Civic Leaders, Pols Discuss Emergency Prep with New OEM Chief
While it has been nearly two years since Superstorm Sandy descended on the city, leaving unimaginable destruction in its wake on the Rockaway peninsula and…
While it has been nearly two years since Superstorm Sandy descended on the city, leaving unimaginable destruction in its wake on the Rockaway peninsula and…
After surveying the transformed brick wall—minutes earlier covered in various forms of graffiti, now barely showing the healed scars from years of illegal paint jobs—an…
With already a few ambitious projects set to define his mayoralty, Mayor Bill de Blasio this week launched another large-scale initiative, this time aimed at…
The city Sanitation Department this week promised to investigate an area civic organization’s claim that the agency is engaging in an “unfair practice of…
It seems that even two years later, Superstorm Sandy is still taking an enormous toll on the residents of southern Queens and the Rockaway peninsula….
The city School Construction Authority indicated last week that the new public school designated to be built on an empty lot in Ozone Park is…
Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Beach) gets a high-five from a young constituent last Sunday as he joined members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars…
Much ado about the money. An area city councilman this week called on the comptroller to conduct a comprehensive audit of all Federal Emergency Management…
De-cluttering a home went from a chore to a way to go green and bring awareness and action to the phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle” on…
A Ridgewood man was arraigned this week and charged with stabbing and carjacking a livery cab driver hours after robbing a grocery store at knifepoint,…
Since receiving the green light from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission this past May, the Rockaway Natural Gas Pipeline continues to have its share of…
To date this year, crime is down overall in the 106th Precinct, but arrests are up as officers respond to a record number of calls,…
An area military veteran last week was honored with the Navy Good Conduct Medal and a City Council Citation, both presented by City Councilman Eric…
A busy Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board last Wednesday morning voted to approve the proposed 2015-2019 Capital Program, according to an MTA spokesman. The $32 billion…
“And don’t come back!” Two well-known area vagrants were treated to that chorus by more than one neighbor last Thursday night as they ambled off…