Hatchet Attack Officer Heroically Returns to Duty
Photo Courtesy of NYPD City Police Officer Ken Healey has returned to the 103rd Precinct. Healey, 25, was critically injured in October 2014 when a…
Neighborhoods
Four Borough Pols Back Massive Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Music Fest
PHOTO: Four Queens elected officials last week threw their support behind the three-day Panorama Music Festival to be held next summer in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. File…
Jamaica Man Charged with Felony Animal Cruelty for Beating Puppy
PHOTO: Witnesses told authorities that a Jamaica man punched, kicked and choked his pit bull-mix puppy outside his 179th Place residence. Photo Courtesy of Google A…
‘Nicholas Christmas’ Indicted for Violating Order of Protection
A borough grand jury has indicted a Jamaica man named Nicholas Christmas for harassing and violating an order of protection requiring him to stay away…
‘Grinch’ Charged with Swiping Delivered Packages from Doorsteps Days before Christmas
PHOTO: Queens DA Richard Brown said that an East Elmhurst man stands accused of being a borough Grinch after allegedly stealing delivered packages from doorsteps…
Hip-Hop Legend Talks New Ventures and a Queens Life Written in Rhyme
PHOTO: Darryl “DMC” McDaniels (c.) chatted up Queens Library Hip-Hop Coordinator Uncle Ralph McDaniels and Library Interim President and CEO Bridget Quinn-Carey last week at the…
Administration Touts Record High Jobs Count
PHOTO: The total number of jobs in the five boroughs is now 4.24 million, the highest number in city history, according to the Economic Development Corporation. Photo…
NY Senator Urges Feds to Devise Plan to Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media
PHOTO: A week after Sen. Schumer (at podium) and Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on the federal government to add the U.S. Terror Watch List to the…
L.I. Man Charged with Manslaughter, DWI after Flushing Collision Kills Fiance
PHOTO: An Island Park, L.I. man was allegedly drunk last Friday when he crashed his Porsche into a parked school bus on Sanford Avenue in…
Home Contractor Charged with Stealing $175K from Superstorm Sandy Victims
PHOTO: The owner of Alt Design & Construction Consulting, Inc. has been charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from people whose Breezy Point homes…
Students, Foundation and Goldfeder Team Up to Send Care Packs to Troops
PHOTO: Assemblyman Goldfeder (last row, c.) joined PS 146 students and teachers in sending care packages to military personnel stationed in Afghanistan. Photo Courtesy of NYS Assembly…
Mayor’s Office Gets Low Marks from Community Groups on Communication, Responsiveness
PHOTO: The lines of communication between the Office of Mayor Bill De Blasio and community organizations are frayed, according to some borough groups. File Photo By…
Cops Nab ‘Copycat’ Forest Hills Firebug; Serial Arsonist Still At Large
PHOTO: Cops this week quickly cuffed a man who allegedly set three small fires last Wednesday night in Forest Hills. Meanwhile, Forest Hills religious leaders…
‘Historic Day’ Aboard Intrepid as de Blasio Signs Law Establishing Dept. of Veterans’ Services
PHOTO: City Councilman Eric Ulrich beamed last Friday aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum as the bill he introduced and sponsored officially became…
Gangs Settling in to Some South Queens Communities
PHOTO: Police Commissioner Bill Bratton this week addressed the challenge of gang violence in the five boroughs. Photo Courtesy of NYPD An eye-opening new…