The Coalition to Save Harlem

Hands Across 125th Street! Rezoning Foes Plan River-To-River Protest

Hands Across 125th Street! Rezoning Foes Plan River-To-River Protest

The Coalition to Save Harlem is planning on Saturday to create a human chain stretching the entire length of 125th Street to protest the city's plan to rezone the neighborhood's main commercial corridor.

Dubbed “Hands Across Harlem," the demonstration is one of dozens of local protests aimed at halting the rezoning proposal that was approved by the City Planning Commission in March before it comes up for a City Council vote this month.  read more »