Given that UPTOWNflavor is on vacation (possibly in transit!), Cimbi and I thought we would fill in with links to the morning's news.

Youngest and first black pilot to fly solo around the globe celebrates at Rao's in East Harlem. [Times] Experience Aviation [Pilot's Website]

Former Spanish Harlem resident Suzanne Vega doesn't miss the dirty, falling apart days of New York. [Daily News]

Harlem Park and New York Observer kid boss make Harlem Real Estate news. [Post]

Also Renderings for office development Harlem Park continue to astound. [Curbed]

And from yesterday, when Cimbi did not get up early:

Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins talks about the failure of congestion pricing: "I think there was a golden opportunity to really do something remarkable. But there seems to have been an air of you've got to do this because - almost a holier than now attitude." [Sun]

Teen boy shot in the back on 116th between Second and Third Avenues. [Post]

Woman held captive as sex slave in East Harlem apartment. [Post]