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,…
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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…
SCA: District 24 Gets Six Schools But Will Stay Overcrowded
District 24 is the most overcrowded school district in New York, according to the School Construction Authority, and to help remedy that, it is receiving…
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)….
Cops release video of assault
Three men were videoed attacking a man on Nov. 8 around 2 a.m. on the L Train at the Myrtle/Wycoff station in Ridgewood, police said….
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…
Bill Limiting Deportations Meets More Community Resistance
On the heels of the City Council’s overwhelming support of a bill limiting the city’s cooperation with federal authorities to deport illegal immigrants, another civic group…
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…
Noise Relief Coming for Railway’s Neighbors
Residents complaining about noise in the wee hours of the morning along New York & Atlantic Railway’s tracks will have some relief from the screeching…
CEC Rejects PS/IS 49 Rezone Plan
The controversial redistricting plan involving PS 58 and Ps/IS 49—the latter which faces serious overcrowding issues—looks like it may be heading back to the drawing board. Members…
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…