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Immigration issues, such as the controversial Secure
Communities program, were discussed during a forum held by the Barack Obama
Democratic Club on Nov. 18.
by Gloria Pazmiño and Debralee Santos
Struggle lays ahead for New York State’s immigrant community. That was the consensus during a discussion about the controversial federal program known as Secure Communities during an immigration forum held by the Barack Obama Democratic Club (BODC) in Northern Manhattan on Wed., Nov. 18.
Dolores Espinal
If the sight of a hand-held stainless steel grater does not cause such an agonizing fit of memory that your knuckles ache or your fingers coil into so hard a fist your nails cut into your palm, then chances are you have never made pasteles en hoja.
Or you have a food processor.
One-of-a-kind holiday gifts created by local artists, artisans, and merchants go on sale at Inwood’s first annual Off the Map Market during the first three Saturdays in December.
Captain Jose Navarro said a man suspected of several Bennett Avenue area robberies had been arrested in October. PHOTO: Mike Fitelson
A man wanted in connection with four robberies in Hudson Heights, and suspected of several more, was arrested in late October, said Jose Navarro, commanding officer of the 34th Police Precinct, during a precinct council meeting on Wed, Nov. 17.
The city’s Department of Health and Community Board 12 are
co-hosting a rat prevention program on Dec. 6 to help locals learn how to
reduce the neighborhood’s alarming rat population, among the largest in the
city. FILE PHOTO
If your experiences as a New York City resident stomping past garbage bags heaped on the sidewalk haven’t given you enough training in how to avoid pesky rodents, then consider attending the rat prevention training program next month hosted by Community Board 12 and the city’s Department of Health geared toward property owners, business owners, and community residents.
by Max Brett
On Oct. 20, police ticketed men playing chess in Emerson Playground, a section of Inwood Hill Park that prohibits adults “except in the company of children.”
The Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corp. (UMEZ), a nonprofit that revitalizes distressed communities through investment, has closed on a $500,000 loan and a $125,000 grant to micro lender Grameen America to help local business startups.
MetroPCS has aggressively marketed in Northern Manhattan since opening its first shop in 2009.
Felix Morel works at the shop on 1466 St. Nicholas Ave.
He said the megaphone, used to announce promotions, was his boss' idea.
text and photos by Juliana Schatz
Purple banners and billboards are in constant view as men dressed in purple tee shirts and hats hand out promotional fliers to the crowds on Broadway and St. Nicholas Avenue in Washington Heights. Without any exaggeration, a man on the street jokes that MetroPCS stores are the new McDonald’s because they are inexpensive and there is one on nearly every block.
The Archdiocese of New York announced earlier this month that Good Shepherd School on Cooper and Isham Streets is on the “at-risk” list for schools slated for possible closing by the end of the year, startling parents, alumni and community leaders around the Inwood neighborhood.
While some had predicted that real estate sales would fall off for the third quarter due to the expiration of the First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit in June, both Washington Heights and Inwood saw gains in sales volume over the same period in 2009 while prices also increased slightly.
Holiday ornaments will be
one of the many reused and recycled items you can make at the upcoming
Skraptacular Holiday Market.
Forget sending that last minute blank holiday card, and don’t even think for a second that a gift certificate will do. This season, give some crap, as long as you make it skraptacular that is.
Lizzi Sofge, seen here with her daughter Camila, is one of a pair of Northern Manhattan moms who have launched a babywearing business.
It’s a familiar sight in New York City. Moms, and sometimes dads, climbing up a long set of stairs in a subway station, carrying both stroller and baby, panting, catching their breath when they get to the top. Occasionally a kind soul will take notice and help, holding the front of the stroller on the way down. Sometimes the parent is out of luck, and must precariously walk down, balancing up to 50 pounds of carrier and baby.
But there is another way. It’s called babywearing. It’s just what it sounds like: literally wearing a baby, close to the body, in a wrap or clothing-like carrier.
by Mike Fitelson and Laura Gabby
A fantasy skyline is encased in a sphere, blue and purple mist swirling about it. The title, “City in the Clouds,” conjures the spectacle of the “Star Wars” franchise, while the image itself harkens back to the first photographs taken of Earth from space that portrayed the fragile balance of the planet we inhabit.
As the Manhattan Times arrives at its tenth anniversary, I have witnessed each of its weekly editions and contents. I appreciate the contribution to public discourse, social, economic, political, and cultural development that this publication has been providing throughout the last decade in the communities of Washington Heights, Inwood, and Marble Hill.
November 15 – November 20
We began the week with an amazing Dyckman Street time-lapse video courtesy of Inwood resident, ArtForStrangers. We also posted a video of a spot-on impersonation of a young girl from Washington Heights by the super talented, YouTube sensation Chloé Michelle Fischbach. This particular video is fast on its way to becoming viral.
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