Quote of the Day: June 23, 2017
Amnesty, n.: The state’s magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
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Word of the Day: June 23, 2017
Precede Definition: (verb) Furnish with a preface or introduction. Synonyms: Preface, Premise, Introduce Usage: She always precedes her lectures with a joke.
St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site Special free Programs in July 2017
St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site 897 South Columbus Avenue, Mt. Vernon, NY 914-667-4116 www.nps.gov/sapa Special free Programs in July 2017 Tuesday, July 4, starting at 10:30 AM Independence Day Celebration […]
Taxi symposium sponsored by NYIT, June 27
(New York, NY) Taxi medallion owners and advocates for the disabled will join academics to discuss the fate of the medallion system and accessibility on Tuesday, June 27th. The Taxi Symposium is sponsored by the University Transportation Research Center at the […]
Chairman Crowley Statement on the Reintroduction of the Voting Rights Advancement Act
Chairman Crowley Statement on the Reintroduction of the Voting Rights Advancement Act (Washington, DC) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on the reintroduction of the Voting Rights Advancement Act: “Four years ago, the Shelby […]
Chairman Crowley Statement on Governor Cuomo’s Historic Nomination of Justice Paul Feinman to Court of Appeals
Chairman Crowley Statement on Governor Cuomo’s Historic Nomination of Justice Paul Feinman to Court of Appeals (Queens, NY) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo nominated Manhattan Appellate Justice […]
Councilmember Andy King Fight to #endALZ
#thelongestday The Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in our country and the only cause of death among the top 10 in the United States that cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed. Wearing purple, Council Member Andy […]
Schumer Pushes Plan To Give NY Dozens Of New DEA Agents To Target Heroin Specifically & Choke Trafficking
SCHUMER DEMANDS FEDS DEPLOY SPECIAL HEROIN COMBAT TEAM TO STATE AS OPIOID DEATH SPIKE CONTINUES ACROSS NY, LI; DOSE OF NEW AGENTS WOULD FIGHT FLOW & SCOURGE OF DEADLY DRUG; OVERDOSE RATES HERE NOW AMONG HIGHEST IN NATION On The […]
Chairman Crowley on Anniversary of Obama Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program
Chairman Crowley on Anniversary of Obama Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (Washington, DC) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on the five-year anniversary of President Obama’s issuance of administrative measures designed to […]
Jim Owles Liberal Dems Club Endorses Amanda Farias in CD18
Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club has endorsed Bronx Democrat Amanda Farias for City Council in the 18th Council District. Farias holds endorsements from the National Organization for Women New York City, Council Member Elizabeth Crowley, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, VoteProChoice, and Filipino […]
Word of the Day: June 21, 2017
Exceptionable Definition: (adjective) Open or liable to objection or debate; debateable. Synonyms: Objectionable. Usage: We can’t have perfection; and if I keep him, I must sustain his administration as a whole, even if there are, now and then, things that […]
Whose Birthday Is It? June 21, 2017
Mary Therese McCarthy (1912) McCarthy began her storied writing career as a drama critic for the Partisan Review in the 1930s, gaining a reputation for wit, intellect, and acerbity—qualities that are evident in her later works of satirical fiction as […]
Quote of the Day: June 21, 2017
Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver. Sophocles (496 BC – 406 BC)
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