Councilman Phillip
Reed, NYC Council District 8
Phillip Reed has represented East Harlem on the New York City Council since
1998.
New
York State Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV, 68th Assembly District
Adam Clayton Powell IV is East Harlem's New York State Assemblyman at the state house
in Albany.
Manhattan Community
Board 11
Manhattan's Community Boards are local representative bodies consisting of 50
unsalaried members appointed by the Borough president. Community Board 11 serves an
area that includes East Harlem.
New
York Public Library (in English)
La Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York (En Español)
East Harlem.com
East Harlem Online is created by Jose B. Rivera, a local East Harlem resident
and community activist. The site is not sponsored by any organization or business.
The site is updated regularly and contains some useful and interesting community
information.
MiBarrio.org
MiBarrio.org is a non-profit organization dedicated to the betterment of
the community of East Harlem/Spanish Harlem/El Barrio located in New York City.
MiBarrio.org gathers information and informs people about this rich, diverse community,
its culture and music.
Museo del Barrio
El Museo del Barrio was founded in 1969 by a group of Puerto Rican educators,
artists, parents and community activists in East Harlem’s Spanish-speaking El Barrio.
Since then, El Museo del Barrio has evolved into New York’s leading Latino cultural
institution, having expanded its mission to represent the diversity of art and culture in
all of the Caribbean and Latin America.
New York Online
Access to Health (NOAH)
Collection of links to consumer health Internet
resources compiled by librarians. NOAH also provides information en Español.
MedlinePlus
Health Information from the National Library of Medicine
MedlinePlus contains a wealth of health information from NLM -- find
information on diseases, prescription and non-prescription drugs, hospitals, physicians,
and more from this trusted source. Information is also available en Español.
PubMed
A service of the National Library of Medicine, PubMed includes
over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. NLM provides a
comprehensive tutorial
on how to use the database.
The New York
Academy of Medicine Library
The New York Academy of Medicine Library supports the information needs of
the divisions and centers of research dedicated to the Academy’s commitment to
enhance the health of the public. The Academy Library is the only medical library in
the New York City area that is open to the public.
The Academy Library's Information Outreach Projects:
The HIV/AIDS
Information Outreach Project
Similar to the East Harlem Information Outreach Project, the HIV/AIDS
Project provides library and web services to community-based organizations who focus on
HIV and AIDS issues. On the site, find a directory of organizations, useful HIV/AIDS
links and more.
The Asthma
Information Outreach Project
Likewise, the Asthma Project provides information about asthma. Asthma
statistics, links, and publications are available on the site.
