Scoop: NYC quietly revealed one of the first projects it hopes to fund through the Reconnecting Communties Program, a $1 billion part of the federal infrastructure bill: a project to replace and redesign a dangerous East Harlem footbridge & intersection. patch.com/new-york/harlem/fe…

EXCLUSIVE: religious leaders conspired with a billionaire developer to sell 6 Harlem churches and took nearly $2 million in secret payments, letting the developer swindle the churches, according to a previously unreported investigation by @NewYorkStateAG: patch.com/new-york/harlem/ha…

New: 3 years after the city began evicting them, Harlem's last Ethiopian Orthodox church has found a new home — in the Bronx. Despite a pledge from ex-mayor de Blasio to help them relocate, members say they got little aid. "No one cares": patch.com/new-york/harlem/ev…

New: the pandemic-era City Cleanup Corps is winding down after hiring 13K people to beautify NYC, as federal funds dry up. Harlem residents fear that'll undo hard-won improvements along 125th Street, where trash, needles & human waste have been swept up: patch.com/new-york/harlem/12…

NEW: the controversial One45 rezoning in Harlem has plunged into confusion, as Rev. Al Sharpton's group denies claims by a rival developer that he's ditched the Harlem project amid local pushback. but One45's developer may be having second thoughts too: patch.com/new-york/harlem/ha…

New: the end seems near for Harlem’s last Ethiopian Orthodox church, which may finally be evicted as part of an affordable housing deal—despite a pledge by the former mayor to help them relocate. "It would be devastating to see it be displaced or closed." patch.com/new-york/harlem/tr…

NEW: Manhattan Borough President @MarkLevineNYC is recommending that the city *disapprove* the One45 rezoning in Harlem, unless the developer agrees to make 50% of its 800+ apartments affordable and fund other community improvements. Story: patch.com/new-york/harlem/ha…

wow, Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez and outgoing CM @BillPerkinsNYC say they'll oppose 2 recently-announced @NYCHousing developments in East Harlem, which promise to add 600 affordable homes. Notably absent from this statement: @DianaAyalaNYC, who reps one of the two sites

NEW: The pastor of a historic Harlem church where Malcolm X's funeral was held secretly pocketed $440K when he sold it to a developer, whom he then helped acquire another distressed Black church, @NewYorkStateAG alleges. patch.com/new-york/harlem/ha…

New: a landmarked but decaying home on Harlem's historic Astor Row is being torn down after an inspector deemed it was at risk of "imminent collapse." @nyclandmarks sued its owner in 2015, trying to force repairs. The city won, but repairs never happened: patch.com/new-york/harlem/la…

There are not one, but *two* giant new developments being planned in Harlem that include museums devoted to civil rights in the north. The new proposal, by Al Sharpton's @NationalAction, looks awfully likely to trigger a fight over its required rezoning: patch.com/new-york/harlem/ha…

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NEW: Elected officials in East Harlem said they're disappointed by video of an impaired man being taken into custody by unmasked NYPD officers Saturday. The neighborhood has long struggled with drug use and hosted tough debates about the role of police: patch.com/new-york/harlem/ma…

New: East Harlem's sections of the East River Esplanade have continued to deteriorate, as the walkway crumbles into the river despite promises of multimillion-dollar repairs from the city and state. Advocates and @_rjayrodriguez are pushing for repairs: patch.com/new-york/harlem/ea…

Unhappy news out of Harlem: a mobile @SalvationArmyNY kitchen that fed up to 300 people per day was torched overnight, possibly by an arsonist targeting another car. "They've disabled us," the temple's captain told @HarlemPatch: patch.com/new-york/harlem/ha…