Archive for February, 2017
What You Should Know – Senator Rev. Ruben Diaz
Senator Rev. Ruben Diaz Statement THE NYS ASSEMBLY REMAINS INDIFFERENT TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK’S FIVE-CENTS PLASTIC BAG FEE WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz 32nd Senatorial District, Bronx County, New York Tel. 718-991-3161 THE NYS […]
State Assembly Passes Moratorium On NYC Carryout Bag Fee
Speaker Carl Heastie Statement on Carry-out Bag Fee Moratorium Tuesday’s vote to enact a moratorium on New York City’s local law to impose a fee on carryout bags is not an ending, it is a beginning. We all share the […]
Op-Ed: A Difficult Task: Realizing Who Our Military Veterans Are
A Difficult Task: Realizing Who Our Military Veterans Are Who or what is a United States military veteran? The answer depends upon who you ask and how you phrase the question. According to a 2012 Congressional Research Service Report, “a […]
Profile America: NAACP Founded On This Day
Sunday, February 12 — One of the nation’s major civil rights organizations is 108 years old today — the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Founded to combat lynching and segregation, the NAACP continues to work toward greater opportunities […]
Op-Ed: MISLEADING SANCTUARY STATE RISKS FEDERAL FUNDING
by Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R-Canandaigua) Defying federal policy by attempting to shield illegal immigrants from the law does not protect the interests of New Yorkers. Earlier this week, the Assembly Majority proposed a number of bills that […]
Matters of Faith: BLOOM WHERE YOU’RE PLANTED!
By Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv. Jeremiah 29:11-13 “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those […]
Vernuccio’s View: A Look Back At The Obama Era
The extraordinary crises in U.S. foreign affairs, and the plight of human rights around the world had failed to gain attention in much of the mainstream media during President Barack Obama’s eight years in office. The reasons are clear. It was […]
Father of the New York’s Check Cashing Industry – and renowned Collector of Italian Ceramics — Dies at 96.
Father of the New York’s Check Cashing Industry – and renowned Collector of Italian Ceramics — Dies at 96. Howard I. Stein, founder of RiteCheck in 1949 and founder in 1957 of the Check Cashers Association of New York (FSCNY) […]
The Rites of Spring: New York Baseball
The “Rites” of Spring: New York Baseball By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor The seven week countdown has started to opening day when the first pitch is thrown at Citi Field and a week later the Yankees get their turn in the […]
Tech Focus: The Slow Death of Twitter
Twitter appears to be going the way of betamax, laserdisc (although laserdisc has been making somewhat of a comeback, at least among the more hip of the Brooklyn hipsters), the dodo bird and myspace.com. Or, to be slightly less hyperbolic, […]
he Historic Jerome Park Reservoir: East Bronx History Forum Meeting, February 15th
The Huntington Free Library and Reading Room is pleased to announce The East Bronx History Forum will hold its 118th meeting on Wednesday, February 15th. at 7:30 pm. The East Bronx History Forum meets to discuss Bronx History and held […]
The First Observance of “Three-Fifths Clause Awareness Day” in NYC
The Three-Fifth Clause (Article 1, Section2, of the U.S. Constitution of 1787) was demanded by Southern supporters of slavery as a way of increasing their congressional representation and political power. They wanted slaves to be counted as full persons but […]
Profile America: America’s First Hospital
Saturday, February 11 — Among his very many achievements, Benjamin Franklin played a leading role in the founding of America’s first hospital, decades before the Declaration of Independence. Together with Dr. Thomas Bond, he obtained a charter for a hospital to […]
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