A video by Nikolia Apostolou and Alizah Salario.
Three months after the New York City Council passed a law that would speed up graffiti removal,
many tags still remain on the streets of East Harlem. Residents discuss the benefits and drawbacks
of graffiti in their neighborhood.
The infusion of millions of dollars in federal funding has helped draw people to Lower Manhattan, fueling a surge in population.
The name Curry Hill invokes thoughts of Indian food for some, but recently it’s been a hot-bed for poor restaurant grades.
The Hackensack planning board has approved 458 Passaic Street, a former car dealership that sat as an abandoned lot for years.
Outside, all of Takagi’s photos grace the sides of 25 trash cans scattered around the Broadway plazas.
Town officials and residents are debating the future of the Farmingdale Liberty Site.
Harlem4Obama celebrated the president’s 50th birthday and re-election campaign kickoff.
Twenty percent of the new development area will be reserved for affordable housing, according to the group’s proposal.
Many Harlem residents consider these gates a part of the neighborhood’s history.
White supremacist fliers were left under the windshield wipers of cars parked overnight in Greenpoint, but officials say their message is protected under the First Amendment.
