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News   Harlem Teen Tysha Jones Killed in Brighton Beach Shooting Updated 4 hrs ago DNAinfo MANHATTAN — A Harlem teen who loved to dance and wanted to be a singer was shot to death Thursday afternoon when gunfire erupted on a packed Brighton Beach boardwalk. Tysha Jones, 16, a sophomore at Landmark High School in Chelsea, was one of five ... See all stories on this topic » A Teen's Plea, a Mom's Regret Wall Street Journal By SEAN GARDINER and PERVAIZ SHALLWANI At first, Tysha Jones's mother told the East Harlem teenager she couldn't go to the beach. But the 16-year-old was persistent. It was a school holiday, her friends were all going and it was nearly 100 degrees. ... See all stories on this topic » Voluntary smoking ban on East Harlem block 7Online.com EAST HARLEM (WABC) -- If you want to smoke, don't come to East Harlem on 110th street between Park and Lexington, where there is a voluntary ban on outdoor smoking. This is all a part of a new initiative by the Manhattan Smoke-Free Partnership and the ... See all stories on this topic » 7Online.com 'Cosby' mom Clarice Taylor mourned by family, friends and fans at Harlem wake New York Daily News BY Michael J. Feeney Singer Meli'sa Morgan, family, friends and fans alike bid farewell to the great Clarice Taylor at her wake held at the Canaan Baptist Church in Manhattan. Taylor, a founding member of the city's Negro Ensemble Company, ... See all stories on this topic » New York Daily News NEW YORK CITY FAMILY GETS $1.6M Long Island Exchange (Long Island, NY) A family from Harlem will receive $1.6 million from the city in a settlement that came after their twelve-year-old daughter drowned during a school trip. The incident occurred last summer, and the settlement was issued about a year ... See all stories on this topic » Harlem's Savoy Park Succumbs to Debt, Disrepair Curbed NY Savoy Park, previously known as Delano Village in Harlem seems to have replicated the tale of the Riverton Houses. For those not familiar, that means trying to get market rate tenants to replace rent-stabilized ones while accumulating tons of debt. ... See all stories on this topic » Curbed NY Harlem Block First in NYC to Go Smoke-Free Yeshiva World News One East Harlem block is the first in the city to go smoke-free outdoors, and residents are hoping it may inspire others. Besides beaches, pedestrian plazas and parks — places designated as smoke-free areas by Mayor Bloomberg's new anti-smoking ... See all stories on this topic » Yeshiva World News Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Mark Teixeira to make announcement with Harlem RBI Yankees.com Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Yankees' first baseman Mark Teixeira and Harlem RBI executive director Rich Berlin will make an announcement at the East Harlem-based academic and baseball/softball program's home field on June 13 at noon. ... See all stories on this topic » Doug E. Fresh, Chuck D. And the 'Hip Hop Doc' Celebrate Health in Harlem R & D Magazine But even before "Let's Move," there was Olajide Williams, MD—better known in Harlem as the "Hip Hop Doc"—who founded the Hip Hop Public Health Education Center at Harlem Hospital five years ago with some seed money provided by GE. ... See all stories on this topic » Man Stabbed in Throat Near 125th Street Pathmark DNAinfo The 50-year-old victim was stabbed Saturday morning near the Pathmark at 160 E. 125th Street in East Harlem. A 50-year-old man was stabbed in the throat near this Pathmark on 125th Street and Lexington Avenue Saturday morning. ... See all stories on this topic »