New York City Council Member Andy King will host a rally/march for immigration rights followed by a forum on Saturday, April 21. Marchers will assemble for a rally at 8 a.m. outside his district office at 940 East Gun Hill […]

Chairman Crowley and Reps. Meng, Polis Urge Federal Government to Extend Temporary Protected Status for Nepalese Nationals (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY), and Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Jared Polis (D-CO) announced today a letter […]

STATEMENT FROM BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ RE: Shola Olatoye’s resignation at NYCHA “Shola Olatoye’s time at the New York City Housing Authority was fraught with controversy. During her tenure, NYCHA further eroded the trust of the more than 400,000 New Yorkers […]

Funding Supports Local Projects to Protect Agriculture and Plants from Pests and Diseases  WASHINGTON, March 22, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $2.24 million to Texas from Section 10007 of the 2014 Farm Bill as part of its effort […]

We live in the greatest democracy in the world, but after 240 plus years I feel a good portion of our electoral system could use an upgrade. That’s why I’ve introduced H.J. Res. 28, a Constitutional Amendment to improve and […]

Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550) A brilliantly gifted linguist and one of the most dashing figures of his time, Oxford was also reckless, hot-tempered, and disastrously spendthrift. He was the patron of an acting company and wrote […]

Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter. Homer (900 BC-800 BC)

Chairman Crowley Statement on March Jobs Report (Queens, NY) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on the March jobs report: “Working families are struggling, and the chaos President Trump has created is putting our […]

BP DIAZ COMMEMORATES 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. On Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination […]

Funding Supports Local Projects to Protect Agriculture and Plants from Pests and Diseases WASHINGTON, March 22, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $3.7 million to Hawaii from Section 10007 of the 2014 Farm Bill as part of its effort […]

Ill-fated Definition: (adjective) Marked by or promising bad fortune. Synonyms: Ill-Omened, Ill-starred, Unlucky, Doomed Usage: Freed after months of captivity, the aid workers are relieved to have survived their ill-fated trip abroad.

Percy Lavon Julian (1899) Julian was an African-American chemist and a pioneer in the synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. Due to the institutional racism of the time, Julian was forced to overcome enormous obstacles to obtain his PhD and […]