In our last edition we celebrated the incredible achievements of New York City’s Great Debaters at the New York State Championshipswhere our debaters swept nearly every division and every award!  This weekend we celebrate the New York City Debate Championships! 100 of the top debaters from across the city will compete for the title of City Champion!  While this will be our final NYC tournament of this school year – our top debaters will be competing

The New York City Urban Debate League is hosting a Happy Hour for friends and supporters from 6-8pm on April 25, 2013 at the Pranna Restaurant.  The restaurant is located at 79 Madison Avenue, New York, NY. We hope to see all of our friends there to celebrate this year’s many accomplishments — rapid growth of the league, White House Award, TOC qualification, and many others — and to learn

  Last week was another historic week for the New York City Debate League when the New York State Senate passed Senate Resolution 429 to recognize the achievements of the New York City Great Debaters!  Senator Rivera sponsored the legislation and it was unanimously passed by the State Senate with thunderous applause to recognize New York’s most award winning academic program!  This follows our recognition by the White House as

Taking this opportunity was a new experience to me because it is different unlike any other typical high school policy debate. This debate not only engaged me with new people that work in various aspects of the TRB, but it also helped me consider what I wanted to pursue in college and as a career. The amount of research on transportation policies and crucial issues drives me to be a

“In this room I’m sure there is a US President, is a Governor of New York, is a US Supreme Court Justice, is the next Steve Jobs, is the next Mozart. That’s the kind of brilliance and enthusiasm and passion that these kids are here today.” – – Fox Executive, Vincent Cordero, Executive of Fox Deportes “Here you have these 10, 12 year olds talking about Syria and the White