The Democratic chairman of the Ways and Means tax-writing committee has also come under scrutiny for his apartments he rents in his home district of Harlem.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 5, 2008.

The fiance of an innocent man stabbed to death on a Harlem street said Wednesday his slaying was murder, not mistaken identity - and praised prosecutors for indicting his killer.

Published by New York Daily News on September 4, 2008.

Prosecutors said Parks was walking home in Harlem just before midnight when four males aged 15 to 22 attacked him.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 3, 2008.

Parks, a jujitsu-trained New York City subway worker, fought back during an attempted mugging and has been indicted on a murder charge on accusations of fatally stabbing Byas. Parks had just finished his late-night shift on Jan. 10 and was walking home to his Harlem apartment when a group of men intending to rob him attacked him from behind.

Published by WNBC on September 3, 2008.

A van jammed with 13 relatives driving from a party in Pennsylvania flipped on a highway, killing a married couple from Harlem and their 2-year-old cousin, officials said Tuesday.

Published by New York Daily News on September 3, 2008.

The 10027 zip code, located in West Harlem/Morningside Heights and covering a chunk of Columbia University, led all city zip codes in the number of new jobs, adding 21,987.

Published by The New York Observer on September 3, 2008.

Maurice Parks pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in the Jan. 10 death of 28-year-old Flonarza Byas in Harlem.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 3, 2008.

Other parts of the city are taking up the slack by creating new jobs. Zip code 10027, which includes Morningside Heights and West Harlem, showed a 187% gain in jobs during the decade, and two other Harlem neighborhoods reported a doubling.

Published by Crain's New York Business on September 3, 2008.

The outer boroughs and dynamic Manhattan neighborhoods such as Harlem generated most of the city’s job growth, while the typical business center of lower Manhattan experienced severe losses.

Published by Crain's New York Business on September 3, 2008.

Enraged and seeking vengeance after being mugged, a city subway conductor chased and fatally stabbed an innocent passerby on a Harlem street, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Published by New York Daily News on September 3, 2008.

"It's totally unfactual and it will be proven," the Harlem lawmaker said of a Post report revealing that his financial-disclosure forms showed no income in 2006 and 2007 from a villa he owns at the Punta Cana hotel resort in the Dominican Republic.

Published by New York Post on September 2, 2008.

But it is backed by top City Hall and Education Department officials, for whom persuading Albany to extend mayoral control is the No. 1 goal for the school year that starts on Tuesday.

Published by New York Times on September 2, 2008.

A group of three men attacked Parks on Jan. 11 in Harlem.

Published by New York Post on August 30, 2008.

Belvey Ross, 27, of Harlem, teaches in The Bronx and said she likes "that he talked about getting money for early education and paying teachers more."

Published by New York Post on August 29, 2008.

The group Harlem for Obama hosted a speech-watching party for some 200 supporters at the Tribal Spears Gallery Cafe on Frederick Douglass Blvd. between 116th and 117th Sts.

Published by New York Daily News on August 29, 2008.

The City Planning Commission voted in favor of rezoning the eastern portion of 125th Street, setting the stage for a final City Council vote on the 1.7 million-square-foot mixed-use complex.

Published by New York Sun on August 28, 2008.

New York City police are trying to determine who shot a man in East Harlem.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 28, 2008.

Last month, Representative Charles B. Rangel hotly defended his four rent-stabilized apartments in Harlem. Next week, Bianca Jagger will be fighting to keep the one she has — or had — at 530 Park Avenue.

Published by New York Times on August 28, 2008.

Mr. Alghaithi, an immigrant from Yemen, was not home when the explosion occurred at 10 West 119th Street. The family had just moved to New York from Hamtramck, Mich., 10 days before, because Mr. Alghaithi had found work on the overnight shift at a grocery.

Published by New York Times on August 27, 2008.

The New York City Planning Commission voted on Wednesday to rezone the eastern portion of 125th Street, helping to pave the way for a 1.7 million- square-foot, mixed-use complex.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 27, 2008.

The recent disclosure that the owners of Riverton Houses, a 1,228-unit apartment complex in Harlem, might default on their loan has shocked the real estate industry.

Published by New York Times on August 27, 2008.

The attack happened around 125th Street and Lenox Avenue, and the woman escaped at the 116th Street stop. The victim did not exit the train until he reached the Times Square stop at 42nd Street, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters.

Published by New York Sun on August 27, 2008.

(Note: The 2008 numbers include Harlem; the 2007 data does not. Harlem rents are lower than the rest of Manhattan’s, and The Observer found that leaving in the lower rents increases the difference in ’07 and ’08 rents by approximately 3 percentage points across the board.)

Published by The New York Observer on August 26, 2008.

Gloria McKenzie maneuvered down the pathway with a cane, surveying the 700-foot-long grassy mall that is surrounded by five of the seven apartment buildings that make up Riverton, the storied Harlem housing complex.

Published by New York Times on August 25, 2008.

