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.

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.

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.

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.

If you have favorite places to go in Harlem that you want to share with your fellow uptowners, submit them to uptownflavor@gmail.com. Include a photo and a little byline and you too can be featured on the site. You don’t have to limit your list to the categories below. Tell us about your favorite Chinese restaurant, wine store, bodega, or laundromat. Tell us about your uptown flavor.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 14, 2008.

Part V: The Harlem Honeys & Bears: New York City youth swimming demonstrations

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 14, 2008.

An outbreak of smart cars in Harlem? [NYC the Blog]

Published by New York Times on August 14, 2008.

Dance to the sounds of some of the hottest audio masters in New York, connect with others during guided tours or shop ‘til you drop in the Museum’s newly restocked store. Bring a friend and have a cocktail and conversation. But—whatever you do—don’t miss these fun and festive evenings of culture in Harlem!

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 13, 2008.

A free outdoor cultural arts, entertainment, and dance festival honoring the grand village of Harlem!

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 13, 2008.

Representative Charles B. Rangel refused to discuss the scandal over his use of multiple rent-stabilized apartments in a nearby Harlem building.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

Congressman Charles B. Rangel announced the news, but refused to discuss the scandal over his use of multiple rent-stabilized apartments in a nearby Harlem building.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

The nation's quest for alternative fuel has led to Central Park, at least for a morning.

Published by New York Sun on August 13, 2008.

A double-exposure image juxtaposing pedestrians and a paddler on the Harlem River, both in Inwood.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

Council Member Gale Brewer, who represents the Upper West Side, said she introduced the bill after receiving a steady stream of complaints from constituents who were frustrated with stores that kept their doors propped open in the summer, allowing cold air to flow out of the building onto the sidewalk.

Published by New York Sun on August 13, 2008.

THE NAMESAKE Alain Allegretti, the former executive chef of Atelier at the Ritz-Carlton Central Park and Le Cirque 2000, opened his own restaurant on Monday. Allegretti (46 W. 22nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-206-0555) reflects on the cuisine of Provence,

Published by New York Sun on August 13, 2008.

ABC7 has been proud to sponsor the Making Strides walks for the past 15 years. Last year, 30,000 people took part in the walk in Central Park.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 13, 2008.

On the Upper West Side of Manhattan, more hail and heavy rain pounded umbrellas during the lunch hour.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 12, 2008.

Borinquen Vive en El Barrio (Borinquen Lives in El Barrio) is a portrait of a Puerto Rican family in East Harlem forced to reexamine the past, present, and future of their home island when an unexpected visitor challenges their cultural identity.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 12, 2008.

Mr. Mehiel had been rejected by the beloved Central Park West co-op’s board, which, as far as bad news goes, wasn’t as salacious as some of the political leaks that year, but is still enough to make a multimillionaire blush.

Published by The New York Observer on August 12, 2008.

Preppie killer Robert Chambers, who served 15 years behind bars for strangling a woman in Central Park during what he said was rough sex, is headed back to prison for a drug offense.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 12, 2008.

A benefit concert for Central Park SummerStage presented by Live Nation. Tickets are $65 in advance.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 12, 2008.

Preppie killer Robert Chambers, who served 15 years behind bars for strangling a woman in Central Park during what he said was rough sex, is headed back to prison for a drug offense.

Published by New York Sun on August 12, 2008.

Ono went out of her way to insist Monday she's not seeking to exact a pound of flesh from Chapman, who has been behind bars since the 1980 killing outside the couple's Central Park West home.

Published by New York Daily News on August 12, 2008.

As arts education programs continue to lose funding in schools, Arts to Grow, a non-profit organization that offers free art classes to low-income youth, uses the arts and artistic expression as tools to empower and educate. For the last four weeks, Arts to Grow has provided free summer art classes to children at Harlem RBI, a youth development organization in East Harlem.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 12, 2008.

All Harlem Meer Social Hour programs take place on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm at the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, located in the northern end of Central Park on 110th Street between Lenox and Fifth Avenues.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 12, 2008.

Are you looking for an after-work pick-me-up that takes you away from the crowded bars and restaurants of New York City? Join us for a fresh alternative to the tired old happy hour scene at The Central Park Conservancy’s series for young professionals, the “Harlem Meer Social Hour.”

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 12, 2008.

Robert Chambers already served 15 years behind bars for strangling a woman in Central Park during what he said was rough sex.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 11, 2008.

He pleaded guilty yesterday to drug charges and was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison, longer than he served for killing Jennifer Levin in Central Park. Chambers, 41, the so-called "preppy killer," admitted yesterday to selling cocaine to undercover officers from the East Side apartment he shared with longtime girlfriend Shawn Kovell. He also pleaded guilty to assaulting Officer Dragos Chitu, one of the cops who arrested the couple last October.

