Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie welcomed @NFL quarterback greats @JimKelly1212 & Vinny Testaverde to the People's House Tuesday.

Assrmbly Speaker Carl Heastie Meets Former NFL Greats Jim Kelly and Vinnie Testaverde

  Last week, two former NFL pro quarterbacks — Vinnie Testaverde (NY Jets) and Jim Kelly (Buffalo Bills) were in the Capitol to lobby on behalf of daily fantasy sports legalization bills. AG Eric Schneiderman declared DFS betting illegal gambling […]

Profile America: The First LP ( What’s that?)

Dr. Peter Goldmark of CBS Labs developed the 33 1/3 rpm long-playing record — first shown to the public on this date in 1948.

by · June 21, 2016 · Profile America, Technology
Citywide Borough Cup Returns for Youth Baseball

Citywide Borough Cup Returns for Youth Baseball

News from the NYC Borough Cup The days of New York City’s youth baseball players leaving the area each summer to play in competitive tournaments are over. The Borough Cup, a thrilling citywide tournament that culminates with championship games at elite venues, Yankee Stadium […]

by · June 21, 2016 · Sports
Quote of the Day: June 20, 2016

Quote of the Day: June 20, 2016

Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety. George Eliot (1819-1880)

by · June 20, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: June 20, 2016

Word of the Day: June 20, 2016

midden Definition: (noun) A dunghill or refuse heap. Synonyms: muckheap, muckhill, dunghill Usage: His opponent, as proud as the rooster who is leftunchallenged upon the midden, crowed away in a lastlong burst of quotation and deduction.

by · June 20, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? June 20, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? June 20, 2016

Lillian Hellman (1905) After working as a book reviewer, press agent,and play reader, Hellman began writing plays in the 1930s. Her first major success, The Children’s Hour, concerned two schoolteachers falsely accused of lesbianism. She examined family infighting in her hit The Little Foxes […]

by · June 20, 2016 · Bulletin Board

Profile America: Meet the Beadles

This week 50 years ago, the Beatles’ song “Paperback Writer” topped the pop music charts in America.

by · June 20, 2016 · Profile America
Quote of the Day: June 19, 2016

Quote of the Day: June 19, 2016

Thank goodness…I was never sent to school…it would have rubbed off some of the originality. Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)

by · June 19, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: June 19, 2016

Word of the Day: June 19, 2016

equivocate Definition: (verb) To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. Synonyms: prevaricate, beat around the bush, palter, tergiversate Usage: She was known for her tendency to equivocate, and many of her friends gave up […]

by · June 19, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? June 19, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? June 19, 2016

Blaise Pascal (1623) Pascal was a French mathematician,physicist, and religious philosopher. A child prodigy, he earned the envy of René Descartes with an essay he wrote on conic sections when he was still a teen. Credited with founding the modern theory of probability and advancing […]

by · June 19, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of June 20, 2016

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of June 20, 2016

Cases of Interest for the Week of June 20, 2016     Monday, June 20, 2016 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Lynn Diener, T. Justice Iacovetta Part 15 Sentencing MICHAEL WAYMAN Wayman is to be sentenced […]

by · June 19, 2016 · Bulletin Board, Crime
NY City Hall -- Council Chambers, East Wing

The Coming Council | City Council Watch

The Coming Council | Seth Barron In considering the run-up to the 2018 Speaker election, we have to remember that the next council will have a different composition from the current one…though not by much. Almost all of the existing councilmembers […]

by · June 19, 2016 · City Council Watch
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Brodsky: Bernie Is Debs and Dr. King: Is Hillary FDR?

American political history is the story of social movements turning into political movements. For every Debs, King and Friedan there is an FDR, LBJ or Bella Abzug. Movement leaders plant the seeds, organize the streets, get called names and are […]

by · June 19, 2016 · Op Ed

Profile America: Happy Father’s Day

The occasion dates back to 1910, when Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Washington wanted to honor her father, who raised six children by himself after his wife died.

by · June 19, 2016 · Holidays, Profile America

Did You Know You Were Free?

DID YOU KNOW YOU WERE FREE? By: Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv Luke 23:39-43 (NKJV) 39 Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, “If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.” 40 But the other, answering, […]

by · June 18, 2016 · Religion