BP DIAZ TO HOST ‘BRONX DIGITAL EDUCATION SUMMIT’ Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will host the Bronx Digital Education Summit on October 6, 2017, at Metropolitan College of New York’s Bronx Campus, 463 East 149th Street. The event will begin at 8:30 a.m. […]

Engel: Republicans Should Not Vote on Graham-Cassidy Without CBO Score WASHINGTON D.C.—Congressman Eliot L. Engel, a top member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement: “Today, I signed a letter with 56 of my Democratic colleagues […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on President Trump’s Speech to the UN General Assembly (Queens, NY) – Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s address to the 72nd session of the United Nations General […]

Cerebral Definition: (adjective) Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct. Synonyms: Intellectual Usage: She preferred to take a cerebral approach to the problem and sat for hours in deep contemplation.

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896) An American novelist and short-story writer, Fitzgerald was the literary spokesman of the “jazz age” of the 1920s. The characters in his books—which include This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and the Damned, and his masterpiece, […]

There, then, he sat, the sign and symbol of a man without faith, hopelessly holding up hope in the midst of despair. Herman Melville (1819-1891)

Senator Klein & Councilman Rafael Salamanca Jr. host Hunts Point Naloxone training on International Overdose Awareness Day Training was one of over 600 internationally recognized events to raise awareness of overdose and drug-related deaths Bronx, NY – Senator Jeff Klein […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on Rosh Hashanah (Washington, DC) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement in celebration of Rosh Hashanah, which begins today at sundown: “L’Shanah Tovah to all those celebrating in Queens, the Bronx, […]

THE BRONX TO HOST DONATION DRIVE FOR PUERTO RICO & MEXICO On Saturday, September 30, 2017, the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization will host a donation drive to help the victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the earthquake in […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on Hispanic Heritage Month (Queens, NY) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement in commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month: “During Hispanic Heritage Month, we pay tribute to the rich history, culture, and […]