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by: Clarissa Wei | 3/28/2010


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Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer visited the Canaan Baptist Church on Palm Sunday to encourage parishioners to participate in the 2010 Census.

by: Pavan N Trivedi | 3/25/2010


Photo Courtesy of Joan Vollero

After more than 50 meetings over a 40 month period, The Community Task Force on NYU  Development, led by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, released a comprehensive report that presents NYU with the Greenwich Village  community’s top priorities for the university’s proposed expansion.

by: Clarissa Wei | 3/24/2010


Photo credit: Joan Vollero

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer joined elected officials and health advocates on the steps of City Hall today to launch the Manhattan Smoke-Free Partnership, a new organization created to build upon the City’s success at reducing tobacco-caused death and disease within the borough.

by: Clarissa Wei | 3/24/2010

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Council Member Jessica Lappin, Chair of the Council’s Aging Committee, visited the Hamilton Senior Center and the Hargrave Senior Center today to discuss issues affecting the elderly community in New York City.

by: Clarissa Wei | 3/21/2010


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GrowNYC in conjunction with Go Green Lower East Side, an initiative of Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, hosted Stop ‘N’ Swap today, a free swapping event to exchange unwanted clothes and household items. The four hour event was held at the Lower East Side’s Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center & Educational Center with about 200 people in attendance.

by: Clarissa Wei | 3/18/2010

 
Photo credit: Keiko Niwa

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer attended the groundbreaking for the Lower East Side Tenement Museum’s New Visitors and Education Center—the Sadie Samuelson Levy Immigrant Heritage Center.


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In an effort to make NYC a safer and more navigable city, Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer has released a study on unmarked buildings (buildings without their number visibly present).


Photo Courtesy of Joan Vollero

Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer hosted his Annual Lunar Year celebration. The event, which took place in Chinatown’s YMCA Beacon Center, began with a traditional dance called the “Lion Dance” in which performers wore a beautifully decorated lion costume and mirrored the animal’s moves.

by: Clarissa Wei | 3/10/2010


Stop and swap your reusable and wearable items at the Stop 'N’ Swap event at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center located in the Lower East Side on March 21st from 11 am to 3 pm. It’s the perfect opportunity to get rid of unwanted items, find free items, and prevent unnecessary waste.

by: Carmen Boon | 3/10/2010

Borough President Stringer and the Executive Director of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy and Bedford-Stuyvesant food justice advocate Mark Winston Griffith discuss the crisis of “food deserts” – local communities where it’s hard to get fresh, healthy food – and what’s being done to improve the way New Yorkers eat. More on the Borough President’s FoodNYC: a Blueprint for a Sustainable Food System report here.

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