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The bill would also create a multi-step community process to rename neighborhoods.
"How dare someone try to rob our culture and try to act as if we were not here," one politician said.
Benjamin vowed to protect the "progressive values" now "under attack" by President Donald Trump.
A city councilman and a candidate for state Senate said they could close the jail within three years.
Brian Benjamin, 40, says he has the skills and experience to be Harlem's next State Senator.
Some are worried Harlem will not get the same attention under Adriano Espaillat.
Brian Benjamin promotes construction firm Genesis' policy of hiring workers who have veered off-course.
The center will serve as an interim location until a larger development is completed.
The $20 million de Blasio set aside to help MWBE firms get city contracts misses the mark, critics say.
The board's Land Use Committee supported the tenants' opposition to the plan.
HPD Put three Harlem community gardens in a list of lots slated for development.
Engineers say the historic structure is too dilapidated and unsafe to be restored, developers say.
National Urban League says negotiations with the retailer for its 125th Street project were unsuccessful.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.