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Clarke and Manhattan Thurs., Oct.13th, offered more than food and A collection of technology fi rms, Borough President Gale amusements – it boasted robots and gadgets. community-based organizations and Brewer. Google hosted its third NYC Geek Street museums from across the city set up “Are there any geeks interactive stations for in the house?” asked young students to explore. Brewer as she took Visitors could observe the stage. “I love civic Minecraft robots at work, hackathons and I love build their own structures young engineers and I using JavaScript, and love partners who care explore origami design with about STEM.” illuminated paper creatures, Brewer encouraged among other activities. students to use open Teacher Christy Crawford data from the New York brought her students from City Council for their Bronx Community Charter schoolwork. School to enjoy the fair. “One of the great things about New York “There’s so much for City is it’s full of data,” she said. them to see here to inspire Black Girls Code, a non-profi t group them,” said Crawford. “And that teaches young minority females about it’s nice to see that many computer programming, web design and “This program is unlike any other,” of the people working at robotics, was seeking to attract young said Zion Smith (left) with Program Leader Veeshan Narinesingh. these technology companies are young. I’m telling our See GOOGLE p16 La banda geek y diversión, presumió robots y aparatos. Google celebra Google celebró su tercera Feria Callejera NYC Geek, un evento interactivo para fomentar el feria callejera de interés de los niños en la ciencia, la tecnología, la ingeniería y matemáticas (STEM por sus siglas en tecnología infantil inglés) y la informática. Una colección de fi rmas de tecnología, Historia y fotos por Gregg McQueen organizaciones comunitarias y museos de toda la ciudad, colocaron estaciones interactivas para que sta escuadra callejera tenía un juego. los niños exploraran. Los visitantes pudieron observar los robots E La feria se extendió sobre Union Square el de Minecraft, construir sus propias estructuras jueves 13 de octubre, y ofreció más que comida Vea GOOGLE p16 El grupo enseña a las mujeres jóvenes sobre programación informática. OCTOBER 19, 2016 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com 3 Ticked o Advocates gathered on Thayer Street. on Thayer Story and photos by Gregg McQueen e’s a “bad apple.” H The landlord of 78-86 Thayer Street in Inwood is driving his rent regulated tenants out of the property and has kept over 30 apartments vacant, according to residents and elected offi cials. “The service quality is no City Councilmember Ydanis Rodríguez good,” said John Feliciano. and State Senator Adriano Espaillat joined Democratic nominee for State Assembly “It’s been falling apart,” said Feliciano. Carmen De La Rosa, building residents and “The service quality is no good.” housing advocates from Picture the Homeless He also said that the landlord once attempted outside the Thayer Street building on October to raise his rent from $800 to $1450. 18 to criticize the actions of landlord Joseph Rodríguez said that the vacated apartments Noormand. have unlocked doors and are in crumbling They insisted that Noormand has allowed condition. building conditions to deteriorate in order “Anything can happen in those 31 units,” to get low-income tenants out, failed to pay was a tactic by the “These are the forces of he said. “This is a matter of safety, of health, taxes to the city and warehoused empty landlord to ward off gentrifi cation lurking around,” and of protecting our working class and our apartments. rent-stabilized tenants remarked Espaillat. “Let’s call middle class.” “We have to hold bad apples, in this and potentially wait for it for what it is. They’re seeing “[Landlords] begin to speculate about case building owners, accountable,” said neighborhood property how they can capture rent- property values, and they either buy tenants Rodríguez. “They should be respectful of the values to increase or for stabilized apartments and take out or they reduce the level of service to a rights of our tenants, and they have to stop the building to turn into a them into market rate.” degree that families have no alternative but using bad tactics to get people out.” coop. John Feliciano, who lived in the building to exit,” Espaillat added. “We will continue to He said that 31 of the building’s 65 units Apartments at the site have been vacant for for 16 years, said that he is moving out soon expose them. We’re going to fi ght back.” currently sit empty, which he suggested months or even years, according to Rodríguez. because building conditions are poor. See THAYER p10 Fastidio en Thayer Historia y fotos por Gregg McQueen defensores de vivienda de Picture the Homeless afuera del edifi cio de la Calle Thayer, el 18 de s una “manzana podrida”. octubre, para criticar las acciones del arrendador Joseph Noormand. E El arrendador del No. 78-86 de la Insistieron en que Noormand ha permitido EARLY Calle Thayer, en Inwood, está sacando de la que las condiciones del edifi cio se deterioren propiedad a sus inquilinos de los apartamentos para sacar a los inquilinos de bajos ingresos, ha DETECTION de alquiler regulado, y ha mantenido más de 30 dejado de pagar impuestos a la ciudad y almacena is the best apartamentos desocupados, de acuerdo con departamentos vacíos. residentes y funcionarios electos. “Tenemos que hacer responsables a las CANCER El concejal municipal Ydanis Rodríguez y el manzanas podridas, en este caso, los propietarios senador estatal Adriano Espaillat se unieron a la de edifi cios”, dijo Rodríguez. “Ellos deben TREATMENT. nominada demócrata para la Asamblea Estatal, ser respetuosos de los derechos de nuestros Carmen de la Rosa, a residentes del edifi cio y Vea THAYER p10 Uno de los apartamentos vacíos. A new law signed by Governor Cuomo makes screenings free and extends hours during mornings, evenings and weekends. Find free breast cancer screenings near you. Text GET SCREENED to 81336 or visit NYBreastCancerHelp.com Paid for by Healthcare Education Project 4 OCTOBER 19, 2016 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com Tales at the Manse Story by Sherry Mazzocchi hen a parlor maid meets a Whandsome soldier on the stairs of the Morris-Jumel Mansion, it turns into a love affair with a dark twist. Whisper in the Shadows is one of the stories in a new anthology locally published by Riverdale Avenue Books. The collection, Gina Marie Guadagnino reads an excerpt The Morris-Jumel Mansion Anthology of from her story, Whisper in the Shadows. Fantasy and Paranormal Fiction, contains fourteen short works written by both new and Nikenya Hall’s story takes place in both. reasons why that could be,” she said. best-selling authors. She is also a certifi ed energy healer and The fi rst death took place during the A book launch was held on October 15th at psychic median. “This is my thing—the spirit Revolution when a Hessian soldier tripped Perkins has lived in Washington Heights the mansion. world,” she said. on the steps and was impaled by his own her whole life and always wanted to see a Publisher Lori Perkins said she’s worked on Her story, The Life Between Lives is What bayonet. About half a century later, a parlor book about the Mansion. “I love this house more than 50 anthologies and found this one Matters, reveals who Eliza Jumel becomes in maid reportedly died by suicide in the same and this is a place that I have always wanted to be especially rich.