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Mark Levine (New York Politician)
Mark D. Levine (born April 30, 1969) is an American politician and educator serving as the 28th Borough President of Manhattan since 2022. Previously, he served as member of the New York City Council from 2014 to 2021, where he represented the 7th district covering Manhattan neighborhoods of Morningside Heights, West Harlem, Washington Heights, and part of the Upper West Side. Early life and education Born in Chicago, Illinois, Levine grew up in Columbia, Maryland. His early life was greatly influenced by the social activism of his parents, Marshal and Adele Levine. His cousin on his father's side, Asher Arian, was a prominent political scientist in Israel. Levine majored in physics at Haverford College and the University of Seville, Spain. He received a Masters in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1995. Levine speaks fluent Spanish and Hebrew. Career Levine taught bilingual math and science at Junior High School 149 in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Heights, Manhattan
Washington Heights is a neighborhood in the uppermost part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest natural point on Manhattan by Continental Army troops to defend the area from the British forces during the American Revolutionary War. Washington Heights is bordered by Inwood to the north along Dyckman Street, by Harlem to the south along 155th Street, by the Harlem River and Coogan's Bluff to the east, and by the Hudson River to the west. Washington Heights, which before the 20th century was sparsely populated by luxurious mansions and single-family homes, rapidly developed during the early 1900s as it became connected to the rest of Manhattan via the A, C, and 1 subway lines. Beginning as a middle-class neighborhood with many Irish and Eastern European immigrants, the neighborhood has at various points been home to communities of German Jews, Greek Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitcoin
Bitcoin ( abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is a decentralized digital currency that can be transferred on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network. Bitcoin transactions are verified by network nodes through cryptography and recorded in a public distributed ledger called a blockchain. The cryptocurrency was invented in 2008 by an unknown person or group of people using the name Satoshi Nakamoto. The currency began use in 2009, when its implementation was released as open-source software. The word "''bitcoin''" was defined in a white paper published on October 31, 2008. It is a compound of the words ''bit'' and ''coin''. The legality of bitcoin varies by region. Nine countries have fully banned bitcoin use, while a further fifteen have implicitly banned it. A few governments have used bitcoin in some capacity. El Salvador has adopted Bitcoin as legal tender, although use by merchants remains low. Ukraine has accepted cryptocurrency donations to fund the resistance to the 2022 Russ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City Council Jewish Caucus
The New York City Council Jewish Caucus comprises the Jewish members of the New York City Council. The caucus is dedicated to advocating for social services, fighting Jewish poverty in New York City, supporting Israel, and advancing inter-faith relations. History In 1991 Councilmember Herbert Berman (D-Brooklyn) formed the “Jewish Study Group” to advocate for Jewish institutional concerns to the administration of Mayor David Dinkins. In 2001 the group changed its name to the “Jewish Caucus”, and was chaired by Councilmember Michael Chaim Nelson (D-Brooklyn) from 2001-2013. Councilmember Mark D. Levine (D-Manhattan) served as chair of the caucus from 2014-2017. Current members * Eric Dinowitz (D-Bronx) - Chair * Ari Kagan (R-Brooklyn) * Julie Menin (D-Manhattan) * Lincoln Restler (D-Brooklyn) * Lynn Schulman (D-Queens) * Inna Vernikov (R-Brooklyn) Former members * Andy Cohen (D-Bronx) * Barry Grodenchik (D-Queens) * Ben Kallos (D-Manhattan) * Karen Koslowitz (D- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barack Obama Democratic Club Of Upper Manhattan
The Barack Obama Democratic Club of Upper Manhattan is a reform-oriented political club in New York City focused on progressive activism and electing progressive candidates to local office. The club serves the neighborhoods of Washington Heights, Inwood, and West Harlem/Hamilton Heights. The Obama Club was founded in 2009 by Mark Levine, a Democratic District Leader and Northern Manhattan political activist. The group emerged from the grassroots network of Upper Manhattan volunteers which coalesced around the 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama. Since its founding the Obama club has become known for its ethnically diverse membership and its grassroots activism. Issues the club has focused on include immigration, affordable housing, economic justice, and marriage equality. Club volunteers have helped elect a variety of progressive local candidates, including Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Sen. Adriano Espaillat, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Comptroller J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton Heights
