NYCHA looking to find apartment for Octavio Estevez, homeless man in need of kidney transplant | NY Daily News
BY Lore Croghan The New York City Housing Authority is working to find an apartment for a homeless Uptown dad who needs a kidney transplant. Octavio Estevez, who lives in a Bronx homeless shelter, was kept off Mount Sinai Medical Center’s kidney transplant waiting list because he didn’t have permanent housing. This week, NYCHA officials [...]
Uptown’s Own Alan Ket Spearheads A Fundraising Campaign To Help Graffiti Artist Riff 170
The Story My name is Alan Ket and I am a supporter of art and artists. For many years I have worked with members of the graffiti community in creating public works, fighting legal cases, and helping to establish a market for art works by New York City artists and pioneers. In this capacity I [...]
A Young Mom on a Street Feeding Schedule
BY Carolina Pichardo (@c_pichardo) These days, it isn’t rare to walk down New York City and find pieces of paper lying everywhere, dirty sidewalks and the occasional homeless person. It’s unfortunate that an individual could be categorized as such, and almost considered a staple of city life. However, that’s usually where the extent of the [...]
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