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Volunteers from throughout the country, including 5th and 6th graders from the St. Aloyisus Education Clinic of Harlem, college students from Florida Southern College, and members from the Black Women’s Leadership Caucus helped plant Heritage roses at the Harriet Tubman Memorial in Harlem today. The event, held by the Office of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and the Heritage Rose Foundation, celebrated the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and marked the Harriet Tubman Memorial’s inclusion in the Heritage Rose District of New York City.
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, along with volunteers throughout the city, celebrated Earth Day today at the East Harlem Green Festival.
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer stood alongside Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley, Chair of the City Council’s Fire & Criminal Justice Committee, Council Member Margaret Chin, firefighters, and community leaders to speak out against budget cuts and firehouse closing at Engine 4 today.
Photo courtesy of Alaina Gilligo
Borough President Scott Stringer stood in solidarity with approximately 150 members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) community, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Councilmember Rosie Mendez, and the Anti-Violence Project in front of the LGBT Center for a rally in response to last week’s discovery that The Center’s rainbow flag had been burned in a display of hate.
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer presented a “Day of Action” today in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month at the NY Academy of Medicine. Presenters included Byron Hurt, an award-winning documentary filmmaker, published writer, and anti-sexist activist, and Harriet Lessel, the Executive Director of the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault.
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer rallied alongside Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller John Liu, Speaker Christine Quinn and tenant rights activists to call for a fair contract for 30,000 NYC doormen and other building workers.
Photo credit: Kathy Lloyd Boehm
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer stood alongside Governor David Paterson, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Intrepid President Bill White, and dozens of space fans to support the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum’s bid to purchase a decommissioned NASA space shuttle.
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Batters up! Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, joined former Mets pitcher John Franco, Councilmember Margaret Chin, other elected officials, family, and fans, to help cheer on the Downtown Little Leaguers at their season opening games.
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Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, along with Congressman Jerrold Nadler and about 50 elected officials, parents, students, teachers and education advocates banded together to denounce the Department of Education’s (DOE) inadequate space planning, and the detrimental effect it is having on Manhattan’s public school children.
Photo Courtesy of Casey Kuklick
In an effort to help make fresh and nutritious foods more accessible to the nearly 3 million New Yorkers who currently live in “food desert” neighborhoods, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, along with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Rep. Nydia Velazquez, Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Councilwoman Margaret Chin and other elected officials, advocacy groups, and union leaders announced new federal legislation that would ensure that these underserved communities get the food that they need.
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