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Photo taken from NYPD photo gallery. Within the last several months, news reports of violence erupting between police officers and civilians have plagued the media. Surges of all too familiar headlines have plastered the front page of local newspapers: A … Continue reading →

Many residents of the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn are fearful of a possibility of gentrification. The neighborhood, which many describe as a small town in a big city, has recently seen an increase of new comers who have been priced out of … Continue reading →

For years Con Ed has been the source of many headaches for New Yorkers. Recently their white and baby blue vans can be seen on the streets becoming ever more increasing in numbers. They are on the streets “repairing” who … Continue reading →

When you take the 7 train which transfers you from Flushing, Queens to Manhattan, look out the right side of your train near 33rd St. Station in Sunnyside.  You will see so much graffiti on the buildings along the 7 … Continue reading →

It’s the middle of the day and the lights in the store front of Pavilion Mortgage are dim again. The brand new business wedged between two beauty salons and an empty Greek restaurant used to be a lady’s shoe store … Continue reading →

It is an overnight walk that begins on June 9th  in the dark and long streets of Manhattan and it ends at sunup  the following morning in the same place that it began, The South Street sea Port. It is … Continue reading →

President Bush came to Harlem to push his No Child Left Behind initiative to parents.  President Bush is also an advocate for charter schools as well.  He however did not impress all of the Harlem natives, as many are highly … Continue reading →

Although Mayor Michael Bloomberg finally answered the calls of advocacy groups to relieve the traffic on New York City streets, his proposal given this Sunday, April 22nd on the steps of city hall, has residents sounding their horns. The Mayor’s … Continue reading →

Greenpoint, once a working class neighborhood has recently become home to many young professionals who made the voyage across the East River due to Manhattans soaring rise in rent. The changes in this North Brooklyn neighborhood have never been as … Continue reading →

District 26 is one of the best school districts in NYC, however P.S 31 one of the elementary schools in the district has not received computer upgrades for over 8 years.  In the 2006 quality review by the Department of Education the … Continue reading →

The New York telephone company has purchased a block near South Street Seaport from the city for 8 million dollars and has entered into a contract to sell it to  JAck Resnick and Sons for 13 million dollars. Burton Resnick, … Continue reading →

A dance festival is held each year at the Benson Elementary School, P.S.200. The performance is taken place outside of the spacious school yard, with loud music blasting from speakers that are quite large. Parents and neighborhoods gather around the school yard to watch the performances. Residents who live … Continue reading →

Once nicknamed “Crack City” for the amount of the drug peddled on the streets of this neighborhood, it seemed that Washington Heights had come a long way. Two recent events have shocked local residents and police and questioned how far … Continue reading →