Elmhurst demands answers on Pan Am shelter
Just weeks after a massive rally outside of the building, residents of Elmhurst came out in droves Monday night to protest the placement of a…
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Massive Crowd Protests Homeless Shelter in Elmhurst’s Pan Am Building
The people of Elmhurst came out in big numbers Tuesday evening to make sure the Pan American Hotel heard their message. “No shelter,” was the…
Teachers Back Stavisky for Senate
State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) accepted key endorsements this week from some of the city’s biggest voices on education representing more than 140,000 teachers and…
East Elmhurst Hero Hits Veterans Hall of Fame
Jacob Worrell put it all on the line for his country, and a state senator in Queens expressed his token of gratitude by inducting him…
Former State Sen. Serphin Maltese Named to Veterans Hall of Fame
Serphin “Serf” Maltese has been many things in his lifetime – including a 10-term state senator and a Queens assistant district attorney, to name just…
Historic Church Seeks Funding for Roof Repairs
A man with a harmonica is helping to save a historic church in the heart of Elmhurst. Harmonica virtuoso Jiayi He was named as the…
City Pushes for Select Bus Service on Woodhaven Boulevard
Implementing express bus service along Woodhaven Boulevard, from Ozone Park to Elmhurst, would alleviate the traffic congestion that has long plagued one of the busiest,…
Queens Pols Throw Weight Behind Council Budget
Queens Council members, as well as legislators across the five boroughs, are urging Mayor Bill de Blasio to pour millions of more dollars into the…
District 24 Seeks Answers to Corona’s Long Overcrowded Classrooms
Concerned parents in Queens will hear a potential fix to overcrowding in Corona schools at this month’s Community Education Council 24 meeting. It is an…
City Delays Vote on Busing Hundreds of PS 11 Students to Distant School
Plans to temporarily relocate Woodside students to a school on the other side of the district in Astoria have been put on hold – for…
Peralta pushes for more pedestrian safety near PS 206
Pedestrian safety has become a hot topic in Queens, and state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) used the opportunity to renew his push for safer…
Boro boards sound off at Katz’s first budget hearing
For Queens civic leaders, the annual budget dance brought more of the same at this year’s Borough Board budget hearing. For the first time since…
Pols slam DOE over plan to relocate PS 11 students
Politicians and parents took to the streets Tuesday to publicly oppose the city’s plan to bus displaced students from PS 11 in Woodside to a…
Man arrested for string of Queens mall fires: NYPD
Police arrested a 23-year-old man alleged to have started fires over several days in at least six stores in two Queens malls, including Macy’s and…
New St. John’s Hospital developer plans to turn site into apartments, retail space, prompting concern from area leaders
A plan to transform the former St. John’s Hospital building in Elmhurst into apartments by investors who recently doled out about $55 million for the…