It's been an eventful year for everyone, including Uptown Mom and family. Events about which I failed to blog in the past year include the opening of an absolutely wonderful new playground in Morningside Park between 116th and 117th Streets, which happily replaced most of The Playground with the Dangerous Equipment, the sad untimely closing of Antoinette's and the incredible privilege of being in Harlem on the night of November 4, 2008.
So one of my resolutions for the new year is more consistent blogging.
Happy new year everyone!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Friday, March 7, 2008
Feel better, Representative Rangel.
Rep. Charles Rangel is in the hospital with the flu.
Speaking of one of the unlucky folks for whom this year's flu shot didn't work, I feel for you, Rep. Rangel.
Feel better soon.
Speaking of one of the unlucky folks for whom this year's flu shot didn't work, I feel for you, Rep. Rangel.
Feel better soon.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
More on Vote Tampering (Found the 94th)
Turns out that the 94th Election District is very far west at about 134th Street. See this map (you will need to enlarge it to make sense of it).
If you brought your kids to the voting booth with you in that district, the little civics lesson may not be over yet, unfortunately.
If you want to find out your election district by address, try this link.
A little transparency might go a long way.
If you brought your kids to the voting booth with you in that district, the little civics lesson may not be over yet, unfortunately.
If you want to find out your election district by address, try this link.
A little transparency might go a long way.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Where exactly is the 94th Election District?
UptownMom is very disturbed this evening by the stink of vote tampering in Harlem. If you, dear reader, can point me toward a map showing where Harlem's 94th Election District is, I will be impressed and appreciative.
Many thanks.
Many thanks.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
An overdue update
Haven't been very prolific lately because life and work have just been really, really busy. But I did want to take the time to post an important update.
I started this blog in early 2007 in part because as an uptown parent, I was deeply concerned about the crime stats, particularly trend numbers, in my neighborhood, compared to the rest of the city. 2006 was a HORRIBLE year for the 28th precinct in terms of violent crime -- in a year when most of the city saw improvements, we had a sizable increase in murders and various other categories of violent crime. Frankly, I was fearful that certain loved ones of mine, who are constantly claiming that my decision to raise my kids in Harlem rather than the 'burbs is fundamentally selfish, could be right.
Well, I am feeling much better about things now. 2007 was not only much better than 2006, but actually better than the PRIOR year -- i.e., 2006 wound up being an outlier in terms of trend data. I'm not feeling motivated enough to scan in the current stats, but year-end references to how much better 2007 was for us can be found here and here. Current crime stats for the 28th precinct can be found here, and as of today (February 14, 2008), they show very promising trends for the year so far compared to even 2007.
It's not perfect here, of course. I know of local stores being held up. I know of a mugging that took place almost right in front of my house in the middle of last year. But this is the real world -- things happen everywhere. Sad but true. In the late 90s, a friend of mine was mugged -- pretty seriously roughed up by multiple assailants -- just down a main road from my house in Cambridge, MA, somewhere I wouldn't have hesitated to walk alone at night before OR after the incident. When I lived in Park Slope earlier this decade, a neighborhood not notorious for its crime rates in recent years (we lived on the margins of the neighborhood, but not an especially infamous margin), I remember there being hold-ups in stores, and I also recall that our CAR was SHOT while parked on the street. (Of all things, it happened while we were at the hospital having our first child. So we returned to find that the car had been shot and wondered, of course, what is this terrible place where we are going to be raising a kid?) So I try to take a deep breath and focus on trend data rather than the specific incidents I happen to know about. The numbers are quite encouraging -- enough that I'm back to feeling basically great about giving my kids a chance to live in Manhattan.
I started this blog in early 2007 in part because as an uptown parent, I was deeply concerned about the crime stats, particularly trend numbers, in my neighborhood, compared to the rest of the city. 2006 was a HORRIBLE year for the 28th precinct in terms of violent crime -- in a year when most of the city saw improvements, we had a sizable increase in murders and various other categories of violent crime. Frankly, I was fearful that certain loved ones of mine, who are constantly claiming that my decision to raise my kids in Harlem rather than the 'burbs is fundamentally selfish, could be right.
Well, I am feeling much better about things now. 2007 was not only much better than 2006, but actually better than the PRIOR year -- i.e., 2006 wound up being an outlier in terms of trend data. I'm not feeling motivated enough to scan in the current stats, but year-end references to how much better 2007 was for us can be found here and here. Current crime stats for the 28th precinct can be found here, and as of today (February 14, 2008), they show very promising trends for the year so far compared to even 2007.
It's not perfect here, of course. I know of local stores being held up. I know of a mugging that took place almost right in front of my house in the middle of last year. But this is the real world -- things happen everywhere. Sad but true. In the late 90s, a friend of mine was mugged -- pretty seriously roughed up by multiple assailants -- just down a main road from my house in Cambridge, MA, somewhere I wouldn't have hesitated to walk alone at night before OR after the incident. When I lived in Park Slope earlier this decade, a neighborhood not notorious for its crime rates in recent years (we lived on the margins of the neighborhood, but not an especially infamous margin), I remember there being hold-ups in stores, and I also recall that our CAR was SHOT while parked on the street. (Of all things, it happened while we were at the hospital having our first child. So we returned to find that the car had been shot and wondered, of course, what is this terrible place where we are going to be raising a kid?) So I try to take a deep breath and focus on trend data rather than the specific incidents I happen to know about. The numbers are quite encouraging -- enough that I'm back to feeling basically great about giving my kids a chance to live in Manhattan.
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