Council Pushes Legislation Targeting Electronic Bikes
City Council Members are renewing a push for harsher penalties on electronic bicycles that residents have complained about to the 104th Precinct for months. Civic…
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Report Suggests Insurmountable Financial Woes Forced Hospital Closure
The site of the vacant building on Beach Channel Drive in Far Rockaway that once housed 173 hospital beds still causes residents to shake…
Wanted: Forest Hills Rapist and Accomplice
The man who attacked three women in Queens and one in Corona is still on the loose, and police need the public’s help finding him…
DOE is Still Fighting To Close 24 Schools and Replace Teachers
The controversial “turnaround” plan to reform under-performing schools is stalled once again. The Bloomberg administration had planned to shutter 24 struggling schools, including seven in…
Editorial: Speak Up
The crime of rape is one considered as particularly violent and tied to psychopathology more so than many other violent crimes. Rape is not nearly…
Grand Jury Indicts Astoria Man on First-Degree Murder
Jason Bohn, the man accused of killing his girlfriend in her Astoria apartment, has been indicted by a grand jury. He is facing first- and…
N J Man Arrested In Sex Sting
A New Jersey man was charged in a “sex sting” case where he allegedly tried to meet up with a 14-year-old, Queens girl he propositioned…
Park Admin Accused of Stealing $50,000
The former administrator of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park and executive director of Unisphere, Inc., a nonprofit conservancy group, was indicted on charges that she stole more…
South Richmond Hill Boy Missing Since Last Week
Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a South Richmond Hill boy who disappeared last week. Devon Ramsammy , 14, hasn’t been seen…
Ozone Park Set To Get Huge Skate Park
The city Parks Department released the rendering of the giant skate park that is set to be built at Plane Tree Park in Ozone Park….
Catching Dragonflies at Forest Park
Kids involved in an environmental program got a chance to step outside the classroom and learn hands-on about an insect living in its natural habitat….
Beatles Cover Band To Play in Ozone Park
One member of a Beatles cover band will finally see his dream of playing in his neighborhood come true. Michael Naimoli, drummer of the band,…
Explosion at P.S./M.S. 207 Destroys Park Benches
An explosion rocked the school playground at P.S./M.S. 207 around 9:30 p.m. on Friday according to the 106th Precinct. Units responded to a call from…
Police Seek Suspect in Attempted Astoria Rape
Police are on the look-out for a livery cab driver who allegedly attempted to rape a passenger last Friday morning. According to police, the…
Police Hunt Suspect in Elmhurst Motel Sexual Assault
Police are looking for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in a motel along Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst. Cops need help identifying and…