By Debralee Santos and Gregg McQueen Bronxites are dying at a higher rate from COVID-19 than residents in any other borough. Data from the city’s Health Department (DOH) shows that Bronx residents who contract the virus are twice as…
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View this post on Instagram For the Heroes and those Being rescued 🙏🏾 A post shared by Lemon Andersen (@lemon.andersen) on Apr 2, 2020 at 5:32pm PDT We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like…
Friend of the UC and talented novelist Jon Michaud penned an outstanding piece in The New Yorker on the closure of Uptown institution Coogan’s due to the covid-19 pandemic. The piece will quite literally break your heart. Coogan’s is such…
By Debralee Santos Cari was one of six transit workers – and the only woman – reported dead in New York City this past week. The other TWU members who died were Stations Department Supervisor Victor Zapana, Bus Operator…
It’s the community v. COVID-19. A new grant program established by New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) will award up to $10 million in grants to Northern Manhattan businesses hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The grant program is designed to…
The Chamber of Commerce of Washington Heights and Inwood has put together a crucial list of Washington Heights and Inwood Restaurants that are open for TAKE-OUT and DELIVERY only. Status may change at any time, please check with each…
Few days are as keenly felt as St. Patrick’s Day at Coogan’s. The touchstone eatery is a community haven on all other calendar dates, but this day is one like no other. The amber panels gleam a bit brighter,…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Carlos Rivera (@eyeshootnyc) on Mar 16, 2020 at 8:38am PDT No, not Tom Hanks. You know things are bad when even Forrest Gump can’t outrun the…
By Gregg McQueen Six months after becoming principal at P.S. 132, Wendy Poveda noticed something unusual. Members of the staff at the elementary school were bringing home and washing the clothes of students. Approximately 25 percent of P.S. 132…
View this post on Instagram Quisqueya 🇩🇴 Heights Stand Up Pics: @dotshotit www.UptownCollective.com A post shared by Uptown Collective (@uptowncollectiv) on Feb 22, 2020 at 6:04pm PST On February 16, 2020 the Dominican government made the fateful decision to…