Senator Jeff Klein holds groundbreaking ceremony at Pelham Parkway Houses for $2.1 million lighting project Outdoor lighting enhancements will improve resident safety Bronx, NY – Senator Jeff Klein, along with Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj, NYCHA General Manager Michael Kelly and other […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on President Trump’s Decision to Ban Transgender Individuals from Serving in United States Military (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his administration […]

Ingenuous Definition: (adjective) Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness. Synonyms: Artless Usage: His ingenuous delight in it was a delight to her, and a new and mutual love-thrill was theirs – because of a flower.

Emil Nolde (1867) Nolde was a German painter and printmaker. Fervently religious, he often painted supernatural imagery, such as demonic heads and mystic appearances. Impressed by the art he saw on a 1913 expedition to the East Indies, he began […]

No affectation of peculiarity can conceal a commonplace mind. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

Senator Jeff Klein, Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj & Assemblyman Michael Benedetto call on new owner of Throggs Neck building to publicly reveal detailed plans for site Current tenants of 2800 Bruckner Boulevard are being forced out, while future plans for the […]

BP DIAZ ALLOCATES MORE THAN $7 MILLION IN HOUSING FUNDS FY2018 Capital Funds will help create more than 1,500 new affordable units across The Bronx Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. announced today that his office has allocated more than […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on the 52nd Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act (Washington, D.C.) — House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement marking the upcoming 52nd anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, which was signed into […]

Major Property Tax Relief on the Way for Senior & Disabled Homeowners thanks to the IDC Cuomo signs into law SCHE/DHE program expansion set to help thousands more live affordably in New York New York, NY — Members of the […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on Republicans Siding with Big Banks Over Consumers (Washington, DC) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after House Republicans voted to rollback critical consumer protections that shield working families from fraud, […]

Imminent Property Tax Savings for Senior and Disabled Homeowners Senator Jeff Klein shepherded major property tax cuts through both the State Senate and Assembly as this year’s legislative session came to an end. The bill expands the Senior Citizen Homeowners’ […]

Fractious Definition: (adjective) Stubbornly resistant to authority or control. Synonyms: Recalcitrant, Refractory Usage: The young horse was a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness; no one could ride her.