Chairman Crowley Statement on the Balanced Budget Amendment (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after voting against the Balanced Budget Amendment: “The so-called Balanced Budget Amendment is not about deficits or debts […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor What’s going on here? A reference always from the late and great New York sports scribe Dick Young and there was never hesitation at ringside when providing fight coverage. Saturday night and here is the […]
STATEMENT FROM BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ RE: Island-wide Blackout in Puerto Rico “Today’s island-wide blackout on Puerto Rico shows that not nearly enough is being done to support and rebuild the island. With hurricane season approaching, we need to work expeditiously […]
Washington, D.C. – the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to allow imports of fresh cape gooseberry fruit from Ecuador into the continental United States. After careful analysis, APHIS scientists determined that these […]
(Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY), U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced $300 million in federal funding for a new training vessel at SUNY Maritime College. This funding is […]
The funding reduction of America’s military during the prior Administration could not have come at a worse time.
By Rev. J. Loren Russell Acts 20:24-27 (NKJV) 24 But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received […]
WYSK: CELEBRATING MY 75 YEARS OF AGE by Councilman Rev. Rubén Díaz You should know that this Saturday April 21, beginning at 7:00 p.m., in the Christian Community Neighborhood Church located at 1437 Longfellow Avenue in the Bronx, I will […]
New York Hispanic Clergy Organization Annual Banquet 2018 By Robert Press Over 500 people were in attendance for the 2018 for the NY Hispanic Clergy Organization Annual Banquet. There were five Honorees and many more elected officials in attendance. The […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Gurriel Lourdes arrived in the Bronx Friday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays rookie from Sancti Spiritus Cuba was in the Blue Jays /-New Hampshire Double-A lineup Thursday night and a big leaguer […]
Saunter Definition: (verb) Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim. Synonyms: Stroll Usage: The teacher watched his students saunter back into the school building after lunch, apparently in no hurry to get to class on time.
Edward L. Beach, Jr. (1918) A highly decorated American naval officer and WWII veteran, Beach became the naval aide to the US president following the war. In his free time, he wrote. Drawing on his wartime experiences, Beach penned 13 […]
The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion […]
Chairman Crowley Applauds Expansion of Voting Rights for New Yorkers (Washington, D.C.) — House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on Governor Cuomo’s move to expand voting rights to New Yorkers on parole: “One of the […]
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