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 With the decades-long fight to pass legislation reforming the national health care system finally over, local institutions are carefully combing through the Affordable Health Care for America Act to see how it will impact patient care in Northern Manhattan.
 
Two nearly identical bills submitted by neighboring state senators – one in the Bronx, one in Manhattan – has started a fight over whose name should be on the bill. The bills would both require individuals who want to help immigrants with important documents like birth certificates or citizenship papers to register with the state. The bills also offer stiff penalties for anyone found practicing without a license or for defrauding immigrants.
A tentative meeting date has been set for the community to discuss what it would like to see when the High Bridge reopens.
According to the Web site of the U.S. Census, as of April 5, well over half of Northern Manhattan households have turned in their census forms. An interactive map shows the neighborhood bathed in a lime green that means 51 to 60 percent of households have taken the time to fill out the 10-question survey. The neighborhood is beating the state-wide return average of 50 percent, but is pacing or behind the national average of 57 percent.
Northern Manhattan
CM Rodriguez invites 4,000 of his closest friends to talk about the community
Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez has booked the United Palace Theater for an April 10 conversation with the community about budget cuts and to discuss who and what the neighborhood is.
Shhhh! Months of planning finally paid off on April 1 when volunteers canvassed over 50 high traffic subway stations throughout the borough during the morning rush to remind Manhattanites to return their census questionnaires. The effort was coordinated by the Complete Count Committee spearheaded by the office of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer in hopes of increasing the borough’s return rate from 66 percent in 2000.
It seems too fancy for locker rooms. Maybe an art gallery or museum, but not sweaty college kids and gym socks. At a March 23 open house Columbia University showed the community what its new building on the corner of W. 218th Street and Broadway might look like.
As a boy growing up in Washington Heights, Mike Hassan spent much of his time in the kitchen. He followed around his Palestinian relatives, watching them prepare traditional Middle Eastern foods, and spent time watching the Food Network. He always felt that something was missing from his neighborhood.
Dear Governor Paterson:
This letter is to respectfully request your immediate attention to the new law that will go into effect on July 1st when Puerto Rican birth certificates will be invalid.
EDITOR’S NOTE:
The following letters are from Boy Scouts in Troop 529 who are working on their Citizenship Merit Badge.
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