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.

Organizers say Columbia University will host a Sept. 11 community service forum featuring John McCain and Barack Obama.

Published by Crain's New York Business on September 4, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

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.

(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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

“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.

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.

At a noontime ceremony on Tuesday, city officials will formally mark the completion of the fourth of seven projected phases in the construction of Riverside Park South, a core element in the continuous West Side greenway that has been constructed along the Hudson River over the past decade.

Published by New York Times 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.

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.

Anti-feminist lawyer Roy Den Hollander sued Columbia University Monday, accusing it of turning feminism into the school's religion - and teaching that men are "the primary cause for most, if not all, the world's ills."

Published by New York Daily News 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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Published by UPTOWNflavor 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.