By Gregg McQueen When all else fails, call the super. Reaching out to the building superintendent in times of trouble is a mainstay of apartment living, especially in densely populated cities like New York City. Nurse Practitioner Marie Carmel…
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By Gregg McQueen The rezoning will proceed. New York State’s highest court has declined to hear a request by Inwood residents and business owners to stop the city’s attempt to rezone parts of the neighborhood. On Monday morning, the…
East Harlem small businesses are eligible for a $4 million grant program to help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. A joint effort by Union Settlement, City Councilmember Diana Ayala, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and the NYC Economic…
Belkis Lora still remembers the last time she saw her brother, José Franciso Lora. It was just moments before he died. He was a passenger on Flight 587, and they were together just before the flight’s take-off from John…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (@nygovcuomo) on Jul 4, 2020 at 1:36pm PDT It’s a break- just til year’s end. Governor Andrew Cuomo has extended New York’s eviction moratorium until January…
By Gregg McQueen View this post on Instagram A post shared by Community Care Activist ✊🏾🇩🇴 (@eileenzfuentes) on Aug 7, 2018 at 4:13am…
The newly rebuilt elevators at the 181 Street station for the A train are now operating. On Monday, the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) announced that the elevators, which had been unavailable since August 2019 as part of an extensive…
By Gregg McQueen View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jason Jaye (@jayeuptown) on Jul 13, 2020 at 7:26am PDT The legal battle over the city’s attempt to rezone Inwood is headed to the state’s highest court.…
An appeals court has reinstated the city’s plan to rezone Inwood. In a unanimous 5-0 ruling issued on Thursday, a panel of New York State Appellate Court judges reversed an earlier decision by a lower court to nullify the…
By Gregg McQueen Black business matters too. A recent virtual panel discussion delved into the experience of Black restaurant and bar owners in New York City. With the national spotlight focused on racial equality, entrepreneurs called on New Yorkers…