The State of Dominican-Americans In NYC Forum Takes Place This Saturday
Councilmember Robert Jackson Presents Where are We Going? The State of Dominican-Americans in New York City In Collaboration With: CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, The Colin L. Powell Center for Leadership & Service, & City College’s Public Service Management Graduate Program Saturday, February 23, 2013 The City College of New York North Academic Center (NAC) (Entrance [...]
First “Uptown Games” promote active lifestyle for local youths | Manhattan Times
Story & photos by Robin Lawless All the children who participated in the first annual Uptown Games at The Armory in Washington Heights this past Sun., April 1st were winners. Their prize? An afternoon of fun running, jumping, sprinting and racing, with nary a video game or computer screen in sight. The track and field [...]
Jackson ready to climb to the top as Manhattan Borough President | NY Daily News
By Michael J. Feeney Uptown Councilman Robert Jackson has run three city marathons, walked to Albany and climbed Africa’s highest mountain. Now, he’s ready for his biggest race yet – an uphill battle to become Manhattan Borough President. “In this race for borough president, I’m in it for the long haul,” he told the Daily [...]
City Funding to End Drought for Isham Park | Epoch Times
By Ivan Pentchoukov A year from now there will be water at Isham Park, thanks to $750,000 in city funding secured by Councilman Robert Jackson. The historic 20-acre park in the Inwood neighborhood of northern Manhattan has had no access to water for drinking and irrigation for years. Jackson joined representatives from the Department of [...]
Big Year For Political "Small Fry" | NY Daily News
BY Celeste Katz Most of them are little-known even in their communities, except by the very politically active. They are the party faithful – the district leaders, county committee members and delegates to judicial nominating conventions. And all of these party-office incumbents, along with a few civil court candidates, and their rare would-be challengers, have [...]
THE FIRE NEXT TIME…
BY Carolina Pichardo You would think that Washington Heights would get the red carpet treatment after all the commotion that the city made about us having the highest Census return rate. Instead, it seems like we’re getting the same budget cuts and politics here as everywhere else. According to the offices of Council [...]
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