Tougher Penalties for Tow Operators
As the Department of Consumer Affairs prepares for a hearing on the removal of a Maspeth towing company from the city’s accident response program, Mayor…
As the Department of Consumer Affairs prepares for a hearing on the removal of a Maspeth towing company from the city’s accident response program, Mayor…
Last month, Comptroller John Liu released a report stating that several hotels throughout the city owed nearly $2.7 million in unpaid bills. According to Liu,…
With many residents still suffering from a down economy, area politicians held a free tax lien event for those suffering overdue debts from city and…
Three Queens contractors were fined last month by the U.S. Department of Labor for alleged willful, repeat and serious violation of workplace safety standards, which…
The body of Howard Beach resident Giuseppe Russo, missing for more than eight months, was found last Wednesday in Jamaica Bay. The disappearance of the…
Less than a month after Richmond Hill celebrated the official landmarking of P.S. 66—the first school in Queens to receive the honor—another neighborhood building is…
The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has recommended that the state lift its moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, despite local officials’ concerns that the process is…
A House Ethics Committee investigation of Congressman Gregory Meeks is officially pending. On Friday, the Committee announced an extension of the deadline for action on…
A four-year battle between Forest Hills residents and the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) has been reignited as residents claim the company is destroying the community’s…
In an effort to prevent graffiti, Councilman Peter Vallone proposed a bill several years ago requiring roll down security gates—the iconic shutters covering New York’s…
Shrines of Saint Cosma and Saint Damiano were placed in front of St. Helen’s R.C. Church in Howard Beach last month, fulfilling a local man’s…
On Friday, Governor Andrew Cuomo set September 13—New York’s scheduled primary day—for special elections to fill seven vacant political positions. Locally, the elections include the…
Spreading across Brooklyn and Queens, Jamaica Bay was once twice its current size—a salt marsh full of thriving wildlife. Decades of sewage runoff and increasing…
The Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, on 118th Street in Kew Gardens opened on April 27, 1874 and has been providing Kew Gardens and Richmond…
The new city budget doesn’t include a disastrous reduction of funds to Queens Library. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s executive budget called for a $25 million cut…