Projects, Voting Outreach Discussed at Participatory Budgeting Sessions
Participatory Budget Delegates, City Council staff and civic leaders in Woodhaven and Rockaway Park last week pared down the items which will appear on the…
Neighborhoods
Teacher Admits Abusing Boys, Ducks Jail Time
A former public school computer teacher last week pleaded guilty to charges involving the sexual abuse of four young boys in his classroom on multiple…
Symphony Orchestra Kicks Off Concert Series
The Queens Symphony Orchestra last Wednesday kicked off the 2015 Salon Concert Series with a show at All Saints Episcopal Church in Woodhaven featuring the…
Katz Adamant to Get Students Out of Trailers, End Overcrowding: Largest NYC elementary school expands capacity
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, in January’s State of the Borough address, was firm in outlining a plan to reduce overcrowding in Queens schools. Calling…
102nd Precinct Sees Spike in Shootings, Killings
A south Queens police precinct this week was branded by NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton as one of a handful of city commands in which the…
Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Stray-Bullet Shooting
A Far Rockaway man last Friday was sentenced to 10 years in prison for recklessly firing a gun outside of an apartment complex and wounding…
Communities Present Priorities to Borough Board at Budget Hearing
Community board officials, agencies, advocates and civic groups on Monday morning brought their budget needs and wants for Fiscal Year 2016—more cops at certain precincts,…
Goldfeder Asks DOT for More Lights at Rockaway Blvd. Underpass
Citing dangerous conditions for pedestrians, an area elected official this week called on the city Department of Transportation to install additional street lights to a…
Man Nabbed for Kew Gardens Bomb Threat Hoax
A Flushing man on Tuesday was arrested after threatening to detonate a bomb inside a Kew Gardens building in which the Queens District Attorney, New…
Schumer, Gillibrand Introduce Sandy Recoupment Fairness Bill
United States Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced last week legislation which would prevent the Federal Emergency Management Administration from recouping disaster relief grants…
Early AM Home Invasion in Ozone Park, Phone Track Leads to Arrest
In the early morning hours of Wednesday, Feb. 25, police in the 106th precinct responded to a burglary taking place at 107th Avenue and 80th…
Historic Woodhaven Pub Hosts Guided Tour Down Memory Lane
Dozens of history buffs on Tuesday night descended on Neir’s Tavern—itself a link to Woodhaven’s past—to join city historian Kevin Walsh as he narrated a…
Queens Library President Reports Capital Funding Needs
Bridget Quinn-Carey, Interim President and CEO of Queens Library, testified this week before the New York City Council Finance Committee jointly with the Committee on…
Tech Trade Report Reveals Continued Growth in City, Borough
A new report by an information technology industry trade association ranked New York State third in the nation for tech jobs held, totaling 346,500 in…
City Officials Address Concerns at Property Tax Workshop
Dozens of south Queens residents and business owners braved single-digit temperatures on Monday night in the hopes of getting some answers to their property-tax questions…