Klein Takes on Taxes in Response to Federal Overhaul Many middle-income residents have serious and justified concerns about the recent tax policy coming out of Washington and what it will mean for their bottom lines. Senator Klein has long been […]
Victorian Valentine’s Day Crafts Saturday, Feb 10 11 p.m.–12:30 p.m. Show that you care—not with a boring store-bought card but with a handmade, full-of-charm, sure-to-woo original creation. Learn about the history of valentines and the printed “scraps” used to make […]
New York City Fire Fatalities Rise 35% in 2017 While 2016 was the Big Apple’s safest year in terms of fire fatalities, 2017 experienced a 35% spike, increasing from 48 fire deaths to 73 in the year just concluded. The […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Sure this was an Eagles win and first Super Bowl victory with the Lombardi Trophy. And for sure this was not the last time Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick will be seen together on […]
By Rich Mancuso Every Bronx resident is aware about being on the move and looking for that quick way to fill the stomach. And in the Bronx there is always an establishment to get that fix in order to satisfy […]
Chairman Crowley Statement on Government Funding Bill (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on the government funding bill: “Republicans have proven time and time again that they cannot govern. President Trump and […]
Immediate Relief is Needed at the MTA Senator Jeff Klein has put forth a bold proposal to bring desperately needed relief to the crumbling and often times dangerous infrastructure of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the hardworking New Yorkers who […]
Fetter Definition: (verb) Restrain with fetters. Synonyms: Shackle Usage: My foes fettered me hand and foot and imprisoned me in a dank dungeon.
Rosa Parks (1913) An icon of the US civil rights movement, Parks is often portrayed as a tired, elderly African-American seamstress who was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, after deciding on the spur of the moment not to give up her […]
Have you ever had a difference with a dear friend? How his letters, written in the period of love and confidence, sicken and rebuke you! What a dreary mourning it is to dwell upon those vehement protests of dead affection! […]
By Petra Milteer Last Tuesday, I traveled to Albany with dozens of my fellow public charter school parents. After hearing motivational words from elected officials including the Bronx’s own Assembly Member Victor Pichardo, we took to the halls of the […]
Chairman Crowley Statement on January Jobs Report (Queens, N.Y.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) released the following statement on the January jobs report: “Despite the Potemkin landscape President Trump painted in his State of the Union, too […]
Sunday, February 4th. Adding poignancy to Black History Month, today marks the birthday in 1913 of Rosa Parks, a community activist who became a symbol of the fight for civil equality. Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her […]
By Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv. 2 Peter 3:8-9 (CSV) “Dear friends, don’t forget that for the Lord one day is the same as 1,000 years, and 1,000 years is the same as one day. The Lord isn’t slow […]
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