Hamilton Heights is a neighborhood in the northern part of Manhattan in New York City. It is the northernmost part of the West Harlem area, along with Manhattanville and Morningside Heights to its south, and it contains the sub-neighborhood and historic district of Sugar Hill. Washington Heights lies to Hamilton Heights' north, and to its east is Central Harlem. Hamilton Heights is bounded by 135th Street to the south, Riverside Drive to the west, 155th Street to the north, and Edgecombe Avenue and Saint Nicholas Avenue to the east. The community derives its name from Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, who lived the last two years of his life in what is now the Hamilton Grange National Memorial, back when Upper Manhattan was mostly farmland. Hamilton Heights is part of Manhattan Community District 9, and its primary ZIP Codes are 10031, 10032, and 10039. It is patrolled by the 30th Precinct of the New York City Police Department. Demographics Based on data from the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighborhood Trust
Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union is a community development financial institution serving low-income residents in the New York City neighborhoods of Washington Heights, Inwood, Hamilton Heights, and West Harlem. The credit union’s non-profit parent organization, Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners, works with a wide network of community-based organizations to provide financial literacy training to low-income adults throughout New York City. Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners (formerly Credit Where Credit Is Due) was founded in 1994 by community activists Mark D. Levine and Luis De Los Santos, with a mission of empowering the overwhelmingly low-income, Latino residents of Northern Manhattan. Neighborhood Trust FCU received its federal charter in 1996, and opened to the community in a formerly abandoned bank branch in 1997. Since 2013 Neighborhood Trust FCU has been led by Rafael Monge-Portaro. Neighborhood Trust FCU has grown to a membership of nearly 5,000, and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Bronx
The South Bronx is an area of the New York City Borough (New York City), borough of the Bronx. The area comprises neighborhoods in the southern part of the Bronx, such as Concourse, Bronx, Concourse, Mott Haven, Bronx, Mott Haven, Melrose, Bronx, Melrose, and Port Morris, Bronx, Port Morris. In the early 1900s, the South Bronx was originally known as the Manor of Morrisania, as it was the manor of Lewis Morris (governor), Lewis Morris. As the Morris family continued to expand on the land, an influx of German and Irish immigrants started to populate the area, leading the Bronx to be considered the "Jewish Borough" in the 1930s. This soon changed as World War II caused rent to increase in many apartments, pushing people out. By the end of the 1950s, the South Bronx was two-thirds African American or Hispanic (of any race). The South Bronx is known for its Hip hop#Culture, hip hop culture and graffiti. Graffiti became popular in the Bronx in the early 1970s, spreading through t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior High School 149
Junior High School 149 Elijah D. Clark was a public junior high school in New York City, New York. The school was at 360 East 145th Street in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx. There were two Elijah D. Clark Junior High schools in this part of the Bronx. The earlier one was PS 37, Bronx, (which spanned) 145th Street and 146th Street, near Willis Avenue. Pictures from December 6, 1905 and 1908 also attesting to the address near where the later school was built are on the NYC Municipal Archives website. and the later one P.S. 149, that appears to be close to where P.S. 37 was. P.S. meaning Public School. Dr. Elijah D. Clark was principal of P. S. 37 as far back as 1906. In 1905 he was Principal of, Borough of the Bronx, Public School 31, Mott and Walton Avenues, 145th and 146th Streets. He died on June 25, 1916, aged 66 years. He began to teach in the New York schools in 1872, and became Principal in 1889. In the same area, P.S 149 took the place of P.S. 37. It was too, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John F
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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