School Says Afterschool Program Slots Still Available
One of the pillars of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s first year in office has been afterschool programming for middle-school students. And according to the head…
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Suit Settlement Paves Way for City’s Disabled to Seek Storm Shelter
A federal judge’s decision last week will produce impactful changes in the way the city responds to natural disasters, according to local advocates. Judge Jesse…
Pols, Communities Call on State to Improve Evacuation Routes and Signs
Emergency evacuation infrastructure and route signage along the Nassau Expressway and connecting roadways in southern Queens and southwestern Nassau County are in desperate need of…
Area Communities Tops in State Reading Program
More than 100 students from the communities that comprise state Senate District 15 last week received official certificates from the Senate after emerging on top…
Loan Reforms Could Help Students Struggling With Debt
With nearly 40 million student loan borrowers holding more than $1.2 trillion in student-loan debt, federal statistics now show that student-loan debt has surpassed credit…
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…
Ulrich, QEDC Announce Anti-Graffiti Program
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…
Mayor Touts $130 Million Community Parks Initiative
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…
Woodhaven Civic Calls Sanitation Fines Unfair
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…
Build It Backwards?
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….
New Ozone Park Public School Set to Open in Sept. 2017
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…
VFW Brunch
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…
Audit FEMA Boardwalk Funds: Ulrich
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…
Recycling Day Another Rousing Success
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…
Ridgewood Man Charged in Attempted Murder of Cab Driver
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,…