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A pilot program of The New York Academy of Medicine identifies 2-year-olds with probable asthma and facilitates treatment. The initiative has significantly curbed asthma symptoms among children in subsidized preschool and Head Start programs in East Harlem and the Lower East Side.

Earlier today I learned from the Raw Story website that just $25 million of $2 billion in funding designated for states afflicted by Hurricane Katrina has been spent. Congress, months ago, passed legislation giving access to billions - to date still "unused" by state governments.

When the Spanish Harlem Orchestra received the nod for best salsa album at the 2005 Grammy Awards, bandleader Oscar Hernández could hardly believe it. "We were up against three of the biggest commercial salsa artists at the time, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Victor Manuelle and Marc Anthony," said Hernández in a phone interview last week from Hawaii.

Gordon Parks, the first African-American staff photographer for Life magazine and Hollywood's first major black director, died yesterday (March 7) in his home in New York. He was 93.

A powerful corporate executive and the head of an innovative charter school in Harlem will lead a commission focused on reducing poverty.

Schools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday vowed to shape up or shut down a Harlem middle school that is too dangerous for a teachers group that tries to help urban schools turn around.

Purim Bash in Harlem     The Old Broadway Synagogue will be celebrating Purim next Monday evening, March 13th. Come up to that brand new, hip section of New York City known as HEHA (Hebrew Harlem!), hear the Megilah read and listen to the fascinating sounds of renowned Klezmer recording artists: MARGOT LEVERETT, clarinet MARTY CONFURIUS, string bass Minha, Maariv and Megilah reading begin...

Relations between Columbia University and the greater Morningside Heights community have been especially strained recently. With plans for expansion facing criticism inside and outside the University gates, much has been said about reaching out for support from the community. Especially important, some argue, would be a demonstration that expansion would benefit the community as much as it would Columbia. Community Impact is an organization that could help the University do exactly this. Unfortunately, the University doesn’t provide it with enough funding to do so.