The Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services will hold a hearing on Friday, October 28, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in the 16th Floor Hearing Room, 250 Broadway, New York, NY regarding Oversight: Examining the Operation of Potter's Field by the N.Y.C. Department of Correction on Hart Island.
You are hereby invited to attend this hearing and testify therein. Please feel free to bring with you such members you deem appropriate to the subject matter.
GOP CANDIDATE PERRY. Texas Lobbyist Is Ally.
BLOOMBERG BACKS OFF. Clean Up Plan.
EGYPT'S MILITARY. Expanding Powers.
BRONX DEATHS. Murder Suicide?
CHARGES FILED. Toddler Death.
High winds warnings have been issued for parts of our area, according to US National Weather Service officials.
Traffic happens to be a way of life in NYC, this is why we called NY Senator Jeff Klein's office while in route to his office to advise that we were on our way. We reached out to his press secretary in Albany with plenty of advance notice, well over a week ago and scheduled an hour long interview inside his Treemont avenue office. City Island Images was able to set up and later confirm our 3:30P interview this afternoon, but Klein was not there when we arrived on time and was still not there when we finally had to leave for our next appointment.
The Bronx Borough President has put together a day-long conference designed to create an educational agenda for the Bronx. Borough President Diaz has gathered the most influential educational figures to discuss crucial topics affecting Bronx schools, such as special education, English Language Learners, and higher education.
The National Hispanic Media Coalition, NHMC, and the National Latino Media Council, NLMC have once again selected writers to this years class of its Television Writers Program out of nearly 200 applicants:
The NHMC/NLMC Television Writers Program is an intensive scriptwriters workshop which prepares and places Latinos in writing jobs at major English language television networks.
ZUCCOTTI PARK CLEANUP OFF. Victory Chants and Cheers.
GOP PROPOSES NEW PLAN. Real American Jobs Act.
DEBT REDUCTION SUPER-GROUP. Last Day To Say.
BRONX 75% NY UNSATISFIED. Queens Does Best.
BASEBALL NLCS NOW EVEN. Game Five Next.
Apple Eco-Friendly Cleaning
Apple Eco-Friendly was founded by a group of low-income NYC women workers, who against odds have developed a way to organize themselves in the quest for a better job, better treatment and eventually a better quality of life.
Their unique green cleaning business model is based on social responsibility, environmental justice, and collective ownership.
In order to achieve their mission; empower women day laborers to gain a voice at the workplace and create democratic economic alternatives, they focus on four core pillars.
Top 3 causes of death for college students are 1) Unintentional deaths/accidents 2) Homicide 3) Suicide