Year: 2017

National Questions, Local Answers: Whither New York Under Trump

(Editor’s note: This is the third in an occasional series that will explore questions and answers of City-wide significance raised at Senator Daniel Squadron’s recent Community Town Hall meeting. This installment focuses on the local impact of the presidency of Donald Trump.) State Senator Daniel Squadron is urging constituents who are distressed at the prospect...

January 27

98 – Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. 1593 – Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno. 1825 – U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the “Trail of Tears.” 1902 – 5 workers killed on...
Veteran astronaut Virgil Grissom, first American spacewalker Ed White and rookie Roger Chaffee, stand for a photograph in Cape Kennedy, Fla. (NASA via AP)

Ms. Glick and Mr. Trump

To the editor: We are blessed to live in a country where pro-life views are respected and honored by our politicians, and our media. I fully expect that the March for Life in Washington D.C will get as much attention and respect as the Women’s March did (which prohibited pro-life groups from participating). Not! Ms....

Nadler Sits Out Trump Inauguration

At the January 20th inauguration ceremony for President Donald Trump, one of the dozens of chairs that went unfilled was reserved for Congressman Jerrold Nadler, who represents Lower Manhattan. Mr. Nadler, one of more than 60 Democratic members of the House of Representatives who chose to boycott the event, instead spent the afternoon at his...
Congressman Jerrold Nadler

January 25

1500 – Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil. 1699 – For the first time, the Ottoman Empire permanently cedes territory to the Christian powers. 1700 – The Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records. 1841 – James Bremer takes formal...
Bill Clinton denies a 'sexual relationship' with Ms. Lewinsky

Glick Pushes Back on Federal Abortion Measure

Deborah Glick, the State Assembly member who represents northern Battery Park City, Tribeca, SoHo, and the West Village in Albany, has issued a stinging condemnation of President Donald Trump’s decision to cut off federal funding for non-profits operating abroad that offer abortions. This order compels such organizations to choose between continuing to offering safe abortion...