Melissa Mark-Viverito

City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez said he was thrown to the ground and beaten by police when he was arrested three blocks north of Zuccotti Park early Tuesday morning.

A new report by the Urban Justice Center gave top marks to East Harlem City Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito for her work on human rights.

A group of young people spent a year developing seven points that need to be addressed to stop violence among their peers.

A group of Harlem parents say they want changes to security and barrier design at the East River Plaza mall where 47-year-old Marion Hedges was struck and critically injured by a shopping cart tossed from an upper level by two 12-year-old boys on Oct. 30.

Uptown politicians led a march from Washington Heights to Zuccotti Park Monday in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street.

East Harlem Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito wants better security at the East River Plaza mall where two 12-year-old boys are accused of dropping a shopping cart on Marion Hedges.

A bill to limit the city's cooperation with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement passed the city Council Thursday.

The City Council voted Thursday in favor of legislation that would give the city the power to choose whether to consider permit marking in the city.

The CityBench program will place 1,000 benches throughout the five boroughs.

Four New York City Councilmembers are experimenting with participatory budgeting, or letting residents have a say in how capital funds are spent in their neighborhoods.

Politicians advocated for an immigrant rights bill, Intro 656, Sunday ahead of a City Council hearing on the matter Monday.

Solber Pupusas was crowned the king of street vendors at this year's Vendy Awards on Governors Island Saturday.

The statue is at the southern end of Frederick Douglass Boulevard, where Harlem and the Upper West Side meet.

DNAinfo's new Crime & Safety Report shows that Harlem is doing better with overall safety but is still struggling with violent crime.

The Department of Transportation says it will begin installing a protected bike lane on Second Avenue from 96th to 125th streets by March or April of 2012.