for roaches or mold to persist, no matter how hard the tenants try to fight them. >> you look at east harlem east side, i think we're basically breeding the same outdoor air. i think one of the big differences is the housing conditions, is the structural problems in many of these buildings. and the fact that landlords are slow to repair because nobody is forcing them to do this work. >> javier says he started calling his landlord about his mold infested bathroom a year before melissa's asthma attack but he said any repairs were super official. the mold kept coming back. >> i just said they are obviously not doing the right thing here, and i got upset, and i said to hell with this. i'm not going to pay them. they said you have to pay the rent or you'll be evicted. e said let's go to court. >> the extensive mold presence clearly violated the housing code that required landlords to e bait such a problem within 30 days. >> something about javier's struggle really got my attention. when i first heard about his problem, i assumed the nemesis was a plumbing lord. i was surprised to learn the landlo

development creeping northward from the upper 80's side into yorkville east side into yorkville and east harlem see rents and housing ike, more upward pressure because you have -- you a significant have eased the way to get to work. that is one of the drawbacks of the upper east side as you move east away from the lexington subway line. has hadvenue subway dozens of false starts and delays, that is why people call it the line that time forgot. richard sherman created a name for himself. now, he is taking on the super bowl media day by singing. experience the super bowl in style. private jets, penthouse suites, and exclusive parties. that is next. ♪ >> almost game day. four days until super bowl xlviii. layers got attention yesterday at media day. we asked them how they manage their money. get money, you ought to make sure you manage it well. manage it for the duration of 50 years or 60 years. you never want to spend it all, or be frivolous. you can live a good life without spending tons of money every day. >> saving your money, not going out and blowing it. and spending money on stupid stuff. k

it is an easier commute now from the far reaches of the i, east harlem to get to work in midtown. >> part of the upper eastern part of the island of manhattan, there is a lot of public housing or institutionalized housing. this could change things. >> that is already happening, we have seen new development creeping northward from the upper east side into yorkville and east harlem. you will see rents and housing prices, not spike, more upward pressure because you have created a significant -- you have eased the way to get to work. that is one of the drawbacks of the upper east side as you move east away from the lexington subway line. >> 2nd avenue subway has had dozens of false starts and delays, that is why people call it the line that time forgot. richard sherman created a name for himself. now, he is taking on the super bowl media day by singing. plus, experience the super bowl in style. private jets, penthouse suites, and exclusive parties. that is next. ♪ >> almost game day. four days until super bowl xlviii. players got attention yesterday at media day. we asked them how they m

them to guarantee liberties in southeast asia which they had not found in southwest georgia and east harlem. >> soaking responding to what was going on in vietnam as a direct relationship to what was going on in america, he began to add the numbers up and it was miserable for black people. in 1965, they lowered the educational standards for entry into the military and admitted black people that they had previously kept out. was that affirmative retro action? it was stunning to witness that black people were dying in disproportionate numbers on the fields and rice patties that were napalmed, but could not come back home and enjoy the basic decency of american citizenship. he said, i am not going to segregate my country. tavis: in "beyond vietnam," dr. king also addressed another one of the most important issues with which he had been grappling how, as a proponent of nonviolence, he could remain silent about an ongoing war. >> my third reason moves to an even deeper level of awareness, for it grows out of my experience in the ghettoes of the north over the last three years, especially the las

. >> so the asthma rate in what we call central and east harlem is at one in 4 children. um, and when you go basically 10 blocks south to the upper eastside, you find that the asthma rate for children is like half of that. >> we house over one third of the new york city's diesel bus fleet. and when you figure that we've got 5 depots, each with 200 or more buses, these are depots right across from people's homes, uh, from schools, across from parks. >> researches at columbia university found that pregnant african american and dominican american mothers in new york city who are exposed to high levels of airborne pollutants from vehicle exhaust and burning solid waste gave birth to children who later developed cognitive and behavioral problems. dr. frederica perera led the study. >> developmental delay at age 3, with cognitive deficits at age 5, and behavioral problems, including anxiety, depression, and attention, symptoms of those problems, at ages 6 to 7. >> these children also scored more than 4 points lower on standardized intelligence tests at age 5. >> [indistinct cha

public advocate, comptroller, and next week the city council is poised to elect a councilwoman from east harlemn the south bronx who is the cochair of the caucus to become the speaker. you have a coalition of the most aggressive public officials almost in memory about to assume office this week. i think it will be a dramatic change from the corporate- oriented top-down management style of the bloomberg era to a more bottom-up effort to address the needs of the 99% that occupy wall street put on the map. one of the biggest cheers came -- >> one of the biggest cheers came when he talked about taxing wealthier yorker's to pay for pre-k education. >> not only pre-k, but he is emphasizing afterschool programs, and the need for middle school children, working parents to feel they are in safe hands. i think he is emphasizing preschool and afterschool programs, which have seen huge slashes in terms of government investment in that time between 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m. when children are not supervised, especially the older children. >> in your piece in "the new aboutaily news," you talk patr

and then i thought to myself, what would happen if i'd grown up in east harlem?happen, if i had come from a family that had a lot of problems? i always say, there, but for the grace of god, go any one of us. >> it has reducinged the recidivism rate and have been successful. 80% of those graduating from the program never go back to jail. he attributes that to providing hope to young men, giving them the chance to discover their talent, abilities and dreams. >> it's jobs that lead to careers. it's education. it's getting their ged. we have our own ged program now. going to college. staying in college. >> you've got to love mark and what he's trying to do along with his staff. the participants have gone on to earn degrees or certificates and jobs. their lives have been turned around because the staff has reached out to help them reach a difference. because of the success, the program is now being duplicated in other cities throughout the country. goso. >> you know what, telling these stories is so inspirational for other people to start these programs or expand. tha

harlem, brak lip. especially mid town, upper east side, upper west side, they don't have to worry.loomberg, is this something reversed or is this about snowplow unequality because he's talking about this kind of scheme, the thing is it's a good naet for for the larger a deand i'll till you why. it's black and brown people, lots of working class peemg of all colors who go to the upper east side to work jobs, to drive cabs, run diners, those people in their apartment towers don't come out. those are 9 people who actually get hurt. if your streets get plowed in brak lynn where i grow up, you get on the subway, you can't actually get to work because there are no customers. >> we have been talking so much about christ and the bridge. the question is is this political pay back but he said where he's going. he's going to have taxes. they may not have supported them. >> ray hon is a smart guy. i think de blasio is the day -- >> he's not smart enough to know how the city works. look, the sanitation department, it's a complex big bureaucracy. michael bloomberg for all of his faults wasn't a