“The Assembly acted responsibly by extending mayoral control for New York City schools as well providing the certainty that our local governments so desperately need in order to function properly. Unfortunately, the Senate Republicans did not.”
GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH LHOTA AS CHAIRMAN OF MTA Late Thursday night, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the appointment of Joseph J. Lhota to serve as the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. In this role, Mr. Lhota […]
This evening in anticipation of the State Legislature adjourning its 2017 legislative session without extending mayoral control of city schools, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan released the following statement: We would have preferred to have tied everything up with a […]
Exceptionable Definition: (adjective) Open or liable to objection or debate; debateable. Synonyms: Objectionable. Usage: We can’t have perfection; and if I keep him, I must sustain his administration as a whole, even if there are, now and then, things that […]
Mary Therese McCarthy (1912) McCarthy began her storied writing career as a drama critic for the Partisan Review in the 1930s, gaining a reputation for wit, intellect, and acerbity—qualities that are evident in her later works of satirical fiction as […]
By Brandon Colon It has been 10 months since the Staten Island Yankees lost in the first round of the New York-Penn League playoffs. Saturday afternoon the Baby Bombers were back at Richmond County Bank Ballpark for media day. This […]
Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver. Sophocles (496 BC – 406 BC)
Beso Closing Leaves Last Bar in Norwood by David Greene The once Irish neighborhood of Norwood that had more that 20 bars that thrived along Bainbridge Avenue and East 204 Street in the mid 1990’s, is down to it’s last […]
‘Fort Apache’ Cops Recall Good Times During the Bad Old Days by David Greene More than 100 former cops once stationed at the famed “Fort Apache” station-house on Simpson Street during the 1970’s, held their annual gathering as they […]
SUCCESS ACADEMY LAUNCHES NATIONAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE, SHARING LITERACY CURRICULUM WITH EDUCATORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY Free, Open-Source Access to “THINK Literacy,” Success Academy’s Highly Effective Curriculum for Elementary Schools New York, NY — After more than a decade of reimagining every […]
Chairman Crowley on Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Testimony Before Senate Intelligence Committee (Washington, DC) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on the ongoing […]
The latest video tax tip from the IRS: How to Use Get Transcript Online English | Spanish | ASL The IRS YouTube channels provide short, informative videos on various tax related topics in English, Spanish and ASL. When […]
Senator Klein Honors Community Leader at Women of Distinction Celebration Senator Jeff Klein recently honored Antonia Figueroa, Female Democratic District Leader in the 85th Assembly District, at the annual New York State Women of Distinction ceremony in Albany. The night’s […]
New York’s newest ballot access party offers enthusiastic support for a wide array of candidates fed up with politics as usual. Earlier this month, the Reform Party of NYS endorsed Sal Albanese for Mayor, J.C. Polanco for Public Advocate and […]
Yesterday in the Bronx, City Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, UNIQLO Global Director of Corporate Social Responsibility Jean Shein, Deputy Director Jennifer Lantzas and the UNIQLO grantee artists Nancy Saleme and Patricia Cazorla gathered at Joyce Kilmer Park on the Grand Concourse to celebrate […]
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