Archive for March, 2016

Sepúlveda, Diaz Announce Temporary Stay of Eviction Proceedings in Suit against Parkchester South Management over ‘Draconian’ Hike in Maintenance Fees

Sepúlveda, Diaz Announce Temporary Stay of Eviction Proceedings in Suit against Parkchester South Management over ‘Draconian’ Hike in Maintenance Fees

Court hearing set for April 4 Condo owners at the sprawling Parkchester South apartment complex fighting what they charge is a “draconian” and “unsubstantiated” maintenance fee increase scored a win on Friday when a judge blocked management from evicting condo owners […]

by · March 27, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Op-Ed: A NEW MINIMUM WAGE WILL CAUSE MAXIMUM DAMAGE

Op-Ed: A NEW MINIMUM WAGE WILL CAUSE MAXIMUM DAMAGE

A NEW MINIMUM WAGE WILL CAUSE MAXIMUM DAMAGE by Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,C-Canandaigua) The $15 per hour minimum wage dilemma we currently face didn’t start with a discussion. It didn’t start with a piece of legislation or with […]

by · March 27, 2016 · Op Ed
The all-new 2016 New York Auto Show poster. (PRNewsFoto/New York International Auto Show)

Governor Cuomo Opens New York International Auto Show

Ten-day event expected to generate $300 million in economic activity across New York Yesterday, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo kicked off the official opening of the 116th Annual New York International Automobile Show at the Javits Center on Manhattan’s West Side. […]

TJ Rivera, NY Mets

Hot Stove Report: Johnny Monell and TJ Rivera have that Bronx connection with the Mets

Monell and Rivera have that Bronx connection with the Mets By Rich Mancuso   TJ Rivera will not be a part of the New York Mets roster when the defending National league champions open the season next Sunday night in […]

by · March 27, 2016 · Sports
Matters of Faith: When They Finally Believed

Matters of Faith: When They Finally Believed

WHEN THEY FINALLY BELIEVED   by Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv   Matthew 28:16-20: 16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them.  17 When they saw Him, they worshiped […]

by · March 27, 2016 · Faith, Matters of Faith, Religion
Op-Ed: Obstacles to Latino Voter Participation

Op-Ed: Obstacles to Latino Voter Participation

Op-Ed: Obstacles to Latino Voter Participation   By: Eddie Cuesta, New York Director, Dominicanos USA   Every four years for the past several decades we have been told by political writers and pundits that the Latino vote is a “sleeping […]

UNIVAC-1 was the first  computer and  was used to process data from the 1950 Census of the U.S. population.

Profile America: Mobile Computing

MOBILE COMPUTER   Sunday, March 27 — A triumph of mobile computing was achieved on this date in 1961. A division of the Sperry Rand Corporation equipped a trailer truck to haul a UNIVAC I computer from New York City down […]

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Profile America: America’s First Shopping Mall

AMERICA’S FIRST SHOPPING MALL Profile America — Everyone who loves convenience in shopping can thank Edward Delk and J.C. Nichols. It was they who conceived, designed, and built the first shopping mall in the U.S. The Country Club Plaza, on the […]

by · March 27, 2016 · Business, Profile America
Op-Ed: Bronx Families Deserve More Choice in Schools

Op-Ed: Bronx Families Deserve More Choice in Schools

Bronx Families Deserve More Choice in Schools By Rossileny Linarez and Shalamar & Kashay Ward   Like a lot of parents in the Bronx, we worry about the quality of the schools in our neighborhoods and we wish we had […]

by · March 27, 2016 · Education News, Op Ed
Rain Barrel Giveaway 4/2/16

Rain Barrel Giveaway 4/2/16

by · March 26, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Interested In The Real First Housewives Of The Bronx? Take a Tour!

Interested In The Real First Housewives Of The Bronx? Take a Tour!

by · March 26, 2016 · Bulletin Board
NYPD: Connecting To All Those We Serve

NYPD: Connecting To All Those We Serve

The 49th Precinct  Community Council Commanding Officer, Captain Keith Walton Council President, Joseph Thompson Community Affairs: (718) 918-2025 Precinct: (718) 918-2000__Emergency: call 911 On Behalf Of NYPD Community Affairs       NYPD Celebrates International Day   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h19g8Wnomc#action=share   The NYPD: […]

by · March 26, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of March 28, 2016

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of March 28, 2016

Cases of Interest for the Week of March 28, 2016       Monday, March 28th, 2016 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Adler, S. Justice Rodriguez-Morick Part 96 Conference MICHAEL LONGO Charged with Leaving the Scene […]

by · March 26, 2016 · Bulletin Board, Crime
Quote of the Day: March 26, 2016

Quote of the Day: March 26, 2016

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man’s pleasure when they come a cropper. E. M. Forster (1879-1970)

by · March 26, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: March 26, 2016

Word of the Day: March 26, 2016

libelous Definition: (adjective) Harmful and often untrue; tending todiscredit or malign. Synonyms: calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, libellous,slanderous Usage: The article, being libelous, had to be returned asimpossible; and I had to renounce my dream ofdragging its author into the limelight.

by · March 26, 2016 · Bulletin Board