By Gregg McQueen Lena Meléndez is waiting. Meléndez wrote her landlord a letter asking if there would be a grace period for April rent in light of the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing state-mandated PAUSE restrictions. “I’m still waiting…
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View this post on Instagram For the Heroes and those Being rescued 🙏🏾 A post shared by Lemon Andersen (@lemon.andersen) on Apr 2, 2020 at 5:32pm PDT We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like…
Suddenly, the whole nation is depending on the same people they say shouldn’t make $15 an hour. — John Henry (@JohnHenryStyle) April 1, 2020 We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page…
Like the rest of NYC, the LOL crew is self-isolating at home and talking about virtually catching up with family and friends during the quarantine. On this week’s Bochinche Bites, Jaime dishes on Cardi B. wanting to start a…
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…
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…