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A political action committee called Ending Homelessness and Building a Better NYC has spent $145,000 to support Wilfredo López’s campaign for the District 8 City Council race, more than all…

ByMarina Samuel

ByHayden Betts 2Comments

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May 2025

2025 Elections Featured Government Politics

Pro-Israel Donors Gave Thousands to South Bronx and East Harlem Candidates

Despite the South Bronx-East Harlem district being one of the poorest in the city, big-money donors based in Manhattan and Westchester County have invested thousands of dollars in the district’s…

ByMarina Samuel

ByKennedy Sessions 0Comments

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Mar 2025

ARTS and CULTURE Making Space Profiles

Making Space: The Harlem-Raised Stylist to the Stars

Terrell Jones, who built his career dressing celebrities like Fat Joe and DJ Khaled, spoke to City Limits about how the city influenced his style—and why New York weather offers…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Feb 2025

Featured Housing and Homelessness

Apartments Planned at Former Lincoln Correctional Site Are Unaffordable, Harlem Lawmakers Say

The state is opening 105 apartments at the former Lincoln Correctional Facility on West 110th Street. But local elected officials say the “co-op style” units are priced too high for…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Jun 2023

Government Health Opinion

Opinion: Overdose Prevention Centers Help Make Communities Safer

“We are in the midst of a worsening overdose crisis. Children don’t deserve the remnants of drug use in the playground, or to lose loved ones to overdose. People who…

ByJulie Atwell 3Comments

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Jul 2022

Government Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: Rejecting the Notion of a ‘Feminist’ Jail for Harlem

“Do New York City’s leaders intend to build a new jail every time an old one fails, as it always will? In a city which boasts some of the world’s…

BySamah Mcgona Sisay 0Comments

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Apr 2022

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Displacing and Jailing My Neighbors Does Not Make Me Safer

“Our elected officials are threatening hard-fought reforms designed to counteract the historic – and present – racism in law enforcement that targets my neighbors and eventually will target my son.…

ByAlice L. Fontier 1Comment

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Nov 2021

Government

Cambios en los centros votación de Queens; accesibilidad en Harlem

Varios votantes se mostraron sorprendidos al llegar al centro de votación en Greater Ridgewood Youth Council en Ridgewood, Queens, y recibir la noticia de que debían votar en otro lugar…

ByJuan de Dios Sánchez Jurado

ByJesús Chapa Malacara 0Comments

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Sep 2021

Government News

Manhattan Dems Pick Cordell Cleare to Replace Brian Benjamin in Harlem Senate Race

“The Manhattan Democratic Party is proud to support the selection by the 30th Senate District Committee of Cordell Cleare as their Democratic Nominee for the New York State Senate,” the…

ByEse Olumhense 0Comments

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Jul 2021

Government News

Kristin Richardson Jordan Leads Incumbent Bill Perkins By 100 Votes in Harlem Council Race

Of the three primaries in which current Manhattan Council members faced challengers, the 9th Council District race is the only one in which the incumbent appears to have been defeated.

ByEse Olumhense 3Comments

Group Funded by Wall Street Mogul Violates Regulations, Spends Big on South Bronx Council Candidate