Archive for August, 2015
Legionnaires’ Death Toll Rises Amid Political Sniping
As the death toll from Legionnaires’ disease has risen to include a twelfth victim, the political sniping between Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio sank to a new low. On Monday, the two Democrats appeared to have competing […]
Kathy Kelly Win 2015 Peace Prize
The US Peace Memorial Foundation has awarded its 2015 Peace Prize to The Honorable Kathy F. Kelly for inspiring nonviolence and risking her own life and freedom for peace and the victims of war. Michael Knox, Chair of the Foundation, presented […]
WYSK: Legionnaires’ Disease — Cuomo To The Rescue, Again
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz District 32 Bronx County, New York Legionnaires Disease – Not the First Time Governor Andrew Cuomo Has Come to Help the Bronx You should know that Bronx County has been confronted […]
World Breastfeeding Week at Montefiore
World Breastfeeding Week Activities Kickoff Next Week NEW YORK (August 6, 2015) – Breastfeeding can have many benefits for babies like helping strengthen their immune system, but getting comfortable with breastfeeding can take practice and persistence for new moms and […]
Monroe College Students at White House
On Wednesday July 29, 21 students from Monroe College’s School of Criminal Justice visited the White House and received a full tour. During their visit, for which each student was required to gain full clearance, they were able to interact […]
BRONX DA: CASES OF INTEREST FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 10, 2015
Cases of Interest for the Week of August 10, 2015 Monday, August 10th, 2015 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Gradinger, J. Justice Villegas Part SCA Possible Supreme Court Arraignment KHIRY BORDEN Borden is charged […]
A Sky Full of EPA Bureaucrats
A Sky Full of Bureaucrats Will the EPA’s new rules actually save the ozone? Writing in the Wall Street Journal recently, political scientist Charles Murray confronted readers with the reality of the modern regulatory state and raised a pointed question: […]
Free-Range Kids: Abolish The Sex Offender Registry
A Grandma Reflects on Sex Offender Laws: “My Husband Would Have Gone to Jail” Following up on the Zach Anderson case — the 19 year old on the Sex Offender Registry for 25 years for having consensual sex with a […]
Matters of Faith: What A TIme! What A Time!
WHAT A TIME! WHAT A TIME! By: Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv Ecclesiastes 3:2-4 1 To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a […]
Financial Focus: Discovering the Movement of Future Interest Rates by Asking Your Great Grandparents!
Financial Focus: Discovering the Movement of Future Interest Rates by Asking Your Great Grandparents! By Anthony Rivieccio, MBA,PFA Get ready for an interest rate explosion! How many of you were over the age of 21 and went into a bank […]
Photo Op-Ed: Cuomo To The Rescue
Cuomo: “We’re Taking Matters into Our Own Hands” Gary Tilzer, Blogger at True News, @unitedNYblogs On Friday, Politico New York reported on the gulf between Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio over the recent Legionnaires disease outbreak in […]
Veteran Newsman Bill Carey Passes Away At 61
Bill Carey, the longtime television journalist who was a fixture in Central New York for decades, has died. He was 61. Carey, a senior reporter with Time Warner Cable News, had been in the intensive care unit at Memorial […]
This Week in Parks – Dragon Boat Festival, Swing Dancing in Harlem, And More!
nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks This Week in Parks: Aug 7, 2015 – Aug 12, 2015 Citywide Highlights See This Giant Pyramid in Queens The Living Pyramid at Socrates Sculpture Park is just one of many large-scale sculptures on view […]
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