Chairman Crowley Statement on Terrorist Attack in Manhattan (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on the terrorist attack in lower Manhattan: “America is heartbroken after a needless act of terror took the […]
Chairman Crowley Statement on Alexander-Murray Health Care Compromise (Queens, NY) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on the health care compromise announced today by Sens. Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray: “President Trump and congressional […]
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie hosted a hurricane relief drive for the US Virgin Islands and other islands in the Caribbean who have been devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Despairing Definition: (adjective) Characterized by or resulting from despair; hopeless. Synonyms: Desperate Usage: The set-back to their hopes made them despairing and desperate.
John Evelyn (1620) From 1631 until his death in 1706, Evelyn kept a diary that is today an invaluable source of information on 17th-century British social, cultural, and political life. He corresponded frequently with Samuel Pepys, another now-famous diarist of […]
I pay very little regard…to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person. Jane Austen (1775-1817)
Senator Klein Fights Back Against ‘Nightmare Neighbors’ Zombie and bank-owned, abandoned properties proliferating throughout Mount Vernon have met their match in Senator Jeff Klein as he announced his “Nightmare Neighbor Task Force,” along with new legislation to address the issue […]
BP DIAZ HOSTS AFRICAN SOCCER AWARDS EVENT Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted a ceremony to honor the winner of the 2017 African Advisory Council Bronx Week Soccer Tournament, Team Gambia, on Wednesday, October 24, 2017 at The Bronx […]
Chairman Crowley on U.S. District Court Decision to Block President Trump’s Third Muslim Travel Ban (Queens, N.Y.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after a U.S. District Court judge in Hawaii blocked the third […]
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