Quotation, n.: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Chairman Crowley Statement on President Trump’s Further Sabotage of Americans’ Health Care (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) released the following statement after President Trump issued an executive order designed to undermine our nation’s insurance markets: […]

Senator Klein, Council Member Andrew Cohen and the Fieldston Property Homeowners Association host an Anti-Hate Forum Local school, religious and community leaders also join to discuss religious tolerance and acceptance in the wake of a recent hate-crime in Fieldston Bronx, […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on President Trump’s Decision to Decertify Iran Deal (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) released the following statement after President Trump announced that he will not certify Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive […]

Unstudied Definition: (adjective) Not contrived for effect; natural. Synonyms: Uncontrived Usage: She walked with an unstudied grace that the other models envied and imitated.

Jan Gies (1905) When the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands forced Otto Frank to resign from his own company because he was a Jew, his friend Jan Gies nominally took over. Soon after, the Franks and several friends went into […]

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. Jane Austen (1775-1817)

STATEMENT FROM BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ RE: President Trump’s Threats to Puerto Rico “President Trump’s threat to abandon the recovery efforts in Puerto Rico is absolutely despicable. I visited the island this past weekend, and I saw firsthand just how dire […]

After Fatal Bus Crash, Report Reveals Unsafe Driving Record for Many Companies Coming on the heels of the deadly bus crash that took the lives of three people in Queens, Senator Jeff Klein released a report that examines the driving […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on Department of Justice Threatening New York City (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after President Trump’s administration threatened to withhold federal funding from New York City due to […]

Circumference Definition: (noun) The boundary line of a figure, area, or object. Synonyms: Circuit Usage: He had walked the full circumference of his land, repairing his fence along the way.

Pope John Paul I (1912) Born Albino Luciani, Pope John Paul I was the first pope to choose a double name, a moniker that honored his two immediate predecessors, Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI. Refusing to have the […]