View this post on Instagram A post shared by Uptown Collective (@uptowncollectiv) on Feb 25, 2018 at 7:30am PST The Washington Post is coming with receipts. The exhaustive investigative report by Yasmeen Abutaleb, Josh Dawsey, Ellen Nakashima and Greg…
Doors closed, not minds. While all New York Public Library (NYPL) branches are closed, the system is still seeking to offer patrons an abundance of online activities and tutoring programs that library card holders can use. Of importance too…
By Gregg McQueen It was the uprising after Christmas. A group of enslaved African men rebelled against their masters on December 26, 1521 at a sugar plantation located in what is today San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic. The African Blacks…
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PIX 11 News came Uptown last week for the Washington Heights town hall on the disturbing rise of Anti-Semitism. An encouraging sign is that many that attended were not Jewish but were concerned and terrified for their neighbors nonetheless.…
Get on the roll to ride. The city will launch an open enrollment period for its long-awaited Fair Fares program on January 27. All eligible New Yorkers at or below the federal poverty line who don’t have discounted transportation…
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By Gregg McQueen “Do your job.” Lawmakers and advocates are demanding that county clerks throughout the state fulfill their responsibilities – no matter their politics. New York State is set to become the 13th state in the country to…
Words: Riquelmy Sosa I could feel the swaying of her nightgown shadowing in behind me and with each step of her gliding feet, I pushed the clothes further down the barrel of the washing machine. I inched my way…
Kick off the holiday season in Harlem with the inaugural Harlem Night Market, created through a partnership between NYC Public Markets (run by NYC EDC), Uptown Grand Central, TBo Harlem & Union Settlement’s Buy Local East Harlem program. The…