New York officials have announced that 54 additional scour-critical bridges have progressed to the next stage for federal action through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. This follows the Governor’s call for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to review the initial round of 51 bridges on May 8, 2014 (view here) and completes New York State’s request for support for the complete 105-bridge program. The total cost of the program will be $518 million.
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is thrilled to present the spectacular, multimedia live performance honoring MICHAEL JACKSON, the greatest entertainer of all time - INVINCIBLE: A GLORIOUS TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON on Saturday, June 21st, 2014 at 8pm. Back by popular demand for this exclusive New York City engagement, INVINCIBLE will feature songs from the newly released chart-topping album Xscape including the hit single “Love Never Felt So Good,” “Loving You,” “Blue Gangster” and “Slave To The Rhythm” the song that made headlines worldwide after a Michael Jackson hologram performance of it rocked the 2014 Billboard Music Awards.
Virginia's 7th Congressional District experienced a political earthquake, with after shocks, which will surely be felt all across our nation. Brat's loud shouts of excitement and joy were not what Cantor wanted to hear.
US Representative and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va lost to a more conservative challenger Dave Brat. Mr. Brat's margin of victory was more than 10 percentage points, 44 percent for Cantor compared to 55 percent for Brat.
This means The Tea Party is alive and kicking butt. Stories stating that the Tea Party was not relevant anymore are wrong.
NY State officials are spending millions in road safety improvements. A total of $75.6 million in federal Highway Safety Improvement Program funding includes 33 projects to enhance mobility and safety on roadways across the state.
Projects for this highway safety funding are selected through a competitive process designed to support initiatives that have the greatest ability to reduce traffic fatalities and severe injuries. The following list includes neighborhood projects and our surrounding areas.
New York City
This country made huge investments and even larger sacrifices, with tousands of lives lost and the real cost for a US war in Iraq tops $1.7 trillion. All for what?
Militants continue to take back Iraq, controlling of Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, and getting closer to the Iraqi capital, as soldiers and security forces abandon their posts after clashes with the Al-Qaida insurgents. Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took control today.
Talk about zingers... Checkmate is a chess game position in which one of the player's king is threatened.
Some 200 colleges and universities representing 33 States have announced the formation of Higher Ed for Higher Standards, a new coalition that will serve as a vehicle for mobilizing the sector in support of the Common Core Standards.
Members would work with their K-12 partners and state policy makers to ensure full implementation of the Common Core Standards in order to reduce remediation and improve student success throughout the education pipeline, from cradle to career.
US Department of Veterans Affairs has releases data on the quality and the access military veterans have to the healthcare they have earned. The results from its Nationwide Access Audit, along with facility level patient access data, medical center quality and efficiency data, and mental health provider survey data, for all Veterans health facilities.
On Saturday, June 14, 2014, you can experience the home of the 2009 World Series Champions.
All participants will receive Yankee promotional items and a guided tour by Bronx Historical Society and a Yankee Stadium historian that includes an inside look at the museum, monument park and areas restricted to the public such as the press box and the Yankee clubhouse. Only 35 people maximum allowed this year. The tour begins at 10:40 AM so please arrive by 10:20 AM. The
fee for this tour is $30 per individual. Meeting place will be at the Hard Rock Café located at East 161st
New York State officials plan to replace a failing seawall at Roberto Clemente State Park that was directly impacted by Super-storm Sandy with a stronger, more storm- resilient bulkhead along the Harlem River.
The new wall will protect park and residential housing complexes in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx from future storms. The State will utilize State and Federal resources to restore and enhance Roberto Clemente State Park. The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will apply for up to $46.5 million in Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Relief funds for the project. The funds provided to the State by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are managed through the Governor's Office of Storm Recovery. New York State has been awarded $4.4 billion of HUD disaster recovery funds to date to address recovery needs resulting from the impacts of Super-storm Sandy, Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee to the State.