Uptown students to Mayor Bloomberg: Don’t axe our after-school programs! | NY Daily News
By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The children of upper Manhattan are about to deliver a heartfelt message to Mayor Bloomberg: Put away your budget axe and spare our beloved after-school programs. “This program is awesome!” wrote 10-year-old Solianny Perez, a fifth-grader from Washington Heights, in a letter to City Hall. “Please, please [...]
Little affordable housing built in Washington Heights | NY Daily News
By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Building affordable housing for the city’s poor and working families is one of Mayor Bloomberg’s marquee achievements — except in Washington Heights. Only a paltry 139 units of new housing for people of modest means have been constructed in Manhattan north of W. 155th St. between 2004 [...]
Bette Midler Honored for Work on Upper Manhattan's Parks | DNAinfo
By Paul Lomax WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Last night in Washington Heights Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined the Fort Tryon Park Trust in honoring Hollywood star Bette Midler for her work through the non-profit New York Restoration Project that has rejuvenated the parks of Northern Manhattan. Midler was presented with a silver tree spade, designed by Miguel [...]
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