Chairman Crowley Statement on Trump Administration Plan to Separate Families Crossing the Border (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on reports that President Trump’s administration will separate families in an effort to […]

DSNY Issues ‘Snow Alert’ for Sunday, December 24 at 10 p.m. The New York City Department of Sanitation has issued a Snow Alert for Sunday, December 24, 2017 at 10:00 p.m. In a snow alert, DSNY coordinates with the Office of […]

STATEMENT FROM BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ RE: Right to Know Police Reform Legislation “Today’s vote by the city council to pass police reform legislation is a commendable step towards justice in this city. We still have much work to do. “The ‘Right to Know’ package of […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on Republican Tax Bill (Washington, D.C.) — House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after House Republicans voted to advance a tax bill that will significantly harm the American middle class: “With this […]

BP DIAZ HOSTS ANNUAL CHANUKAH CELEBRATION On Wednesday, December 13, 2017, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted the borough’s annual Chanukah celebration at the Riverdale YM-YWHA. The event featured musical performances by the Kinneret Day & Riverdale Y Nursery […]

Oh, ’tis love, ’tis love that makes the world go round. Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869) Considered by some to have been the best American poet of his time, Robinson is now primarily remembered for his short poems about the lives—mostly tragic—of people in a small New England village. He briefly attended […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on Republican Tax Bill (Queens, NY) — House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on the tax bill released tonight by congressional Republicans: “It’s hard to fathom how Republicans can justify so severely […]

GOVERNOR CUOMO UNVEILS 5TH PROPOSAL OF 2018 STATE OF THE STATE: EXAMINE ELIMINATING THE MINIMUM WAGE TIP CREDIT TO STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC JUSTICE IN NEW YORK STATE  Directs Commissioner of Labor to Hold Hearings to Evaluate Eliminating Tip Credit  Tip Credit Allows Employers […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on President Trump’ National Security Plan (Washington, D.C.) —House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on President Trump’s national security plan for America: “This national security plan regurgitates on President Trump’s most antagonistic […]