The homecare and healthcare workers of 1199SEIU, the healthcare union that has been helping to lead the Fight For $15, are celebrating the historic budget agreement that has put New York State on the path to a $15 minimum wage. […]
APRIL 1: CIGARETTE ADS BANNED Friday, April 1 — Broadcast advertising was confronted with a major downsizing on this date in 1970 as President Nixon signed a bill into law prohibiting cigarette advertising on the nation’s airwaves. The ban went […]
“EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION” RALLY RESPONDING TO TRUMP’S ATTACKS ON WOMEN Women’s Rights Advocates and Elected Officials to Call Out Trump, Following Extreme Anti-Choice Remarks On Thursday, March 31, 2016, New York City Public Advocate Tish James, numerous […]
PRIMARY VOTER Thursday, March 31 — The 15th Amendment to the Constitution declared the right to vote “shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition […]
Mayor de Blasio today announced the appointment of Justice Luis A. Gonzalez to the Advisory Committee on the Judiciary. Justice Gonzalez was the first Latino individual to have been appointed a Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division of the New […]
GOVERNOR CUOMO BANS NON-ESSENTIAL STATE TRAVEL TO NORTH CAROLINA On Monday, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed an executive order banning all non-essential state travel to North Carolina. The order requires all New York State agencies, departments, boards and commissions […]
NEW YORK, March 29, 2016 — The annual economic cost of the nearly 16,000 premature births linked to air pollution in the United States has reached $4.33 billion, according to a report by scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center. The […]
National Puerto Rican Day Parade, Inc. announced yesterday that WABC7-TV, Channel 7 will be the broadcast home and official English language television station of the 59th Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade, live from Fifth Avenue, on Sunday, June 12, 2016. This […]
U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey will deliver the George Washington University’s commencement address before an audience of approximately 25,000 graduates, friends and family members on May 15. He also will be awarded an honorary doctorate of public service […]
StrongBow Rolls Out New Flavor at Washington D.C.’s National Cherry Blossom Festival Strongbow Hard Apple Ciders, the best tasting hard cider at the 2015 World Cider Championships, unveiled its newest flavor, Strongbow Cherry Blossom. The new flavor and recipe is said to deliver […]
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in RealD 3D earns $47 million Warner Bros. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice takes on the world and comes out a winner in a spectacular fashion with the fourth biggest global debut of all-time. With $424.1 million grossed […]
Ten-day event expected to generate $300 million in economic activity across New York Yesterday, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo kicked off the official opening of the 116th Annual New York International Automobile Show at the Javits Center on Manhattan’s West Side. […]
DC 9 at the Bronx Museum From March 21st to March 25th, forty painters from District Council 9 International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (DC 9) worked refinishing the Bronx Museum of the Arts’ (BMA) first floor galleries. Forty […]
EASTER SUNDAY OPEN HOUSE AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION WITH GOVERNOR CUOMO Governor Andrew M. Cuomo invites New Yorkers to an Open House at the Executive Mansion on Sunday, March 27, 2016 to celebrate Easter Sunday. The Open House will be […]
RUBBED OUT Friday, March 25 — The fact that pencils have erasers is supposed to indicate that no one is perfect. But it’s doubtful that people were perfect before this month in 1858. That’s when Hyman Lipman was granted a […]
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