Borough Presidents Make 11th Hour Push for Home Stability Support as Budget Deadline Looms City’s four Democratic borough presidents – Eric Adams of Brooklyn, Gale Brewer of Manhattan, Ruben Diaz, Jr. of the Bronx, and Melinda Katz of Queens […]
Joined by local college presidents, officials and students, Senator Jeff Klein recently released a report analyzing the significant financial burden that post-secondary education has on New York families called, “Cutting College Costs: The IDC Plan to Make Higher Education Attainable […]
BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ HOSTS ANNUAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION On Thursday, March 23, 2017, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted his annual Women’s History Month Celebration at Manhattan College’s Kelly Commons Building in Riverdale. “We cannot minimize the important […]
Monday, April 3 — Critics of federal spending initiatives often allude with some disdain to the government’s ability to create money. It’s pure coincidence, though, that the first federal building commissioned under the country’s new constitution was intended to do just […]
Emile Francois Zola (1840) Zola was the founder of French naturalism, a literary school that maintained that novel-writing should be scientific, appraising reality in terms of natural forces such as heredity or environment. Inspired by his readings in sociology and […]
Appurtenance Definition: (noun) Equipment, such as clothing, tools, or instruments, used for a specific purpose or task. Synonyms: Paraphernalia, Gear Usage: He had half expected that she would drive up to the side door in a hansom would wear a […]
Wit is educated insolence. Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)
BP DIAZ RELEASES ‘BRONX ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT’ The Bronx was home to record $3.2 billion, 14.2 million sq. ft. of development in 2016 Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. released his “Bronx Annual Development Report” this morning at a development […]
SALSA SUPERSTAR GILBERTO SANTA ROSA, OLYMPIC-GOLD MEDALIST MÓNICA PUIG, THE TOWN OF HORMIGUEROS, NORTHEAST OHIO AND MORE AT THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE 2017 NPRDP Scholarship Program Breaks Record for Dollars Awarded Monday, March […]
$39 Million in Water, Sewer and Street Upgrades Underway in Norwood Project managed by Bronx Resident Ketty Paulino (Bronx, NY – March 28, 2017) A $39 million infrastructure project in the Norwood community will soon replace century-old cast iron water mains […]
A special message from New York State Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and the Assembly Minority Conference. The rising cost of college affects nearly every student and graduate in New York State. We need a comprehensive approach to properly address […]
By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor Never ask this columnist how it will all transpire for the two baseball teams in New York. Some thrive on predictions but at the end of September the final standings at times have the experts shaking […]
Gonzaga beat South Carolina 77-73 and North Carolina beat Oregon 77-76 in Final Four games Saturday, and will play for the national title on Monday. The 2017 NCAA National Championship game will pit a traditional power against a school […]
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