Published by amNY.com on August 11, 2008.

Guy, a Harlem Writers Guild co-founder, who was born in Trinidad and immigrated to Harlem with her parents, received special recognition at the event held at the famed Minton’s Playhouse on W. 118th St.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 11, 2008.

For example, Wachovia just signed a lease on a space at 124th St. and Third Ave., and Consolo's working on another deal with Chase in East Harlem.

Published by New York Daily News on August 11, 2008.

New York's so-called "preppie killer" is headed back to prison. Robert Chambers already served 15 years behind bars for strangling a woman in Central Park during what he said was rough sex.

Published by WNBC on August 11, 2008.

Residents and businesses along the route hope New Yorkers will get out and wander, reclaiming the road from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park for the six-hour "Summer Streets" event.

Published by New York Daily News on August 9, 2008.

On three Saturdays this month, the car-free route will start at the Brooklyn Bridge and end at East 72nd Street, with links to Central Park and other open spaces. It includes stretches of Park and Lexington avenues.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 9, 2008.

The man left the club at around 3 a.m., even though he was scheduled to work until 5 a.m., and went to Central Park and slept for a few hours, police said. Officers found him Wednesday at an upper Manhattan apartment he shares with his parents.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 8, 2008.

From 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., no traffic will be permitted from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park, starting at Lafayette Street, through Fourth Avenue and then onto Park Avenue until East 72nd Street.

Published by amNY.com on August 8, 2008.

"People in other parts of the city don't have specific privileges," said Michael Dansbury of Crown Heights. "Why here as opposed to elsewhere? Why here as opposed to Harlem?"

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 7, 2008.

When Rabbi Elie Kaunfer and his wife, Lisa Exler, decided to move with their daughter to Washington Heights from the Upper West Side, they resolved to bring some of their friends with them.

Published by New York Sun on August 7, 2008.

The poll also finds 54% of New Yorkers believe the Harlem Democrat has the leadership ability needed to solve the state's budget problems.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 7, 2008.

By Wednesday, all six teens were in Harlem, where they were lining up after getting a tip about another exclusive sneaker that Velez called “a beaut!”

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 7, 2008.

Interesting, for a Democrat legislator who represented Harlem for more than 20 years.

Published by The New York Observer on August 6, 2008.

GOODBYE, MANHATTAN Chef Alex Garcia, probably best known for the restaurant Calle Ocho (446 Columbus Ave., between 81st and 82nd streets), is moving to Los Angeles this fall to be chef of the Conga Room there.

Published by New York Sun on August 6, 2008.

And the City Council has been asleep on educational oversight ever since Eva Moskowitz left to start charter schools in Harlem (which will not have nearly enough space to meet demands). For example, do we know how many students under the Klein-Bloomberg regime actually get a diploma in four (or more) years, and how many drop out before then?

Published by Village Voice on August 5, 2008.

Cliff Chenfeld, the 48-year-old lawyer and music entrepreneur who helped launch the tectonically successful Kidz Bop concert tour and CD series (as of last year, the first 12 volumes had sold over 10 million copies, and two more have since been released), paid $7,965,000 for a 14-room, 5,200-square-foot loft at 219 West 81st Street last month.

Published by The New York Observer on August 5, 2008.

It’s been 23 years since the Upper West Side first gasped at Donald Trump’s plans for a series of soaring towers that would contain 7,600 apartments and a 150-story headquarters for NBC on the 75-acre Penn Central rail yards.

Published by The New York Observer on August 5, 2008.

They say he attacked a 25-year-old woman in East Harlem early Saturday morning.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 5, 2008.

And Harlem high school senior Luis Rosario added, "Now, instead of buying whatever kind of sneakers I would think about it twice and put the money in the bank."

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

It may not be the most heavily attended church in the area, but the imposing Roman Catholic church on 141st Street, St. Charles Borromeo, known locally as Harlem’s Cathedral, has become known in recent years for such stirring triumphs and humbling lows that some people see it as a kind of tragic, if not bipolar, character residing in the neighborhood.

Published by New York Times on August 5, 2008.

Presented in partnership with: Historic Harlem Parks, Zeitgeist Films, the Central Park Conservancy, ASCAP Employees For Relief Fund, and imagenation.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 5, 2008.

Msgr. Wallace A. Harris, the pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Church in Harlem, has been asked to step down by the Archdiocese of New York amid claims of sexual abuse of a minor.

Published by New York Times on August 4, 2008.

The 20-year-old sex abuse allegations stem from when Monsignor Wallace Harris was at Manhattan's Cathedral Prep Seminary, a now defunct all-boys school on the Upper West Side.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 4, 2008.