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"We’re sentencing people to death right now," argued Assemblymember Carmen De La Rosa.

02/15/21: Uptown Solidarity For All Vigil

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Uptown Collective (@uptowncollectiv) Carmen De La Rosa convened elected officials and local stakeholders on Monday, February 15 for a vigil to honor the victims of the A train attacks this…

Uptown Today: Community Forum on Stop & Frisk

Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights (NMCIR) along with LatinoJustice PRLDEF will be conducting a community forum today, November 22nd, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.  This community forum, which is part of the joint remedial process ordered by the Federal…

Glory Lives - Zion

The Friday Fix: Glory Lives – Zion

Glory Lives releases this heart felt track dedicated to his soul purpose on this planet…his daughter Zion. Influenced by his beautiful daughter and the roller coaster we call life, Glory Lives takes us on one beautiful emotional ride. Listen…

Spread Love: Glory – Real One

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) It was approximately 10:45 am on December 31st, 2015. One of Uptown’ s most talented emcees, Glory, had just dropped off his daughter at the salon. His hands were full of bags as he readied…

The Uptown Tweet of the Week

Sideways stories. @ Washington Heights 187St http://t.co/AgRzMTMm0O — deluda (@deluda) December 19, 2014 Check out: The House on the Hill: A Murder In Washington Heights… The Uptown Collective Presents The WHIN Social Media Guide We invite you to subscribe…

R.I.P. Summa

Monday Mood Music: R.I.P. Summa

The news broke yesterday, that earlier that day, 2 young men were gunned down on 151st Street and Broadway. The young men, both in their 20’s, fell victim to the senseless violence that has plagued our community for far…

Video: Cops Gone Wild – Police Beat Young Man Uptown

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The smartphone video, which has since been removed, captured the near melee that went down on Sunday, August 10th on Sherman Ave when police manhandled an alleged drug dealer in broad daylight and almost caused…

The House on the Hill: A Murder In Washington Heights…

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Research & Photography by Emil Baez (@EBmagination) Washington Heights resident, 16-year-old Lillian Mojica, was most probably consumed with thinking about the big Valentine’s Day School Dance that was taking place the very next day. Everyone in…