All Sandy Flood Victims Should be Included in Fraud Settlements: Goldfeder
Photo: Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder this week sent a letter to FEMA, calling on the agency to ensure all affected Sandy flood victims are included in the…
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Advocates Push for Reauthorization of Zadroga Act
Photo: Stricken Sept. 11 first responders and volunteers touted the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act last year at a clinic in Forest Hills. File…
Grand Jury Investigating Gang Tied to Home Invasions: Report
Photo: A Brooklyn grand jury is reportedly looking into a gang allegedly tied to a recent spate of home invasions in Howard Beach. File Photo. A…
Airports Roundtable Leaves No-Fly Zone
Photo: Planes flying over nearby airports have long been a noisy nuisance for communities. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently firmed up…
Addabbo Lauds Vet Program Funding in New Budget
Photo: State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr., (r.) last week gave thumbs up to the newly enacted budget for funding several veterans programs. Photo Courtesy of Sen….
CB 9 Members Ask Katz to Reconsider Evangelista Ouster
Photo: A majority of CB 9 members on Tuesday voted to send a letter to Borough President Melinda Katz, requesting that she change her mind and…
‘Serious Concerns’ About City Parking Proposal for Affordable Housing
Photo: Many Queens Borough Board members on Monday said that the city’s proposal to eliminate or reduce parking requirements for affordable and senior housing is flawed….
Borough Leader Jack Friedman Dies at 55
Photo: Courtesy of the Queens Chamber of Commerce. Jack Friedman, executive director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce and long-time borough advocate and civic leader,…
De Blasio Under Fire for Some Vets Board Picks
Photo: John Rowan (l.), of Middle Village, has been reappointed to the Veterans Advisory Board. File Photo. Mayor Bill de Blasio this week is still absorbing…
Editorial: Fashionably Late Again?
Whether you love Hillary Clinton or…don’t, or admire Mayor Bill de Blasio or…don’t, it’s hard to understand why he hasn’t endorsed her candidacy for president…
Asaro Sentenced in ‘Goodfellas’ Ozone Park Hit
A Mafia scion recently was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for his role in a mob hit carried out in Ozone…
Financial Services Mobile Centers Coming to the Community
Photo: State Department of Financial Services Mobile Command Centers will visit Howard Beach and Rockaway the next two Saturdays. Photo Courtesy of Dept. of Financial Services….
106th Cops of the Month Put Dent in Auto Crimes
The three 106th Precinct Cops of the Month for March earned the honors by doing their part to stem the tide of auto crimes in…
Criminal Justice Initiative will ‘Modernize’ System: de Blasio
Photo: The Hon. Jonathan Lippman, chief judge of New York, joined Mayor de Blasio this week in announcing an initiative aimed at improving the quality of…
Crime Chat: Identity Theft
Among the fastest growing crimes in our digital world today is identity theft. Perhaps because much of our world is now digitally-based from computers to…