He sought to depict his community “from the inside out” and to challenge negative images of Puerto Ricans in New York. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “East Harlem (Manhattan, NY)”
Will East Harlem Ever Get its Long-Delayed Subway?
By Gotham Rex on January 31, 2022
Residents have been waiting almost a century for new stations. Some aren’t sure they’ll be built. Source: New York Times
Man Arrested in Shooting of 19-Year-Old Worker at East Harlem Burger King
By Gotham Rex on January 14, 2022
The employee, Kristal Bayron-Nieves, was killed on Sunday when the store was robbed. The police said on Friday that a 30-year-old man was charged with the murder. Source: New York Times
Asian Immigrant Attacked in Hate Crime Last Year Dies
By Gotham Rex on January 8, 2022
Yao Pan Ma was hospitalized in April after he was pushed to the ground and kicked in the head in East Harlem. He died on Dec. 31, the police said. Source: New York Times
Off-Duty Officer Shot While Sleeping in Car Outside a Harlem Police Station
By Gotham Rex on January 1, 2022
The officer was in stable condition after the shooting, which happened early on Saturday outside the 25th Precinct station house. Source: New York Times
Supervised Injection Sites for Drug Users to Open in New York City
By Gotham Rex on November 30, 2021
The Manhattan facilities will provide clean needles, administer medication to reverse overdoses and provide users with options for addiction treatment. Source: New York Times
Review: Contento Treats Accessibility as a Right
By Gotham Rex on August 17, 2021
Contento, in East Harlem, sets an example for an industry that is rarely welcoming to diners with disabilities. Source: New York Times
Shots For Homebound New Yorkers Have Lagged. A Vaccine Pause Didn't Help.
By Gotham Rex on April 23, 2021
Efforts to vaccinate homebound seniors in New York have lagged, and the national pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine set them back further. Source: New York Times
Benjamin J. Fernandez, Photojournalist and Mentor, Dies at 84
By Gotham Rex on March 3, 2021
He photographed Martin Luther King Jr. and produced classic images of the protest movements of the 1960s. Source: New York Times
Cicely Tyson’s Harlem: Dance, Jazz, Faith and Waffles
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2021
Cicely Tyson, who died in January, was famous all over the world. But her heart was at home, in Harlem. Source: New York Times
5 Restaurants on Why They’re Hibernating This Winter
By Gotham Rex on January 29, 2021
Whether it’s because of generous landlords, loans or sheer exhaustion, owners are taking a seasonal break. Source: New York Times
Vaccine Rollout Is Sluggish. Can These Pop-Up NYC Inoculation Sites Help?
By Gotham Rex on January 5, 2021
The first two of more than a hundred planned locations in New York City opened on Tuesday in an effort to speed up the pace. Source: New York Times
Two N.Y.C. Museums Announce Reopenings
By Gotham Rex on August 19, 2020
The Brooklyn Museum and El Museo del Barrio will reopen to the public on Sept. 12. Source: New York Times