Goldfeder: New ‘e-cycleNYC’ Doesn’t Consider Seniors
Beginning Jan. 1, it will be unlawful to use curbside trash collection as a means to dispose of certain electronic equipment by any individual or…
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MTA Honors Transit Workers for Acts of Bravery and Excellence
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority last Friday honored 30 New York City Transit workers—including four who call Queens home—with medals and commendations at its annual ceremony…
Goldfeder ‘Deeply Disappointed’ with Funding of QueensWay Park Proposal
An area elected official this week said he was “deeply disappointed” with the state Regional Economic Development Council’s recent decision to grant funding for the…
Travel Guide Names Queens the Top Destination for 2015
Citing a new crop of microbreweries, boutique hotels, a reinvigorated Rockaway seaside and global food culture, The Lonely Planet travel publisher recently named Queens the…
Community Leader Continues to Deliver for Diabetes Research
Joe Mure is in demand. It’s a windy, bitter-cold December evening in Neponsit Beach. Steps from the sprawling brick corner home where Mure hangs his…
Queens Library Loans Hot Spots
Mobile hot spots are currently available for free loan to library cardholders at a number of Queens Library locations. The devices, which are smaller than…
New MTA Report Calls for Expansion of City Rail Capacity
A recently released Metropolitan Transportation Authority Reinvention Commission report calls for the “aggressive expansion” of the city’s rail capacity through means including the reactivation of…
DOT, MTA Continue to Engage Communities on Bus Rapid Transit Plans
The latest stop for the two agencies tasked with implementing Bus Rapid Transit in communities across the five boroughs was Borough Hall on Tuesday morning,…
Pols Push Law to Forgive FEMA Sandy Disaster-Relief Debts
Federal elected officials, supported by state representatives, this week indicated that they would be drafting legislation to provide relief for Superstorm Sandy victims who…
Goldfeder Calls on Cuomo to Use Part of Surplus on Rail Line
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Ozone Park) this week ramped up efforts to help fund the revitalization of the defunct Rockaway Beach Rail Line by penning a…
Study Proves Area Needs Rockaway Beach Rail Line: Advocates
The defunct Rockaway Beach Rail Line could generate a half a million subway rides per day, and many residents in the communities through which the…
Port Authority, FAA to Upgrade Noise Pollution Standards
More residents living near Kennedy and LaGuardia airports could be eligible for federal grants to pay for insulating houses from aircraft noise, if the Federal…
Goldfeder, SBS Promote Sandy-Affected Businesses
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Ozone Park) last week joined city Small Business Services Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer to promote local businesses recovering from Superstorm Sandy. Goldfeder (c.) and…
Despite 11th-Hour Appeals, Rockaway Ferry Ceases Operation
The Rockaway Ferry, based out of Beach 108th Street and Beach Channel Drive, made its last official run on Friday, Oct. 31st, despite the efforts…
Addabbo, Jr. Seeking Fourth Term in State Senate
With the midterm elections less than a week away, state Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) is hoping that he can turn his three-term run…