Target Rolls Into Harlem

Business

Target Corp. is at it again in New York City. The retailer, which has opened up pop-up stores for weekends in the Big Apple, just turned its already fervent courtship of the city up a notch. Target spent $250,000 to wrap an entire full-length Manhattan subway train.

New Oscar Michaux Stamp Unveiling

Film

The Harlem Arts Alliance along with the United States Postal Service and Columbia University School of the Arts presented on Tuesday June 22, 2010, a First-Day-Of-Issue Ceremony honoring the release of the Oscar Micheaux commemorative stamp.

Like it, Love it or Trash it?

Music

Harlem based rapper, Freekey Zekey has come out with another song called “Harlem” featuring Cam’ron, Sen City and Vado. 

Diddy Top Harlemite on Forbes 2010 Celebrity Power Lists

Business

Forbes has released its annual Celebrity 100 and it seems black women are back in full force. This year’s list was topped by two of our favorites. They are powerful black women known the world over by one name (and sometimes even by one letter) – O and Bey, Oprah and Beyoncé. Forbes had one Harlemite on the list and that was Diddy who ranked #68.

To read more about the list click here.

Emancipation Proclamation Leaves Obama’s Office

A special visitor to the Oval Office soon will be moving on.

A rare copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, arrived in the Oval Office for Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January and has been hanging out just above a bronze bust of King ever since.

NYC Council Passes Budget

Politics

The New York City Council has passed a budget for the coming fiscal year, which begins Thursday, July 1.

Lawmakers approved the $63 billion budget Tuesday evening. It includes about $1 billion in cuts, including slashes to jobs and services. The spending plan does some jobs and fire companies that had been on the chopping block.

Gov. Paterson Continues Vetoes

News

A day after New York Gov. David Paterson began using his line-item veto on certain additions to the state budget, he defended his actions and vented frustration at lawmakers.

“I’m done talking to legislative leaders,” Paterson told The Associated Press. “I am not going to operate in this process any more. I am doing the vetoes. As far as I am concerned, this budget process is over.”

Target Arts Free Family Events in Harlem

Arts

Target invites you and your family to see more of the arts while spending less. As part of their efforts to support education in Harlem they serve, Target sponsors free admission to arts and cultural events in Harlem.

Harlem Leader Honored for Anti-Drug Crusade

Health

The New York branch of the Foundation for a Drug Free World held a ceremony Friday night, June 25, to honor almost a dozen groups and citizens who have worked effectively towards stemming a deadly epidemic.

300 aim to be Harlem ‘Promise Neighborhoods’

Education

More than 300 communities around the U.S. have submitted applications to the Department of Education to receive grants under a federal program designed to revitalize troubled neighborhoods.

The “Promise Neighborhoods” program will award grants to 20 organizations and institutions of higher education to plan for a range of academic, health and career programs in distressed neighborhoods.

Government-Run Facility Replaces Harlem Nonprofit Hospital

Cause

Facing about $200-million in debt, Harlem’s North General Hospital announced Monday that it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and shut down next week, The New York Times writes.

NYC Restaurant Week Summer 2010

Food

NYC & Company, New York City’s marketing, tourism and partnership organization, today announced NYC Restaurant Week Summer 2010 will feature more than 275 participating restaurants, sustaining the dining program’s record of steady growth and making this season’s event the City’s largest dining program to date since it began in 1992.