Cadet Nelson Banser, the Bronx Community College Air Force ROTC student who helped stop a mugger from leaving his Washington Heights apartment building in February has earned his stripes.
When current state Senator Eric Schneiderman decided to run for attorney general, it provided the first vacancy in the 31st Senate District, which stretches from the Upper West Side through Washington Heights and Inwood to Riverdale in the Bronx, since 1998. The four Democratic candidates running to succeed Schneiderman are Adriano Espaillat, Mark Levine, Anna Lewis and Miosotis Muñoz.
In the waning days before the Sep. 14 Democratic primary, the Manhattan Times caught up with the front runners Espaillat and Levine while they campaigned.
In the Sep. 8 issue the Manhattan Times will publish bios of all the candidates in the local races.
Washington Heights resident Alexandra Wang has won a scholarship to
study in China during the fall semester of her senior year in high
school. PHOTO: Orubba Almansouri
by Orubba Almansouri
Alexandra Wang has a book that holds 2,000 years of her family’s history. Between its red covers are the names of her ancestors dating back to the Han Dynasty, at roughly the same time the Roman Empire conquered England. But the book is a mystery to Alex, who lives in Washington Heights, because she can’t read Chinese – at least not yet.
The City Council has released the minutes from the 8-hour closed door executive session of the Committee on Standards and Ethics hearing held on Aug. 4.
The City Council's Standards and Ethics Committee will not submit its resolution requiring member Ydanis Rodriguez to attend an employee relations course if he completes it voluntarily.
An actor playing George Washington outside a demonstration of the new voting machines at CUNY in the Heights on Cooper Street. PHOTO: Daniel P. Bader
Voting on a new machine
It’s about as simple as voting can get. The Board of Elections has been touring Northern Manhattan for the last week demonstrating its new voting machines, which are essentially computer scanners that read a paper ballot that voters fill out.
Members of Venture Crew Troop 729 hiking the Hadrian's Wall Trail across northern England.
Seventeen members of Venture Crew Troop 729 have just returned from completing the 84-mile Hadrian’s Wall Trail, a foot path that crosses northern England.
The Audubon Partnership for Economic Development is selling their "Off the Map" t-shirts at their office on Post Avenue and in stores throughout Inwood.
Call it a protest. Call it a jab at the rest of Manhattan. Call it pride in the neighborhood. Call it the latest neighborhood t-shirt to hit Northern Manhattan.
The Board of Elections issued a statement almost a full day after it left a dozen seniors waiting for a demonstration of its new voting machines that never happened.
A dead young tree on W. 212th Street. This summer’s
near-record heat and lower than average rainfall has threatened the
city’s street trees, which rely on rainfall for the bulk of their
water. The Parks Department is encouraging the community to adopt a
tree by watering it regularly, and weeding its tree pit. PHOTO: Daniel P. Bader
It’s a sunny hot day on Academy Street in Inwood. Heat radiates up from the pavement and down from the sun above, the only relief is from small pools of shade cast onto the sidewalks planted this spring through the city’s MillionTrees program.
The Board of Elections is touring the neighborhood to demonstrate the new voting machines.
A dozen or so seniors waiting for a demonstration of the new voting machines at the Ayudath Israel of America Moriah Older Adult Luncheon Club on Bennett Avenue were stood up by the Board of Elections on Wed., Aug. 18 without an explanation.
Following tornado-force winds from a July 25 storm the Parks Department has removed several trees and stumps from Bruce's Garden near Isham Park. PHOTO: Orubba Almansouri
It’s a little hotter in Bruce’s Garden these days. High winds from the July 25 F1 tornado that touched down in the Riverdale community in the Bronx damaged half a dozen trees in the Park Terrace East memorial garden, one of which fell and took out five smaller trees, including two cherry trees.
On Aug. 13, candidates running for state office reported the campaign contributions they had received since July, the second of three official accounting reports before the Sep. 14 Democratic Primary. (See correction at end of article)
A report to City Council members on the findings of the Committee on Ethics and Standards regarding Northern Manhattan Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez has been delayed.
The NYPD released the above video of three males believed to have staged a home invasion robbery on W. 176th Street in July, the second one within a week in the immediate area.
(See correction below)
This week the NYPD released information about a Fri., July 23 robbery where victims were tied up in their home near W. 176th Street and Wadsworth Avenue that was less than a week after a similar crime took place several blocks away.
The City Council has released the minutes from the 8-hour closed door executive session of the Committee on Standards and Ethics hearing held on Aug. 4.
