Chairman Crowley Statement on Threats Against Jewish Community Centers, Attack on a Jewish Cemetery

Chairman Crowley Statement on Threats Against Jewish Community Centers, Attack on a Jewish Cemetery

Chairman Crowley Statement on Threats Against Jewish Community Centers, Attack on a Jewish Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) released the following statement after more than 170 graves in a Jewish cemetery were vandalized and […]

by · February 24, 2017 · Bulletin Board, Crime
James P. O'Neill, NYC's 43rd Police commissioner

NYPD Policy on Immigration Status

The NYPD is committed to maintaining a welcoming environment for immigrant communities while also maintaining public safety for all. With this backdrop, the NYPD believes it is important to reiterate our immigration related policies. The NYPD accepts the city’s IDNYC […]

Firefighter's frantically attempt to reach to victims who perished on the Bronx River Parkway last Friday morning. Photo by Edwin Soto

Two Brothers Killed in Early Morning Crash in Wakefield

by David Greene Two brothers were killed in a horrific automobile crash in the Wakefield section, the site of a similar crash more than a decade ago.   Emergency personnel were called to the northbound Bronx River Parkway at East […]

by · February 24, 2017 · Local News, News
Fordham Football Coaching Staff Additions

Fordham Football Coaching Staff Additions

Fordham University head football coach Andrew Breiner announced the addition of three assistant coaches today with the appointment of John Bowes as the defensive coordinator/safeties coach, Andrew Jackson as the defensive line coach and Jordan Orlovsky as the linebacker coach. […]

by · February 24, 2017 · Sports
Profile America: Tiffany Family Jewels

Profile America: Tiffany Family Jewels

Friday, February 24 — A baby boy, whose name came to mean quality and brilliant design, was born this month in 1848—Louis Comfort Tiffany. After making his mark independently, in 1902 he became the artistic director of his father’s already famous […]

by · February 24, 2017 · Profile America
Time for Travis d’Arnaud to Step Up For Mets

Time for Travis d’Arnaud to Step Up For Mets

By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor Travis d’Arnaud is on watch and Sandy Alderson will take notice because if the Mets catcher does not step up there will be a change.  The expectations come every spring for the 28-year old catcher and […]

by · February 24, 2017 · Sports
Cuomo Beefs Up Anti-Hate Crimes Efforts

Cuomo Beefs Up Anti-Hate Crimes Efforts

With heightened concerns over anti-Semitic acts in New York and around the country, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday unveiled a push to combat hate crimes. Cuomo, who met with 50 religious leaders from across the state in New York City, […]

by · February 24, 2017 · Cultures, News

Bulletin Board: S.O.S. Morrisania Bingo Event, 2/27

Bingo night in support of S.O.S.

Whose Birthday Is It? February 23, 2017

Whose Birthday Is It? February 23, 2017

Karl Jaspers (1883) Jaspers was a German philosopher and psychopathologist often identified as an exponent of existentialism, although he rejected this classification. In his magnum opus, Philosophy, he argued that the aim of philosophy is practical and that its purpose […]

by · February 23, 2017 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: February 23, 2017

Quote of the Day: February 23, 2017

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books. Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

by · February 23, 2017 · Bulletin Board
Senators Carlucci & Klein Host Raise the Age Round Table with Chief Judge Lippman & Advocates

Senators Carlucci & Klein Host Raise the Age Round Table with Chief Judge Lippman & Advocates

Senators Carlucci & Klein Host Raise the Age Round Table with Chief Judge Lippman & Advocates Discussion focused on crafting legislation and included an address by Chief Judge Lippman OSSINING, NY – As part of efforts to craft legislation raising […]

by · February 23, 2017 · Bulletin Board, Law
Word of the Day: February 23, 2017

Word of the Day: February 23, 2017

Spelunker Definition: (noun) One who explores caves chiefly as a hobby; a caver. Synonyms: Potholer, Speleologist Usage: The spelunkers were lost in the cave and worried that their minimal rations, two granola bars and a bag of salted peanuts, would […]

by · February 23, 2017 · Bulletin Board
New York City Department of Design Construction Accepting Applications for 2017 High School and College/Graduate Summer Internship Programs

New York City Department of Design Construction Accepting Applications for 2017 High School and College/Graduate Summer Internship Programs

New York City Department of Design Construction Accepting Applications for its 2017 High School and College/Graduate Summer Internship Programs (Long Island City, NY – February 21, 2017) The NYC Department of Design and Construction’s (DDC) STEAM education initiative, in conjunction […]

by · February 23, 2017 · Bulletin Board, Job Opportunity
The First Observance of “Three-Fifths Clause Awareness Day” in NYC

The First Observance of “Three-Fifths Clause Awareness Day” in NYC

On Sunday, March 5, 2017, the City of New York will observe for the first time “Three-Fifth Clause Awareness Day.” As a part of this observance a special program will take place at 3 P.M. at The Schomburg Center for […]

by · February 23, 2017 · Bulletin Board
Disabilities Awareness Event Hosted by Councilmember Andy King – TODAY

Disabilities Awareness Event Hosted by Councilmember Andy King – TODAY

by · February 23, 2017 · Bulletin Board