{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Uptown Voices","title":"The Rent Is Too Damn High & What You Can Do About It | Uptown Arts, Quality of Life & Community Power | Black & Blanco","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a6ed7dea\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3777,"description":"Another Sunday, another dose of real talk from Uptown. In this episode of Black & Blanco Uptown Voices, Led Black and Octavio Blanco cover everything happening on the ground in Washington Heights, Inwood, Harlem, and the South Bronx — from the fight to keep rents frozen, to the arts events you need to know about, to the quality of life battles playing out on the streets of Northern Manhattan.This is what community media looks like. Unfiltered. Hyper-local. And always Uptown.🏠 THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH — ACT NOWThe NYC Rent Guidelines Board is holding public hearings and a rent freeze is on the table. Register to testify or volunteer to canvass your neighbors.👉 rentguidelinesboard.cityofnewyork.us | organize.nyc.gov🎨 UPTOWN ARTS STROLL KICKOFF — JUNE 1STLed and Octavio recap their live anniversary episode from inside the Sorolla Gallery at the Hispanic Society. The Uptown Arts Stroll kicks off June 1st at the Audubon Terrace — plus their second annual unofficial after party at Hilltop Ale House.🖼️ NOMA & THE ARTS ECOSYSTEMAdrian Miranda's screenwriting & acting workshops at NOMA Studios, the Emmett Cohen jazz event at Harlem School of the Arts, the America the Beautiful exhibition opening June 5th, and Art in the Garden at the Ring Garden on Dyckman (submissions close May 31st).📸 FREE HEADSHOTS — INVEST IN YOUR BRANDWest Harlem Arts Alliance, NOMA, OLA & Corazón are offering pro headshot sessions June 13th at NOMA Studios for $50. A game changer for any creator or entrepreneur.💰 WEST HARLEM DC GRANTS — $5K TO $30KCommunity Benefits Grants available for 501(c)(3) organizations serving West Harlem. Deadline: June 5th. 👉 westharlemdc.org🚮 QUALITY OF LIFE: GARBAGE, POOP & THE DRUG CRISISLed and Octavio get real about the open air drug corridor in the 180s, the need for more trash cans, and why this needs a multi-agency response.🌉 TRANS-MANHATTAN EXPRESSWAY: CONCRETE IS FALLINGA dash cam video went viral after concrete fell from the ceiling of the expressway. An...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0aW1dchdn1nlJBOFlV6zCjAReq1CNZaj0Q2QiSi4iKU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iOGE1/MGFhYWQ5YzFkNmU1/Mzc5ZTZjNzQ4ZDIw/NTM4ZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}