The death of a Harlem woman due to testify in two criminal cases has been ruled an accident, authorities said Monday.

Published by amNY.com on August 25, 2008.

Two New Jersey women were hit with flying bullet fragments Sunday during an afternoon gun battle on a Harlem street, police said.

Published by New York Daily News on August 25, 2008.

Rep. Charles Rangel warned a Harlem developer to protect low-income housing, saying "a disease of greed ... is taking over the city."

Published by New York Daily News on August 24, 2008.

The gunshots rang out on West 113th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue in Harlem Sunday, as the women simply walked down the street.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 24, 2008.

The city is being sued by five Harlem men who were convicted of the attack as teenagers and spent years in prison before someone else confessed to the crime.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 23, 2008.

The city is being sued by five Harlem men who were convicted of the attack as teenagers and spent years in prison before someone else confessed to the crime.

Published by SI Live on August 23, 2008.

The New York City Department of City Planning is slated to vote on Wednesday on whether to rezone the eastern portion of 125th Street, which would help the pave the way for the construction of a proposed 1.7 million square foot, mixed-use complex.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 22, 2008.

In 2005, the NYCLU counted more than 4,000 street level cameras from the West Village down to Battery Park. The group also found that the 292 cameras along 125th Street in Central Harlem recorded nearly every movement on that busy street.

Published by amNY.com on August 22, 2008.

“Of course Paterson thinks it’s a good idea. If he’s term-limited out, Bloomberg is running for governor and it’s back home to Harlem for the accidental gov.”

Published by New York Times on August 22, 2008.

Yesterday, the family of one of the nation's most revered composers donated $1 million to keep the music alive at Marcus Garvey Park, which abuts the home in which he grew up, at 3 W. 120th St.

Published by New York Post on August 22, 2008.

She had been burned over 60% of her body in a ferocious gas explosion that ripped through her Harlem apartment building, killing her mother.

Published by New York Daily News on August 21, 2008.

Armed with just $5 to quiet my belly's rumblings, I walked into Patsy's on Tuesday looking for a slice. Instead, I waddled out of the legendary East Harlem pizzeria dazed and overstuffed.

Published by New York Daily News on August 20, 2008.

Hurry to Patsy's Restaurant in East Harlem as it celebrates its 75th anniversary with 1933 prices.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 19, 2008.

LOCATION: 151 West 122nd Street, Manhattan Avenue

Published by NY1 on August 19, 2008.

Hurry to Patsy's Restaurant in East Harlem as it celebrates its 75th anniversary with 1933 prices.

Published by New York Daily News on August 19, 2008.

A gas explosion tore through the family's apartment in Harlem in October, killing Duaa's mother, Alouf Hassan, 29. Duaa's 3-year-old sister Lina was blinded; Twka, 5, and Afaf, 1, were both hospitalized.

Published by New York Daily News on August 19, 2008.

Patsy's Restaurant In East Harlem Selling 12-Ounce New York Cut Steak For 90 Cents, Pizza For 60 Cents

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 19, 2008.

Maribel Esutate was near her Harlem home on Saturday night when she was fatally attacked, getting stabbed in the neck.

Published by amNY.com on August 18, 2008.

A machete-wielding man made good on a threat to get back at his ex-girlfriend when he ambushed and viciously hacked her to death in Harlem, relatives and cops said Sunday.

Published by New York Daily News on August 18, 2008.

Police have charged a Bronx man with a machete attack that killed his ex-girlfriend.Maribel Esutate, 37, was near her Harlem home on Saturday night when she was fatally attacked -- including stab wounds to the neck.Police arrested her ex-boyfriend, charging him with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

Published by WNBC on August 18, 2008.

A fire sparked by a natural gas explosion killed a woman and severely burned her four young children in Harlem last October. Now, the eldest of the kids, a 6-year-old girl, is finally getting out of the hospital.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 18, 2008.

In his teens, he began haunting Harlem's jazz clubs and record stores, developing a life-long passion for jazz and blues.

Published by WNBC on August 15, 2008.

The junior welterweight contender known in his Manhattan neighborhood as "The Pride of Spanish Harlem" told a newspaper that he was not involved in a cocaine trafficking ring.

Published by WNBC on August 15, 2008.

In a sign that even New York’s healthy residential market isn’t immune from the nation’s housing woes, the owners of the rent-stabilized Riverton Houses in Harlem say they expect to default on their $225 million mortgage next month,

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 15, 2008.

A Harlem pastor and retired police officer said Thursday that he was sexually abused as a teenager by Monsignor Wallace A. Harris, the prominent and popular priest who was suspended indefinitely by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York two weeks ago on the basis of similar complaints by two other men.

Published by WNBC on August 15, 2008.

A retired city cop bared his private pain Thursday, claiming he was molested by a popular Harlem priest who was recently bounced from the pulpit amid charges he fondled children for decades.

Published by New York Daily News on August 15, 2008.