Cookies and Crafts Saturday, December 23, 12-2 p.m. Drop in with your young ones to decorate some holiday cookies to take home after exploring the mansion decked out for the season. Recommended for ages 4 and older. Children must be accompanied […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on November Jobs Report (Queens, NY) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley released the following statement on the November jobs report: “Republicans lack vision on how to create an economy that lifts up working and middle-class […]

Senator Jeff Klein announces $100,000 in funding for Emerald Isle Immigration Center Funds will support their Meals on Wheels program Bronx, NY – Senator Jeff Klein announced $100,000 in state funding for Emerald Isle Immigration at the Bronx office’s annual […]

DEPUTY BOROUGH PRESIDENT GREENE ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT Deputy Bronx Borough President Aurelia Greene announced today that she would be retiring at the end of the year, following more than four decades of dedicated public service to the people of The Bronx […]

STATEMENT FROM BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ RE: FCC Actions on Net Neutrality “Today’s vote by the FCC to roll back Net Neutrality is a complete catastrophe. Technology, data and free access to both is ingrained into every facet of our lives, and this […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on House Republicans’ Higher Education Bill (Queens, NY) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) released the following statement after House Republicans introduced a hollow reauthorization of the Higher Education Act: “This proposal from House Republican […]

STATEMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ANDY KING REGARDING EX-COP MICHAEL SLAGER FACING PRISON FOR SHOOTING DEATH OF WALTER SCOTT “Today in South Carolina, a white officer will be sentenced to decades behind bars for killing an unarmed black man and this […]

Chairman Crowley on Net Neutrality Repeal (Queens, NY) — House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission voted to dismantle net neutrality protections: “A free and open internet has been a driving […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on Pentagon’s Decision to Allow Transgender Individuals to Serve in the Military (Queens, N.Y.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on the Pentagon announcement that it will allow transgender individuals to […]

Margaret Chase Smith (1897) Smith served as her husband’s secretary following his election as a US representative. After he died in 1940, she was elected to finish his unexpired term, becoming Maine’s first congresswoman. Noted for her integrity and independence, […]

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice. Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936)

Chairman Crowley Statement on the Passing of General Jim Cullen (Queens, N.Y.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on the passing of General Jim Cullen, the former President of Friends of Sinn Fein: “Jim […]