BP DIAZ HOSTS ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION On Saturday, February 10, 2018, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted his annual celebration of Black History Month at the Einstein Community Room in the Co-op City section of The Bronx. […]
NYC TAXI DRIVERS AND TAXI-BASE OWNERS HELD MORNING VIGIL AT CITY HALL AND CALLED FOR THOROUGH REVIEW AND REFORM OF TLC’S ABUSIVE PRACTICES They also honored the memory of taxi drivers who recently suffered tragic deaths A coalition of NYC-based […]
STATEMENT FROM COMMUNITY VOICES HEARD RE: Mayor de Blasio’s State of the City Brooklyn, NY – “Last night, while Mayor de Blasio promised to make New York the ‘fairest big city in America,’ dozens of Community Voices Heard (CVH) members […]
I recently received a call from Mead Chasky, the sports memorabilia guru, to tell me that Lou Piniella had a stroke.
12:00 PM – Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O’Neill deliver remarks at a street sign dedication ceremony honoring Officer Edward Byrne. 103rd Precinct, 168-02 91st Avenue, Jamaica, New York. 12:00 PM – Senator Jeff Klein and members […]
Monday, February 26th. This month in 1866, Lucy Hobbs Taylor received a doctorate in dentistry from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery. She was the first American woman so credentialed, and it’s believed she was also the first in the […]
By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor There could be some frustration with Jeff Neubauer after the Fordham Rams latest loss up at Rose Hill Saturday afternoon at the hands of La Salle. The coach saw his team give up 40 points in […]
Embezzle Definition: (verb) To take (money, for example) for one’s own use in violation of a trust. Synonyms: Defalcate, Malversate, Misappropriate, Peculate Usage: The director embezzled $34 million in company funds before he was caught.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
Ida Noddack (1896) One of the first prominent female chemists in Germany, Noddack was nominated several times for a Nobel Prize but never won. Still, she made a number of remarkable contributions to science, co-discovering the element rhenium with her […]
Latino Victory Welcomes Luis Miranda as New Board Chair New York political strategist will lead organization as it engages displaced Puerto Ricans ahead of November midterms Washington, D.C. – Latino Victory Project today announced that New York veteran political strategist and founding partner of MirRam […]
Chairman Crowley Hosts 19th Annual Black History Month Celebration (Queens, N.Y.) – Last week, Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, was joined by New York Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) to commemorate Black […]
The history of radio and the presidency seems to center entirely on Franklin Roosevelt’s famous “fireside chats” beginning in 1933 in the depths of the Depression. But the first president to address the nation from the White House over the […]
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges Sale of Mixed-Use Building in Westchester Square, Bronx New York, NY – February 20, 2018 – Cushman & Wakefield today announced that the firm has arranged the sale of a 20,930-square-foot mixed-use apartment building located at […]
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