WE ACT for Environmental Justice, a West Harlem environmental justice organization, joined 100 other organizations and individuals on Sept. 30 in submitting comments opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to reverse its 2009 Endangerment Finding.

As New York City’s Board of Elections hires poll workers throughout New York City ahead of election day, West Harlem community advocates say that finding poll workers has proven difficult.

A New York State Supreme Court judge ruled on Friday that lawsuits against Gov. Kathy Hochul’s pause on congestion pricing could proceed, following Hochul and state transportation officials’ efforts to get them dismissed.

Nearly two months before the New York City Department of Health began spraying pesticides in Upper Manhattan to combat West Nile virus, the Community Board 9 health and environment committee passed a resolution demanding that the health department halt the spraying of pesticides.

With her weekly radio show, producer and publisher Audrey Adams is working to educate West Harlem about sickle cell disease, an illness that disproportionately impacts Black people. Due to prominent healthcare disparities, community leaders are increasingly interested in combating miseducation.

John McGregor wants to open a bookstore in Harlem. After working in the publishing and bookselling industries for over 30 years, McGregor left his job in retail to try to fill a gap in easy access to literature for people living in the neighborhood.

Updated on April 8 at 8:34 p.m.

The Community Board 9 Health and Environment Committee unveiled a resolution in February to address infant and maternal mortality in response to high rates of teen pregnancy and a lack of access to prenatal care in West Harlem.

The School of Professional Studies and the City University of New York announced a joint fellowship in a press release today that will begin in the 2024-25 academic year.

After a controversial proposal to redevelop the West Harlem Piers was unveiled to Community Board 9 in February, the Harlem Rocket Tours— a high-speed boat tour of the Hudson River— is expected to launch next summer.