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We can't have Harlem become one borough for the rich.

Harlem is a stage. It's like its own planet, from the way we dress to the swag in the way we walk and talk.

Harlem is not a playground for rich bankers and consultants. It's got students of all colors. It's got old people who keep history and tell tall tales.

Harlem is a very family-oriented neighborhood, and it always has been.

It is important to have permanent safe spaces in Harlem.

My boy, one small breeze doesn't make a wind storm.

I'm from the burbs. I've been in the hood, but I don't live there. I have lived in the hood, but I don't live there anymore. I lived in Harlem, and that was crazy, even though Harlem is a lot nicer than it used to be.

I've lived all over the world, but Harlem is very special to me, and when I decided to open a restaurant near my home, I didn't want it to be business as usual.

I love Harlem, it's like a second home to me.

I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem.