BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I fall asleep to sirens. I wake up to sirens. The sirens are incessant. The sirens, at least in NYC, are the soundtrack to this pandemic. The sirens are constant and what you start to…
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Friend of the UC and talented novelist Jon Michaud penned an outstanding piece in The New Yorker on the closure of Uptown institution Coogan’s due to the covid-19 pandemic. The piece will quite literally break your heart. Coogan’s is such…
By Debralee Santos Cari was one of six transit workers – and the only woman – reported dead in New York City this past week. The other TWU members who died were Stations Department Supervisor Victor Zapana, Bus Operator…
It’s the community v. COVID-19. A new grant program established by New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) will award up to $10 million in grants to Northern Manhattan businesses hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The grant program is designed to…
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…
The Chamber of Commerce of Washington Heights and Inwood has put together a crucial list of Washington Heights and Inwood Restaurants that are open for TAKE-OUT and DELIVERY only. Status may change at any time, please check with each…
The crew respects the rules of social distancing by doing the entire show from the comfort of their homes. Through the power of video conferencing, everyone gives updates on their quarantine status. On this week’s Bochinche Bites, Jaime dishes…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Uptown Collective (@uptowncollectiv) on Mar 24, 2020 at 9:20am PDT This occurred this morning at 10 am on Cabrini BLVD near the entrance to Fort Tryon…
Few days are as keenly felt as St. Patrick’s Day at Coogan’s. The touchstone eatery is a community haven on all other calendar dates, but this day is one like no other. The amber panels gleam a bit brighter,…
On the latest episode of Latinos Out Loud, the group meets in Tibby’s hideaway studio and talks Coronavirus while sipping on Corona’s. On Bochinche Bites, Jaime hones in on drones delivering drugs and a woman licking a toilet seat…