Thousands of Success Academy Scholars Pack Radio City Music Hall For Massive Academic Pep Rally New York, NY — On Friday morning, nearly 4,000 Success Academy scholars came together at the historic Radio City Music Hall to hold one of […]
CONYERS, SLAUGHTER, CROWLEY, NADLER & JEFFRIES: GOP BILL TO SINGLE OUT NEW YORKERS REPRESENTS WORST OF WASHINGTON Members Release Legal Analysis Pointing to Provision’s Unconstitutionality Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), House Rules […]
IDC: It’s time to put the brakes on predatory, subprime auto lending Senators Jeff Klein, Diane Savino & Jesse Hamilton introduce bills to stop New Yorkers from getting ripped off when buying used cars Albany, NY – Independent Democratic Conference […]
Engel Reintroduces Palliative Care & Hospice Education and Training Act Washington D.C.— Congressman Eliot L. Engel, a top member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. This bill would […]
Nathaniel Currier (1813) Before photojournalism rendered illustrations of the news obsolete, Currier printed more than 7,000 lithographs—prints made using a stone block etched with grease to reproduce drawings—that greatly increased the public demand for graphic images. With his partner James […]
Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
Amulet Definition: (noun) An object worn, especially around the neck, as a charm against evil or injury. Synonyms: Talisman Usage: It was sorcery, magic of the worst kin, thought Buldeo, and he wondered whether the amulet round his neck would […]
The Mount Vernon Daily Voice reported Sunday on “the discovery of a dead dolphin in the Hutchinson River near the Mount Vernon/Pelham border is bringing attention to the Mount Vernon sewer system.” According to the Journal News, the dolphin was […]
DSNY Announces Major Expansion of NYC Organics Program By End of 2017, Curbside Collection of Food Scraps, Food-Soiled Paper and Yard Waste will Reach 3.3 Million City Residents Today, the New York City Department of Sanitation announced a major expansion […]
Chairman Crowley on ‘Empire State Kickback’ Included in Harmful Republican Health Care Repeal Bill (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after Republican leaders included a provision in the GOP health care repeal […]
Joseph Pennaso, Veteran advocate and friend of the community, will not be forgotten. Funeral services will be held at Dormi Funeral Home on Morris Park Avenue.
SENATOR KLEIN TOURS RIKERS ISLAND, VISITING THE BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S PROSECUTION UNIT & JAIL FACILITY THAT HOUSES ADOLESCENT MALES Senator Klein, joined by Bronx DA Darcel D. Clark and DOC Commissioner Joseph Ponte, announced $100,000 in funding for the Rikers […]
Monday, March 27 — A triumph of mobile computing was achieved on this date in 1961. A division of the Sperry Rand Corporation equipped a trailer truck to haul a UNIVAC I computer from New York City down to North Carolina […]
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