The news that the two brothers accused of bombing the Boston Marathon on April 15 had planned to use the remainder of their explosives at Times Square in Manhattan serves as a reminder that New York City remains a top target for both foreign and domestic terrorists, according to New… Read More →
NBC television commentator Brian Williams called it “a swing and a miss by Congressman Engel’’ when President Barack Obama appeared to walk past the Bronx congressman without acknowledging him on Tuesday night before delivering the State of the Union speech. Engel had waited many hours to reserve his treasured aisle… Read More →
Freshman Rep. Sean Maloney of Cold Spring, was among 86 House Democrats who joined 199 Republicans Wednesday in approving a temporary suspension of the national debt limit through May 18. “The bill also would provide an incentive for action on a concurrent resolution on the budget,’’ according to the nonpartisan… Read More →
By voice vote this morning, the House Democratic Caucus officially elected Rep. Eliot Engel of the Bronx to serve as ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the 113 Congress that begins in January. Engel will succeed Rep. Howard Berman of California, who lost a member-versus-member race against fellow Democratic… Read More →
Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel of the Bronx is the latest Democrat calling on state Assemblyman Vito Lopez of Brooklyn to resign in the wake of findings by the Assembly Ethic Committee that he sexually harassed and abused female members of his staff. “I think he should resign,’’ Engel said during… Read More →
The $38.5 billion in 2011 budget cuts agreed to by President Barack Obama and Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid in order to avert a government shutdown turned out to be too deep for many New York Democrats. Obama and Reid reached an agreement with Republican House Speaker John Boehner… Read More →
Both of New York’s Democratic senators will sit next to Republicans at Tuesday’s State of the Union address in a show of bipartisanship. Sen. Chuck Schumer plans to sit next to conservative Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, a bearded obstetrician who may have delivered as many babies as Schumer… Read More →
President Barack Obama will meet Thursday with 10 family members who lost loved ones in the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 in February 2009. Jennifer West of the Buffalo suburb of Clarence, whose husband Ernie died in the crash, said in an interview she was invited to meet with… Read More →
Rep. Eliot Engel, D-Bronx, yesterday met with Senate hopeful Caroline Kennedy. After the nearly one-hour meeting Engel gave Kennedy an endorsement to replace Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is in the midst of Senate confirmation hearing today for the country’s top diplomatic position. “She is very intelligent, has a firm… Read More →
Voting-rights advocates asked the state Board of Elections today to help make sure poll workers know how to work ballot-marking devices on Election Day and understand that while they are in place to provide access to disabled voters, anyone can use them. Aimee Allaud of the League of Women Voters… Read More →
