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 […]
Annual Food Drive Underway in Community Board 11 by David Greene Children from several schools and at least one Cub Scouts pack joined police officers outside of the Big Deal Supermarket on Morris Park Avenue, for the 49th Precinct’s 12th […]
Saturday, December 23 Governor Cuomo is in the New York City area. Mayor de Blasio is in New York City. Comptroller Stringer has no public schedule. Public Advocate James has no public schedule for December 23 – 25, 2017. — […]
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 […]
Senator Jeff Klein, Assemblymembers Mark Gjonaj and Michael Benedetto, in partnership with Healthfirst and Community Board 10, will host a Holiday Toy Giveaway at the Throggs Neck Houses Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club located at 550 Balcom Avenue in […]
Friday, December 22 Governor Andrew Cuomo is in New York City. City Comptroller Scott Stringer has no public schedule. Public Advocate Letitia James has no public schedule. 8:30 AM – Mayor Bill de Blasio will sign Intros. 799-B, 1376-A, and […]
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 […]
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