By Linda Thrasybule Rachel Whoo, a Bedford-Stuyvesant resident of two years, often asks friends to drive her to Park Slope or Red Hook to get fresh produce around her apartment. She said, the options are just too limited. “The only thing they seem to have are bananas,” she said of the bodegas closest to her […]readmore
Scholars will spend their entire careers and earn their doctorates studying the papers of writer and poet Maya Angelou now that they are housed in Harlem at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a branch of the New York Public Library. We were honored to speak with Ms. Angelou about this acquisition for […]readmore
With less than a month away from Election Day, attendance of elected officials at Community Board 3’s public meeting was surprisingly low. Considering New Yorkers will be electing a new Governor and the Democratic Party may lose the House, one would think there would be a stronger presence and commitment from our elected officials to […]readmore
OTP: The legislative session that just ended has been a very effective session with Sampson there and Paterson, with a lot of things done around issues in the African-American community. It seems like there was a hiatus between the 70’s and now. Why are things happening now that weren’t happening in the 90’s or […]readmore
The summer of 2010 has been marked by a series of weeklong heat waves. After one recent heat waves when temperatures rose above 100 degrees for consecutive days, a rainstorm was welcome relief. There was no relief for 6th—floor tenants living at 611 Blake Ave., also known as Unity Plaza, Building #26. On Tuesday, July […]readmore
Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York (CUNY) was named after a slain civil rights hero and Black leader who spent his life fighting for the rights of all people to be included in the economic, social, political and educational mainstream of American society without bias or prejudice. The college that bears […]readmore
Markowitz: Lauds Partnerships that Preserve Neighborhoods Late yesterday afternoon, the Department of Buildings officially reported that “The stay on demolition has been extended to Wednesday, March 3. DOB has reviewed and approved plans to shore 329 and 331 McDonough Street to further stabilize them. Work to carry out these plans has commenced. The buildings are […]readmore
Brenda & Wilbert Fryson of Chauncey Street – We bought our house on Chauncey Street in 1974. A relative of a close friend lived on the block, and he made it possible for us to meet the owners, who were moving away. We wanted our daughter, Kenya, to grow up in a caring and nurturing […]readmore