House votes to delay some flood insurance premium increases
After months of Queens residents pleading with federal officials to send some financial relief their way after it looked as if their insurance premium rates…
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Maspeth’s first varsity basketball team inspires high hopes
They might be Maspeth’s rookies, but this bunch is using its speed to rise to the top of the varsity basketball ranks. In its third…
Corrections officer turns himself in after having sex with teenage girl, DA says
A Corrections Department officer capped off a string of alleged bad deeds, including sleeping with a teenage girl, by turning himself to police in Forest…
Home sales on the rise in Queens, new report says
The real estate market throughout Queens – including the borough’s southern neighborhoods – enjoyed a lucrative end to 2013 with record-setting numbers, a Douglas…
Cops dismiss posts threatening Forest Hills HS
A string of threatening posts left anonymously on a Forest Hills High School confessional Facebook page sparked a police investigation through this morning, authorities said….
From Richmond Hill, stories of what it means to be an Afghan woman
One writer had a simple request: for women to be able to drive cars, taxis and buses. Another wrote about how she felt she had…
Historic Districts Council celebrates Forest Hills block
Forest Hills is no stranger to the words, “preservation” or “history.” That was probably why Community Board 6 District Manager Frank Gulluscio said he was…
In Mid-Queens, City Will Grow Waste Collection Services
The city will expand its curbside collection of food waste and other organic materials to parts of Queens in the spring, according to Department of…
After flood insurance problems persist, some in South Queens, Rockaway say they feel they would have fared better without it
The fact that many homeowners in Queens are still rebuilding and recovering from Sandy, more than a year later, is little surprise given the storm’s…
As sinkholes and flooding plague area, Queens leaders once again call on city to launch comprehensive study
The re-emergence of a sinkhole and a water main break on Beach 84th Street near Beach Channel Drive in Rockaway Park – which rendered residents…
Spikes in flood insurance premiums could be delayed with Senate vote expected this month
A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers, including U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), announced this week that relief could be headed the way of South Queens…
Got Milk? Howard Beach Waldbaum’s runs out hours before snowfall hits
The last minute “bums rush” befell desperate Howard Beach food shoppers, just hours before the first snowflake fell last Thursday, leaving them disgruntled and muttering…
After beating cancer, Christ the King junior dedicates life to struggling children
Carly Nieves always hoped she could make it to Middle Village’s Christ the King High School after years of homeschooling while battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia…
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…
104th cops cracked down on crime in 2013: Commanding Officer Manson
The year 2013 was one of progress for the Ridgewood-based 104th Precinct, with overall crime numbers dipping well below this time last year, officers said….