Communities Present Priorities to Borough Board at Budget Hearing
Community board officials, agencies, advocates and civic groups on Monday morning brought their budget needs and wants for Fiscal Year 2016—more cops at certain precincts,…
Community board officials, agencies, advocates and civic groups on Monday morning brought their budget needs and wants for Fiscal Year 2016—more cops at certain precincts,…
For many south Queens residents, property taxes have taken on an even more significant role over the past two years. Since Superstorm Sandy pillaged parts…
Citing dangerous conditions for pedestrians, an area elected official this week called on the city Department of Transportation to install additional street lights to a…
A Flushing man on Tuesday was arrested after threatening to detonate a bomb inside a Kew Gardens building in which the Queens District Attorney, New…
United States Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced last week legislation which would prevent the Federal Emergency Management Administration from recouping disaster relief grants…
In the early morning hours of Wednesday, Feb. 25, police in the 106th precinct responded to a burglary taking place at 107th Avenue and 80th…
A Manhattan federal court judge last week granted Bernie Madoff’s former secretary—who is also a borough native—the opportunity to drive to the Florida prison in…
Dozens of history buffs on Tuesday night descended on Neir’s Tavern—itself a link to Woodhaven’s past—to join city historian Kevin Walsh as he narrated a…
Minutes after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal extortion, mail- and wire-fraud charges, his attorneys filed an exhaustive…
Bridget Quinn-Carey, Interim President and CEO of Queens Library, testified this week before the New York City Council Finance Committee jointly with the Committee on…
Calling it “an unusually busy morning” on Thursday at the security checkpoints at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the Transportation Security Administration announced that TSA…
A new report by an information technology industry trade association ranked New York State third in the nation for tech jobs held, totaling 346,500 in…
Last week, we used this space to define mold and how it can possibly affect your health and the well-being of the more vulnerable among…
Dozens of south Queens residents and business owners braved single-digit temperatures on Monday night in the hopes of getting some answers to their property-tax questions…
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz hosted a celebration of Black History Month this week at York College in Jamaica. Several distinguished African Americans and organizations…