BRONX, NY – Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) joined with thousands in celebration of the 40th Annual Bronx Columbus Day Parade on Sunday in Morris Park. The festivities began with a pre-parade breakfast sponsored by Senator Klein and Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj […]
Sunday, October 16 — Today marks an anniversary that should please America’s power shoppers. On this date in 1868, the first full-line department store in the U.S. was organized in Salt Lake City. Called “Zion’s Cooperative Mercantile Institution,” it opened […]
The United States currently faces more danger than at any time since the conclusion of the Second World War. However, in the candidates’ debates, and in media coverage overall, questions and reviews about the international perspectives of the two […]
NYC’s Largest Public Employee Union Explores Fossil Fuel Divestment District Council 37 forum focuses on environmental justice and divestment from fossil fuels New York, NY — Today, New York City’s largest public employee union, District Council 37, gathered for a […]
Golden Age of Baseball: Tour and Auction at Christie’s By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor There is a baseball Hall of Fame in midtown Manhattan, however, this one entitles the public to purchase a piece of history from the Golden Era. Currently […]
Saturday, October 15 — National Hispanic Heritage Month winds up today. The annual commemoration, beginning every September 15, can often treat Hispanics as a single, undifferentiated population. But the roughly 53-million Hispanic residents in America hail from a great variety of […]
NBC News is reporting that the Obama administration is contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action against Russia in retaliation for what U.S. intelligence officials say is Russian interference in the American presidential election. Current and former officials with direct […]
U.S. No Longer Gatekeeper of Internet Domains On October 1st something important happened to the internet without much notice, media discussion or political debate. Here are some important facts: ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) went from reporting […]
ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL HELD 15th Annual Jerome-Gun Hill Business Improvement District Thousands turned out for the 15th Annual Jerome-Gun Hill Business Improvement District’s Fall Festival, held this year on Saturday, September 17. Jerome Avenue was shut down between Mosholu […]
Mail-in voter registration forms must be postmarked today. After the post offices closes, the website of the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles is available for registration until midnight. Click here. The NYS Department of Motor Vehicles reported that yesterday, its workers processed […]
On Thursday, October 13, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted the Bronx Youth Corps first-ever “Day of Service,” joining dozens of borough students to unveil a new mural and beautify Railroad Park in Melrose. “You are never too young […]
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz District 32 Bronx WHERE ARE THE $10 BILLION DOLLARS FOR HAITI? You should know that last week, Haiti was devastated by Hurricane Matthew, leaving a death toll of more than 900, […]
For the 3 months he was homeless, Gonzalo Duran moved around day after day to find a place to sleep at night. He slept in a halfway house or next to convicts despite following all the proper protocols to receive […]
NEW YORK-OCTOBER 11, 2016–“Ending Punitive Segregation is another way of saying it is open season on correction officers and an invitation for inmates to increase their terrorist attacks on correction officers, civilians, and other inmates. This administration continues to put […]
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