Charter schools, which are public schools overseen by private boards of directors, have exploded in Harlem over the last few years, with 24 of Manhattan’s 29 charter schools located north of 96th Street.
With construction projects nearing completion on every block, new retailers and tenants moving into the neighborhood, and pending development plans stuck at the drawing board, the fate of the local streetscape remains uncertain.
Rose Parmar has operated her newsstand at 116th and Broadway for 22 years. Now, another newsstand has cropped up across the street—and locals are skeptical that they can both survive.
New York City’s 32BJ union, which avoided a strike at the eleventh hour, represents 30,000 workers, including those who work in University Apartment Housing buildings.
After threatening to walk off the job at dozens of local buildings—including Columbia housings—service workers struck a deal with the city's Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations.
Assembly member Daniel O'Donnell said in a letter: “Columbia’s continuing to ignore this neighborhood’s pleas would irrevocably damage my working relationship with the university."
At 116th Street and Lexington Avenue, the spot known as the “lucky corner” for some local politicians, Powell officially announced that he will be running for Congress on Monday morning.
