City Plan to Remove Parking Draws Ire in Forest Hills
A city proposal to wipe out as many as 14 parking spots around the intersection of Metropolitan and 71st avenues in Forest Hills has landed…
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Melinda – The Katz That Won – Defeats Peter Vallone 44% to 33%, will face Republican Aurelio Arcabascio in November
In the Democratic primary for Queens Borough President, Melinda Katz faced Councilman Peter Vallone (D-Astoria) in a field once filled with candidates. The Forum was…
De Blasio Faces Potential Run-Off Against Thompson For Mayor, Lhota Handily Lands GOP Nomination
A roller-coaster of a Democratic race for mayor that began with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) as the frontrunner and diverted into the ultimate…
Stringer’s Integrity Tops Spitzer’s Experience in City’s Comptroller Race
In what turned out to be a nail-bitingly close race for City Comptroller, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer beat embattled ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer in the…
Public Advocate Candidates James, Squadron to Face Run-Off Election
The Democratic primary for an office few New Yorkers are familiar with, the city’s Public Advocate, provided no clear-cut winner as the two leading candidates,…
Lindenwood Alliance Resumes Meeting Schedule – Discuss bank robbery, question Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota
A few dozen residents turned out for the first meeting of the Lindenwood Alliance since the summer. A number of topics were bantered about but…
Raucous CB9 Meeting Includes Outrage Over District Manager Evaluation
Ever epic, the Community Board 9 meeting this month included board members shouting at one another over an evaluation of District Manager Mary Ann Carey…
Editorial: Remembering What It Is To Be Human
Outside the burnt buildings that families once called home are the remnants of life: an “Annie” doll, winter coats, a slipper, a baby carriage. They…
Celebrating 50 Years Of The JFK International Airport – Hundreds gather in Howard Beach to mark the anniversary
More than 500 people packed into Russo’s on the Bay in Howard Beach on Tuesday to mark the 50th anniversary of the naming of John…
Cuomo Green-Lights Plan To Expand National Tennis Center
Gov. Cuomo gave his stamp of approval for the United States Tennis Association’s plan to expand its complex in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, following the…
JFK AirTrain To Partially Shut Down
JFK International Airport’s AirTrain will be suspended at times through mid-October, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey said. The temporary shutdowns began…
NYPD: ‘We Are Following Every Lead’ To Track Down Forest Park Rapist
Police said this week they are pulling out all the stops trying to find a stun-gun wielding man who raped a 69-year-old jogger in Forest…
Queens to Congress: Flood Insurance Rates Will Drive Us From Our Homes
The Federal Emergency Management Agency finally made public its flood insurance premium guidelines last week – and the numbers, Queens residents and coastal dwellers across…
Spreading Hope: Howard Beach Pays It Forward – Community joins in Star Paint event at HB Assembly of God Church
The stars were out in Howard Beach on Tuesday evening; not the stars expected in a nighttime sky—these were wooden stars—the ones so many wondered…
Two Elevators Coming To Lefferts Boulevard Subway Stop, City Officials Say
Renovation work at the Lefferts Boulevard subway station in Ozone Park now includes plans for two elevators, instead of the original one, city officials announced…