Articles by: Michael Benjamin

Bronx Borough President was joined at Times Square by Bronx officials as well Tour de Bronx sponsors to tout the event’s new billboard that will be on full display at the “The Crossroads of the World.” 
Pictured:  (from left to right): Coca Cola Refreshments Vice President Donna Cirolia, Office of Community Relations & Mosholu Preservation Corporation Senior Director Melissa Cebollero, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., The Bronx Tourism Council Executive Director, President of the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation Marlene Cintron, Lehman College Director of Government Relations & Community Development Institutional Advancement Nestor Montilla Sr.; and Bike Rent NYC Executive Manager Mark Derho.

“Tour de Bronx 2016” Takes Over Times Square

​Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. & Clear Channel Outdoor Bring “Tour de Bronx 2016” to Times Square   Monday morning, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., came to Times Square to urge cyclists and tourists from all across the globe […]

Photo credit:  The Museum of Business History and Technology

Profile America: Summing It Up — The Adding Machine

              Tuesday, October 18 —  One of the foundations of modern business and science — the accessibility of accurate calculations — was reinforced this month in 1887.  That’s when a patent was granted to […]

by · October 18, 2016 · Profile America

BREAKING NEWS: ​Trump campaign is giving up on Virginia 

Donald ​Trump’s campaign is giving up on Virginia reports NBC News. The move to pull out of Virginia shows Trump is “running essentially a four state campaign,” with the focus now shifting to battlegrounds critical to his chances in November: […]

by · October 17, 2016 · Politics

Profile America: National Chemistry Week

Monday, October 17 — Today is the second day of National Chemistry Week, an annual event held to raise public awareness of chemistry in the modern world.  Coordinated by the American Chemical Society, the effort involves businesses, schools, and individuals in […]

by · October 17, 2016 · Profile America, Science
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito

The Political Round Up: Council Speaker Mark-Viverito and Others to Rally Against Trump

Elected Officials, Women’s Advocates Rally Against Trump On Monday, October 17, elected officials, women’s rights organizations, and community leaders will gather in front of Trump Tower, 725 5th Avenue in Manhattan, to protest GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s treatment of women.  The rally was […]

Profile America: First Department Store

Profile America: First Department Store

Sunday, October 16 —  Today marks an anniversary that should please America’s power shoppers. On this date in 1868, the first full-line department store in the U.S. was organized in Salt Lake City. Called “Zion’s Cooperative Mercantile Institution,” it opened […]

by · October 16, 2016 · Business, Profile America
NYC’s Largest Public Employee Union DC 37 Explores Fossil Fuel Divestment

NYC’s Largest Public Employee Union DC 37 Explores Fossil Fuel Divestment

NYC’s Largest Public Employee Union Explores Fossil Fuel Divestment District Council 37 forum focuses on environmental justice and divestment from fossil fuels New York, NY — Today, New York City’s largest public employee union, District Council 37, gathered for a […]

by · October 15, 2016 · Labor, News
Profile America: Hispanic Origins

Profile America: Hispanic Origins

Saturday, October 15 — National Hispanic Heritage Month winds up today. The annual commemoration, beginning every September 15, can often treat Hispanics as a single, undifferentiated population. But the roughly 53-million Hispanic residents in America hail from a great variety of […]

by · October 15, 2016 · Profile America
BREAKING NEWS: CIA Preparing Retaliatory Cyber Strike Against Russia

BREAKING NEWS: CIA Preparing Retaliatory Cyber Strike Against Russia

NBC News is reporting that the Obama administration is contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action against Russia in retaliation for what U.S. intelligence officials say is Russian interference in the American presidential election.   Current and former officials with direct […]

by · October 15, 2016 · Breaking News, News

‘Nosh The Vote’ Voter Registration Drive This Morning 

​This morning,  the de Blasio Administration is teaming up with the Urban Justice Center’s Street Vendor Project for #NoshTheVote, a voter registration drive taking place this morning in the Bronx.    Fauzia’s Heavenly Delights             11 AM – 3 PM Concourse Village […]

‘Nosh The Vote’ Voter Registration Drive This Morning 

‘Nosh The Vote’ Voter Registration Drive This Morning 

​This morning,  the de Blasio Administration is teaming up with the Urban Justice Center’s Street Vendor Project for #NoshTheVote, a voter registration drive taking place this morning in the Bronx.    Fauzia’s Heavenly Delights             11 AM – 3 PM Concourse Village […]

Profile America: College Football’s Greatest Rout

Profile America: College Football’s Greatest Rout

Friday, October 7 —  This date a century ago was a football Saturday for many of the 92 U.S. colleges with active programs.  It was also game day for small Cumberland College of Lebanon, Tennessee, which dropped its football team after […]

by · October 7, 2016 · Profile America
UNIVAC-1 was the first  computer and  was used to process data from the 1950 Census of the U.S. population.

Profile America: Crunching October Numbers

Thursday, October 6 —   October is a special month in the history of handling data. In Thursday, October 6th.   October is a special month in the history of handling data. In a month that holds the anniversaries of the first […]

by · October 6, 2016 · Profile America, Technology
Profile America: World Dairy Day

Profile America: World Dairy Day

Tuesday, October 4 —  Madison, Wisconsin truly has got milk.  Today is the opening of the 50th annual gathering of the World Dairy Expo in the Wisconsin capital.  Evolved out of the World Food Expo in 1967, the exposition is […]

by · October 4, 2016 · Profile America
October is National Pizza Month. Italian immigrant Gennaro Lombardi opened the first pizzeria in the United States in New York City in 1905.

Profile America: American Pizza Month

Monday, October 3 —  A great many Americans would name pizza high up among their favorite foods, month in and month out. But for the 33rd time, October is designated as October is designated as National Pizza Month. No one […]

by · October 3, 2016 · Profile America