BUDGET MUST STOP THE BLEEDING FROM “1,000 CUTS” by Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R-Canandaigua) Earlier this week, I testified in front of the Albany County Legislature to urge its members to vote against expanding an unnecessary ban on polystyrene […]
Success Academy Bronx Scholars Dominate at NY State Chess Championship New York, NY — This weekend, 151 scholars representing 15 Success Academy schools traveled to Saratoga Springs, N.Y. to compete in the 50th Annual New York State Scholastic Chess Championships. […]
Chairman Crowley Statement on CBO Report that 24 Million Would Lose Insurance Coverage Under Republican Health Care Proposal (Queens, NY) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office confirmed today that […]
Chill In The Air: 3 Wounded in Fordham Heights Shooting by David Greene Three people were wounded, one critically as a still-unknown assailant shot three people in broad daylight along a bustling street in Fordham Heights. Police sources say that […]
By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor NYCFC head coach Patrick Vieira viewed a 1-1 tie to Montreal Saturday afternoon as disappointing and frustrating. It didn’t help that cold conditions at Yankee Stadium made the task more difficult for both teams but […]
By Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv. Proverbs 13:22 “A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.” Webster’s dictionary defines good as “a favorable character or […]
Sunday, March 19 — Banks had operated in America for about a half century before someone tried to make an unauthorized withdrawal. On this date in 1831, Edward Smith committed the first bank robbery in the U.S. — hitting the City […]
By Luis Vazquez Today’s athletes are finding that coaching and announcer positions are not the only post-career options as Michael Strahan, Dwyane Wade and Russell Westbrook have found the world of the fashion design to their liking. Mo Vaughn wasn’t […]
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDY KING LOOKS AHEAD AT PROJECTS COMING TO 12TH COUNCIL DISTRICTS BRONX – Surveying his past four years in office, New York City Council Member Andy King (12th C.D.) delivered his fourth State of the District Address on […]
SENATOR KLEIN CELEBRATES ST. PATRICK’S DAY AT 19TH ANNUAL THROGGS NECK PARADE Klein donates 3000 shamrock cookies to parade-goers in honor of St. Patrick’s Day Bronx, NY – Senator Jeff Klein joined other local elected officials, Grand Marshal Derek Woods, […]
Chairman Crowley Statement on the Festival of Holi (Queens, NY) – Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley issued the following statement today in recognition of the Festival of Holi. “The Festival of Holi, known as the Festival of Colors, is a […]
Chill In The Air: 3 Wounded in Fordham Heights by David Greene Three people were wounded, one critically as a still-unknown assailant shot three people in broad daylight along a bustling street in Fordham Heights. Police sources say that at […]
The first salvo in what we’ve come to know as the War on Poverty was fired on this date 53 years ago. Following President Lyndon Johnson’s State of the Union call for tackling poverty in America, the Economic Opportunity Act […]
By William Coppola Growing up in New York in the 50’s to middle 60’s as a secret Yankee fan, in a Dodger house, that would later become a Mets house, was very confusing to me. My Dad loved the Brooklyn […]
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