Pols fight for funding for Rockaway’s only hospital
Two Queens lawmakers are sponsoring legislation to secure $4.3 million for Far Rockaway’s St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, which has been precariously perched on financially shaky…
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LIRR and Metro North lax in monitoring overtime paid for with federal stimulus funds, DiNapoli charges
The Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad failed to properly manage overtime paid by funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, allowing for…
Maspeth advocate calls for tougher pedestrian laws
Community advocate Dmytro Fedkowskyj was just leaving the Maspeth Stokes Cards and Gifts store on Grand Avenue when he found himself at the scene where…
Forest Hills fire could have been far worse: CB 6
The enormous two-alarm fire at a city Department of Transportation garage in Forest Hills last week could have caused much more damage than it did…
Queens’ environmental groups could land financial boost from state grants
Environmental groups like Dan Mundy’s Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers could land themselves up to $50,000 in state grant money – thanks to a new grant state…
Mayor taps members to serve on citywide education group
As the city Panel for Educational Policy met for the first time under the new mayoral administration last Wednesday, the group had not yet fully…
Queens schools land millions in Sandy repair funds
Two Rockaway schools, Scholars’ Academy and the Bay School, are among three institutions slated to receive a little more than $5.85 million in federal funds…
Queens pols nab key Council positions
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito (D-Manhattan) did not forget about Queens when doling out top committee assignments last week to a number of representatives…
Queens Republicans blast Cuomo over remarks
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s harsh critique of core Republican values this week left some borough members of the party in complete outrage. “Who are they?” the…
Man arraigned on charges he stabbed wife, daughters to death: DA
The Jamaica man charged with murdering his wife in a fit of jealous rage and then stabbing his two young daughters to death because he…
Former Elmhurst bookkeeper admits to stealing $177K in rent money
A former Elmhurst woman admitted to illegally pocketing more than $170,000 while working as a bookkeeper for a Queens Boulevard business over a three-year-period, District…
DNA closes two cold cases of rape attacks in Queens: DA
Two Richmond Hill rape attack cases dating as far back as 1996 were finally resolved, thanks to DNA evidence under Queens District Attorney Richard Brown’s…
104th: Beware scams plaguing Queens
The 104th Precinct said Friday that it has taken multiple reports from residents who have received phone calls from con men claiming to be from Con Edison…
Hevesi pushes for solution to polluting freight train problem
Queens officials are causing a stink over a year-old argument that has yet to go stale. The train tracks leading to the Fresh Pond Road…
As Senate prepares final vote on flood insurance bill, residents cross their fingers for a better life
With the U.S. Senate poised to vote Thursday afternoon on legislation that would delay what many Queens residents are calling devastating increases in flood insurance…