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Ever the optimist during Tuesday’s State of the Borough address, Borough President Helen Marshall celebrated Queens. She reveled in newly-built parks, redevelopment and newly opened…
In his State of the City address, Mayor Michael Bloomberg made it clear he wants to leave a lasting mark on education and proposed changes…
The old Queens quarter-pay parking meters will be gone by early summer, if things go according to the plans of the city Department of Transportation….
An enormous drug trafficking operation that had been funneling massive amounts of heroin through Queens was shut down when 121 individuals were arrested on drug…
Rockaway residents will have relief from the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge toll if Gov. Andrew Cuomo has his way. In his 2012-2013 budget released…
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced in his State of the State address yesterday that he wants to bring the largest convention center in the United States…
The December blizzard in 2010 ended up costing New York City $1.855 million in accident damage claims, the most for any storm in recent memory—with…
As the nights get longer and the cold gets deeper, New Yorkers start to get a little concerned, especially after last winter. But never fear!…
The passage of 2011 has brought us to the threshold of yet another year– our 35th year of publication. Looking ahead we wonder what changes…
With Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s formal signing on Tuesday, the state has cut the MTA payroll tax for public and private schools, meaning that local…
Four people were indicted late last week in connection with a scheme to pocket roughly $30,000 in state funds using a nonprofit set up by…
Two Long Island brothers have been sentenced to jail this week after scamming three elderly Queens homeowners and stealing more than $30,000. Bruce Wimmer, 29,…
A string of shootings ended on a bus Friday afternoon after a man killed his girlfriend’s son and minutes later fled onto the Q111 where…
Following the random shooting of two bus passengers in Jamaica, the union that represents MTA bus drivers in Queens called for better security and asked…
Police are on the lookout for a group of men in connection with a rape in Long Island City early Sunday morning. According to police,…