After Shooting, Security Strengthened at City Jewish Centers
The city Police Department beefed up its presence throughout the city’s synagogues after a tragic shooting outside Jewish facilities left three dead in Kansas City….
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City Approves Controversial Woodside School Plan Slammed by Parents
The city Panel for Educational Policy voted in favor of temporarily relocating hundreds of Woodside students to a school on the other side of the…
Queens Supermarket Donates 1,000 Pounds of Kosher Food
A supermarket on the border of Glendale and Forest Hills packaged more than 1,000 pounds of kosher food to make this year’s Passover a proud…
Special Meeting Scheduled to Study Glendale Shelter
Community leaders planned to set aside time for a special hearing in the coming weeks on a homeless shelter proposal in Glendale as opposition grows…
Help on Way for Seniors Seeking Rent Relief: Pols
The number of rent-regulated seniors receiving tax relief throughout the state is expected to increase dramatically, elected officials announced this week in Forest Hills. State…
Far Rockaway officer dies, Howard Beach mother Fighting for Life After Fire
A Far Rockaway officer died, and a Howard Beach officer is fighting to survive, after responding to a fire allegedly set by a teenager in…
Along Jamaica Bay, Lessons in Cultural Understanding and Environment
Bundled up in coats protecting them from the still-cold spring, the volunteers – young and old, from Queens and throughout the city – spread out…
Where Gary Zammett Died in Howard Beach, a Plea for Change: Memorial Ride Remembers Bicyclists Killed Throughout City
Gary Zammett Sr. was an explorer. After bicycling from Brookdale Hospital, where he worked for nearly four decades, he would jump onto another bike and…
Airport Workers Urge Companies to Follow Through on Wage Increases
Angry workers added another 10 miles to their journey towards better wages and compensation packages as they trekked between the borough’s busy airports. The Friday…
Boro Blood Drive to Benefit Former VVA President
The borough is banding together to arrange a blood drive to help one of its own. Pastor “Pat” Toro Jr., former president of the Vietnam…
UPS rescinds 250 terminations in Maspeth
The mood shifted from rage to rejoicing exactly one week after a crowd stomped on the steps of City Hall and demanded the United Parcel…
Two longtime CB 5 members will not return: Crowley
Long-serving, and now former, members of Queens’ Community Board 5 were let go this week – and some argued it was in the name of…
After Board Vote, Queens Library CEO Will Not Be Suspended
Embattled Queens Library CEO Thomas Galante will not temporarily step down from his post, library board members decided in a vote last week. Members of…
De Blasio Boasts Pre-K Program in Ridgewood
Mayor Bill de Blasio picked a school in Ridgewood to push his universal pre-kindergarten program, for which parents have until the end of April to…
Pope John Paul II immortalized on Maspeth street
Just weeks before his name is added to a list of canonized saints, Pope John Paul II’s legacy was made permanent in Maspeth’s pavement. Community…