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When current state Senator Eric Schneiderman decided to run for attorney general, it provided the first vacancy in the 31st Senate District, which stretches from the Upper West Side through Washington Heights and Inwood to Riverdale in the Bronx, since 1998. The four Democratic candidates running to succeed Schneiderman are Adriano Espaillat, Mark Levine, Anna Lewis and Miosotis Muñoz.
In the waning days before the Sep. 14 Democratic primary, the Manhattan Times caught up with the front runners Espaillat and Levine while they campaigned.
In the Sep. 8 issue the Manhattan Times will publish bios of all the candidates in the local races.
Espaillat picks up nods from teachers union and Citizen Action
Last week Assembly Member Adriano Espaillat picked up two more endorsements in his campaign to succeed state Senator Eric Schneiderman.
Cadet Nelson Banser, the Bronx Community College Air Force ROTC student who helped stop a mugger from leaving his Washington Heights apartment building in February has earned his stripes.
It took 18 garbage trucks filled with debris, but a new garden grows in Sugar Hill.
Mother Cabrini would have been proud of these alumnae.
On Oct. 14 Mother Cabrini High School will honor five of its graduates and a religious order as embodiments of the work of Frances Xavier Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants and orphans, and the first American beatified.
The Academy of General Dentistry was made a fellow of Dr. Evy Migadaki at its annual meeting on July 8.
Sept. 11 victims to be remembered at Church of the Good Shepherd
City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez is giving up the fight against allegations that he poked a female Council staffer in the chest after an argument. The fiery representative from the 10th District is taking an employee relations course and giving up his seat as the chair of the Council’s higher education committee until the course is over.
by Orubba Almansouri
It’s a hot sunny day in a tiny little playground on Cabrini Boulevard at W. 180th Street. Four kids, Max Brito, Julio Espaillat, Olgastacy Ramirez and Christopher Tebucio sit at a picnic table under a tree, playing Uno.
by Orubba Almansouri
Even though school has been out all summer, contractors for the Department of Education have been hard at work on renovation projects throughout Northern Manhattan schools.
Maria Morales only has room for 36 children in her pre-kindergarten classroom.
Washington Heights resident Alexandra Wang has won a scholarship to
study in China during the fall semester of her senior year in high
school. PHOTO: Orubba Almansouri
by Orubba Almansouri
Alexandra Wang has a book that holds 2,000 years of her family’s history. Between its red covers are the names of her ancestors dating back to the Han Dynasty, at roughly the same time the Roman Empire conquered England. But the book is a mystery to Alex, who lives in Washington Heights, because she can’t read Chinese – at least not yet.
by Tammy McKillip
The back-to-school shopping may be a bit easier on the wallet this year, thanks to a recent “green” trend in the fashion industry and simpler, more wholesome styles created with natural fabrics. Out are the blinking, springing character-embossed shoes and in are more classic kid-styles with clean lines, washable fabrics and versatile appeal.
by Tammy McKillip
Bronx resident Ozzie Ortiz has been in the chef business since 1989 and working in New York eateries for several years during the early part of his career. After returning to the city recently from South Florida, he and an unnamed business partner decided to open up a restaurant in Inwood that would promote good health, delicious food and convenience at a low price.
What is the average visitor to the Morris-Jumel Mansion looking for when they come to the historic house where George Washington once slept? Revolutionary War stories, maybe? Artifacts of the past? An aura and lingering rumors of the eccentric Madame Jumel?
by Michael Herson
He ordered his eggs: “Not gushing, but oozing gently.” Then Henry went back to his conversation with Milo. They were two aging men talking politics and books over some bacon. They met often and tacitly rejoiced in their surroundings. They liked the wooden siding on the booths and the wooden counter and the green floor printed in small tiles and the hanging lights over each booth. “It’s the anti-Starbucks” he would often say, and the place made them both feel warm. It was old fashioned, like they were. Today outside the air was thick and it wasn’t sunny, just very hot and gray and still.
by Corinne Ramey
For Inwood resident Carla Hansen, vintage linens, traditional embroidery stitches and snarky or unexpected sayings are a perfect combination.
“I find the contrast of rock lyrics and this old-school style to be really amusing,” Hansen said. “And it turned out that other people think so, too.”
Shakespeare, critters and lighthouses
by Tammy McKillip
I hope you have all made the very most of summertime and are looking forward to the cooler weather, fall leaves and shorter days. Now is a good time to start prepping your children for the new bedtime routine. Put them to bed a few minutes earlier each night between now and Sep. 8 so that they won't be tired on their first day back to school. If you move the bedtime up in small increments, they are less likely to put up a fuss.
August 23 – August 28
We began the week with a post on hometown hero and Pittsburg Pirate rookie Pedro Alvarez. Initially, many in the neighborhood thought Pedro Alvarez Sr. was out of his mind for turning down a $900,000 signing bonus from the Boston Red Sox and instead choosing Vanderbilt for his son to play college ball. It was a controversial decision to say the least but it turned out to be the right one. Pedro Alvarez recently signed a four-year contract worth $6.355 million with the Pirates and is regarded by many as the cornerstone of a much-needed Pirates revival.
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