYC. (more…)

“Who We Are, A Chronicle Of Racism In America” From Harlem To Hollywood

In partnership with Culture Project, Liberated People, and Off Center Productions, Jeffery Robinson, Deputy Legal Director and the Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Trone Center for Justice and Equality…

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Chris Pratt Surprised Harlem Boys & Girls Club And Others At ‘Jurassic World’ Screening

Chris Pratt reprises his role as raptor trainer Owen Grady in “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” — and the leading man’s fans know he’s a hero in real life, too. (more…)

Nothing Sexy About Sarah Jessica Parker, And Harlem Food Owner Pushing Tipped Worker Wage Hike

Patch reports that opponents of a proposal to hike wages for tipped New York workers say Sarah Jessica Parker should stick to the screen. (more…)

HW Pick: City Parks Foundation Announces the SummerStage 2018 Season

City Parks Foundation is thrilled to announce the 2018 season of SummerStage, New York City’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival, bringing more than 100 performances to Central Park and 17 neighborhood parks throughout the five boroughs. (more…)

Feds Raid NYCHA Office, In Probe Of Corruption And Coverup From Harlem To Hollis

NYDaily News reports that federal and city investigators seized records and computer hard drives from the city Housing Authority Wednesday — days after prosecutors released a damning report on the troubled agency. (more…)

Married Harlem Teacher ‘Who Performed Oral Sex On Boy,’ Wears Wedding Ring In Court

Dori Myers, 29. wore her wedding band on her left hand as she appeared at a New York court where she faces charges of criminal sexual act with a child and endangering the welfare of a child. (more…)

“Super Fly” Filmed In Harlem, NY, 1972

Super Fly is a 1972 American blaxploitation crime drama film directed by Gordon Parks, Jr. and starring Ron O’Neal as Youngblood Priest, an African American cocaine dealer who is trying to quit the underworld drug business. (more…)

Environmental & Health Education Comes To Harlem’s Only Gymnastics Camp For NYC Youth

Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation (WHGF), a not-for-profit organization in Harlem that provides free and low-cost quality gymnastics programs for urban youth.

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