By Tom Madison Almost no single issue better personifies Washington gridlock than the sorry state of America’s failing infrastructure. Our roads, bridges, ports, airports, water treatment plants, waste disposal systems and electricity grids are individually and collectively crumbling. There’s unanimous agreement that action is urgently needed, yet Congress continues to sit on its hands, unable […]
BY ZACHARY FISCH I write to express my profound disappointment that Congresswoman Nita Lowey refused to support the select committee on a Green New Deal. It is yet another example of her inaction and complacency in the face of crisis. As an 8th Grader at The Masters School, my teachers took our class to see […]
BY JOHNA MAILOLLI, R.D., L.D. Walk into any produce section of a supermarket and you are greeted by a vast and abundant selection of fresh fruits and vegetables available to you every day, 52 weeks per year. But have you ever wondered just how that produce gets into your supermarket? Probably not; there are probably […]
NEW CITY, NY — Claudia Jo, a 10 at Clarkstown High School North of New City will be a Delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Lowell, MA on June 25-27, 2018. The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research fields. The […]
BY PATRICIA WESENBERG As tax reform picks up speed in Congress, special-interest groups are storming Capitol Hill to ensure that they get favorable tax treatment. Fortunately, some groups — like credit unions — are looking out for the interests of hard-working Americans in this tax reform debate. For years, big banks have been trying to […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL New York’s 17th Congressional District will be getting a new leader this election season as Congressman Eliot Engel has been drawn out of the district. In fact, because of redistricting the new 17th now contains all of Rockland County, along with parts of Westchester County. Longtime Democratic Congresswoman Nita Lowey hopes to […]