Archive for March, 2017

Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi Applauds Velez Settlement as Critical but Limited Step in Reducing Homelessness

Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi Applauds Velez Settlement as Critical but Limited Step in Reducing Homelessness

Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi Applauds Velez Settlement as Critical but Limited Step in Reducing Homelessness Cautions that vast numbers of families not covered by settlement, remain at risk of homelessness NEW YORK, N.Y. – I applaud the State’s decision to settle […]

by · March 3, 2017 · Bulletin Board, Housing
SENATOR KLEIN HONORS MONTEFIORE SURGICAL TEAM THAT SEPARATED CONJOINED TWINS

SENATOR KLEIN HONORS MONTEFIORE SURGICAL TEAM THAT SEPARATED CONJOINED TWINS

SENATOR KLEIN HONORS MONTEFIORE SURGICAL TEAM THAT SEPARATED CONJOINED TWINS Members of the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Were Presented with Resolution for Separating Conjoined Twins Anias and Jadon McDonald Albany, NY – Senators Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) and David Valesky (D-Syracuse), […]

by · March 3, 2017 · Bulletin Board
Tune in on Sundays each week at 11AM for COBA RADIO: The Boldest Hour on AM970 with your host COBA President Elias Husamudeen

Tune in on Sundays each week at 11AM for COBA RADIO: The Boldest Hour on AM970 with your host COBA President Elias Husamudeen

by · March 3, 2017 · Bulletin Board
RECRUITMILITARY NYC HIRING EVENT FOR VETERANS THURSDAY MARCH 9, 2017

RECRUITMILITARY NYC HIRING EVENT FOR VETERANS THURSDAY MARCH 9, 2017

RecruitMilitary presents the New York Veteran Job Fair on Thursday March 9, 2017, from 11am to 3pm at the Metropolitan Pavilion located at 125 West 18th Street, NY, NY 10011.    To register for the New York Veteran Job Fair, click on the link here.   […]

Profile America: Child Labor

Profile America: Child Labor

Friday, March 3 — Children have worked for family enterprises like farms and small shops for countless generations. But child labor in mines and the often-dangerous factories arising from the Industrial Revolution was quickly regarded as a social ill. In response, […]

the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reformers, it founded on this date in 1888 by former slave and Union Army veteran William Washington Browne.

American Profile: First Black-Owned Bank

Thursday, March 2 — The capital of the vanquished Confederacy was the site of the first chartered black-owned bank in the U.S.  Known as the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reformers, it founded on this date […]

by · March 2, 2017 · Profile America
Whose Birthday Is It? March 2, 2017

Whose Birthday Is It? March 2, 2017

Samuel Houston (1793) Houston was an American statesman whose political future was seemingly derailed after his wife left him in 1829. He resigned the governorship of Tennessee, began drinking heavily, and went to live with the Cherokee. Later, he joined […]

by · March 2, 2017 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: March 2, 2017

Quote of the Day: March 2, 2017

Habit, n.: A shackle for the free. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

by · March 2, 2017 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: March 2, 2017

Word of the Day: March 2, 2017

Brachypterous Definition: (adjective) Having very short or rudimentary wings, as certain insects. Synonyms: Short-winged Usage: Some brachypterous insects evade predators by jumping short distances.

by · March 2, 2017 · Bulletin Board
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Statement from IDC Leader Klein on Bomb Threats Towards Jewish Community Centers

STATEMENT FROM IDC LEADER JEFF KLEIN Bomb threats made against Jewish Community Centers in our state will never be tolerated. This spate of anti-Semitism is troubling, and unfortunately occurring across our nation.New York will not allow hate to spread and […]

by · March 2, 2017 · Bulletin Board
Dozens of NYC Parents, Legislators Call on Albany to Fight for Public Charter Students in State Budget

Dozens of NYC Parents, Legislators Call on Albany to Fight for Public Charter Students in State Budget

Dozens of NYC Parents, Legislators Call on Albany to Fight for Public Charter Students in State Budget Assm. Marcos Crespo and Robert Rodriguez Join Parents at State Capitol, Urge Colleagues to Keep Charter Schools in 2017 Budget Albany, NY – […]

Bronx Man Indicted for Murdering Man with Cellphone

Bronx Man Indicted for Murdering Man with Cellphone

by · March 2, 2017 · Bulletin Board, Crime
Bronx Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Slashing Fellow Rikers Island Inmate & Assaulting Correction Officers

Bronx Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Slashing Fellow Rikers Island Inmate & Assaulting Correction Officers

by · March 2, 2017 · Bulletin Board
SENATOR KLEIN, WITH OTHER LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, HOSTED 22ND ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH

SENATOR KLEIN, WITH OTHER LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, HOSTED 22ND ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH

SENATOR KLEIN, WITH OTHER LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, HOSTED 22ND ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH African American Community Leaders and Hundreds of Bronxites Gathered to Celebrate Black History Month Bronx, NY – Senator Jeff Klein, in partnership with Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj and […]

by · March 2, 2017 · Bulletin Board, Cultures
Whose Birthday Is It? March 1, 2017

Whose Birthday Is It? March 1, 2017

Alton Glenn Miller (1904) Miller was an American jazz trombonist and bandleader. He worked as a freelance musician in New York City before forming his own big band in 1938. It soon became one of swing’s most popular groups, known […]

by · March 1, 2017 · Bulletin Board