Man Opens Fire, Hits Two on Q111 Bus
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…
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After Shooting, Bus Union Wants Safety
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 Search for Queens Rape Suspects
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,…
DSNY Plans For Snow
In light of the heavy amounts of snowfall that hammered Queens last winter, city sanitation officials last week assured Queens residents that they would be…
Robbers hit two Queens Gas Stations
Police are searching for two men who robbed two gas stations on the night of Nov. 19. The men, who carried handguns, entered the first…
Protestors occupy the subway
Members of the Occupy Wall Street movement protested outside the 74th Street-Broadway/Roosevelt Avenue Subway station in Jackson Heights on Nov. 17. The crowd of about 50…
Occupy Wall Street expands to Queens
A 74-year-old man from Rockaway, a 31-year-old woman from Maspeth, students, mothers, career activists and more than 100 others were opening their hands above their…
Congressman Turner leaves options open on tough issues
Bob Turner, Queens’ newest congressman, has been in office two months, and in that time he’s come down firmly in support of a balanced budget…
New Site Gathers Jobs, Sorts by Region
A new Jobs Express web site was recently launched to give New Yorkers an edge in their search for employment, announced Senator Joe Addabbo (D-Queens)….
Queens Civic Congress President Killed Crossing the Street
Community activist and president of the Queens Civic Congress, Patricia Dolan, died Tuesday night after a car struck her while she crossed Hillside Avenue near…
Turner Inauguration Interrupted by Occupy Movement
A lone Occupy Wall Street–affiliated protestor interrupted Congressman Bob Turner’s inauguration Sunday before being dragged by the collar out of the building. Adam Weissman, an…
Kitty Genovese Killer Denied Parole Again
The man who killed a Kew Gardens woman in a highly publicized attack in 1964 was denied parole for the 15th time this week. Winston…
Election Day Passes With No Surprises
Election day came and went in Queens on Tuesday with little fanfare and light turnout. District Attorney Richard Brown was reelected to his sixth consecutive…
112th Precinct Council Plans Trip And Poster Contest
The 112th Precinct Community Council will host a trip to the 9/11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan to pay homage to the victims of the September…
MTA Releases 2011 Customer Satisfaction Survey Results
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) released results yesterday from its series of customer satisfaction surveys con- ducted annually for all MTA services. These surveys show…