SEN. KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, REP. JOSÉ SERRANO AND BOROUGH PRESIDENT RUBEN DIAZ JR. PRESENT SERVICE ACADEMY NIGHT For High School Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors, Their Parents, and School Officials Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Panel begins promptly at 6:30 P.M. Hostos […]
Why are women…so much more interesting to men than men are to women? Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
Thomas Stearns “T. S.” Eliot (1888) Eliot was an American-British poet and critic and an immensely distinguished literary figure who, from the 1920s on, was the most influential English-language modernist poet. His early poems, such as “The Love Song of […]
Democrats Call on Speaker Ryan to Establish a Select Committee on the Rise of White Supremacy and Domestic Terrorism (Washington, DC) – Today, leading House Democrats called on Speaker Paul Ryan to establish a Select Committee on the Rise of […]
New Yorkers Announce #Sandy5 Mobilization Around Fifth Anniversary of Superstorm #Sandy5 Will Demand Bold and Visionary Climate Action from de Blasio, Cuomo, Schumer in Wake of Extreme Weather Disasters New York, NY — Today, a broad and diverse coalition of New […]
Chairman Crowley Statement on Ongoing Labor Dispute Between Charter Communications and Members of Local 3 (Queens, N.Y.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement in support of Local 3 workers in their ongoing labor dispute […]
Cosmopolitan Definition: (adjective) Pertinent or common to the whole world. Synonyms: Ecumenical, General, Universal, Worldwide Usage: World peace is an issue of cosmopolitan import.
Shel Silverstein (1932) Silverstein was an American cartoonist, children’s author, poet, songwriter, and playwright. Often compared to Dr. Seuss, he wrote and illustrated innovative books of verse for children, including Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, and […]
Enthusiasm, n.: A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
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 […]
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