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News   80-year-old East Harlem barber in danger of eviction after 60 years in business New York Daily News Every day, 7 am to 5 PM" "Here" is 360 E. 116th St. In East Harlem, where Caponigro's one-man barber shop has stood for 60 years, and where the proud Italian immigrant wants to stay doing what he loves most. "I was a man of the people," said Caponigro, ... See all stories on this topic » New York Daily News Wi-If Set to Expand to 19 More City Parks New York Times (blog) By MATT FLEGENHEIMER Free Wi-If service will be made available in 19 more city parks, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Thursday in East Harlem, which would more than double the number of parks with Wi-If. "It works," the mayor declared in Thomas ... See all stories on this topic » In Harlem Buildings, Reminders of Easy Money and the Financial Crisis New York Times By CHARLES V. BAGLI At Riverton Houses, a middle- and working-class apartment complex in Harlem, residents noticed a few changes after new owners came in. Lobbies were renovated. New elevators were installed. A decorative fence went up around the ... See all stories on this topic » A brush with true talent: Dover local holds his own against Harlem Wizards ... Foster's Daily Democrat Editor's note: This is a first-person account from Foster's freelancer and Dover resident Ron Cole of his experience playing in a Dover High School Soccer Boosters Association fundraiser game against the Harlem Wizards, a team that travels around the ... See all stories on this topic » Not All Pastors Are Against Harlem Gay Pride Event Gothamist Last week, there was a tad bit of controversy (and a dollop of confusion) over the Harlem Pride event scheduled for the last weekend in June. The weekend-long celebration of gay pride in Harlem left some local pastors frothing at the mouth that "the ... See all stories on this topic » Gothamist $1.6M drown-tragedy payout New York Post By YOAV GONEN A year after a Harlem sixth-grader drowned at a Long Island beach during a poorly supervised school trip, the city reached a $1.6 million settlement with her family. Nicole Suriel, 12, who couldn't swim, died at Long Beach last June on a ... See all stories on this topic » Lights Out: Spanish Harlem Goes Smoke Free New York Press The idea began when East Harlem Asthma Center Director Dr. Betty Perez-Rivera approached the Manhattan Smoke-Free Project and asked it to do something about the second-hand smoke around her clinic. They decided to ask all the block's businesses and ... See all stories on this topic » New York Press Aloft Opens Second NYC Hotel in Brooklyn Citybizlist Real Estate Starwood Hotels & Resorts has opened Aloft New York Brooklyn, its second Aloft hotel in New York City along with Aloft Harlem, which opened in December 2010. Aloft, which launched in 2008, is branded as Starwood's "style-at-a-steal" brand. ... See all stories on this topic » Not Safe! Five Harlem Roads Have City's Highest Fatal Crash Rates News One NEW YORK — New York Department of Transportation data shows that five streets in Harlem have dramatically high fatal crash rates, with Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. And 125th St. Being some of the city's worst places for accidents. ... See all stories on this topic »