Along with the District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Assemblyman Keith Wright will be hosting the First Annual Gang Education Clinic in Harlem on May 19th, 2011 on the 8th Floor of the Harlem State Office Building (163 West 125th Street in New York City) from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM. Invited panelists include members and leadership… [Read more…]
We haven’t had a ‘say what’ in a while, but when I read this story I couldn’t resist reposting it. From the NY Post Daily Blotter: A middle-aged woman pistol-whipped an acquaintance during a robbery in Harlem, authorities said yesterday. Gun-toting Delores Hill, 45, allegedly whacked the woman in the head on Frederick Douglass Boulevard… [Read more…]
July 31, 2009 by D. Bell
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National Night Out, America’s annual night out against crime. Tuesday, August 4 – National Night Out at the following locations: 34th Precinct – 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Wallenberg Playground on West 189th Street & Amsterdam Ave. 33rd Precinct -1:00 – 6:00 p.m. at Wright Brothers Playground on West 156th Street & St. Nicholas Ave.… [Read more…]
June 23, 2009 by D. Bell
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Under tougher procedures put out this month by the Police Department, seemingly abandoned vehicles that have accumulated three or more tickets for lesser infractions — like parking at an expired meter or on a street that is supposed to be cleared for sweeping — are no longer automatically eligible for a free tow to the… [Read more…]
June 20, 2009 by D. Bell
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via the New York Times SANTANA’S CUT MEN, on 106th Street just west of First Avenue, returns the professional boxer Edgar Santana, 30, to his tonsorial roots. A decade ago, he was a barber on 109th Street, where he met someone who introduced him to a man who would become his manager. Nicknamed “The Pride… [Read more…]
June 19, 2009 by D. Bell
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Source: NY Daily News
As I was leaving work today I ran smack into the press conference for the 15 year old boy who was murdered outside of St. Nicholas Park over the weekend. Harlem mothers are “sick and tired” of the endless and senseless killing of their sons to gun violence and are making their voices heard. View… [Read more…]
June 8, 2009 by D. Bell
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“These kids know I lived the life … They know I’ve seen the likely outcome of their mistakes.” “I know what it’s like,” he continued. “I’ve come into Harlem, I’ve spoken at schools before. These kids know I lived the life I’m now living. They know I’ve seen the likely outcome of their mistakes.… [Read more…]
Now that the name Bernie Madoff is mud in New York city, he could be looking for a new spot to lay his sleepless head at night. You could possibly be grunting ‘good morning’ to Madoff when you pick up your morning paper off of your welcome mat according to TBM News. A source at… [Read more…]
January 14, 2009 by D. Bell
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There is nothing that I can say about the tragic death of Oscar Grant III that has not already been said. I am shaken to the core about the way this situation was treated and the lack of follow up to “rectify” the sickening outcome. If you don’t know who Oscar Grant is then please… [Read more…]
October 24, 2008 by D. Bell
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“Whoever knows someone who’s got a gun, turn it over. Look under those kids’ mattresses. That includes kids. We know you’re sick of having your friends shot,” said Jackie Rowe Adams, a local activist who has lost two sons to guns. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow, the following churches will serve as drop off… [Read more…]
Police are actively investigating the shooting death of 13 year-old Scotty Scott by canvassing the neighborhood with fliers and setting up the “Tower of Power” (a.k.a. the “Tower of Fun”) at the location where the shooting occurred. There will also be an emergency meeting on September 15th at 6 p.m. at PS 194 (The Countee… [Read more…]
By D. Bell, UPTOWNflavor.com A missing middle school teacher at Thurgood Marshall Academy in Harlem has been spotted checking her email at the Apple store in Midtown Manhattan. Hannah Upp has been missing from her Hamilton Heights apartment since Labor Day weekend. The 23 year-old Spanish teacher was scheduled to return to her teaching post… [Read more…]
I am so glad that someone has decided to humanize Scotty Scott rather than let him slip away as another victim of gun violence in Harlem. While I still don’t have a true sense of who he is, I do know that he was a typical 13 year old, loved by his family. Sometimes we… [Read more…]
A 13 year old child loses his life and no one knows anything? When will the gun violence end? What is the answer? How do you save people from themselves? Perhaps these are rhetorical questions, but perhaps they actually have answers. Interesting thing was the people just walking around the scene completely desensitized to the… [Read more…]
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May 10, 2011 by D. Bell
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