Goldfeder Asks FAA to Lower Average Airplane Noise Thresholds
PHOTO: Assemblyman Goldfeder is calling on the FAA to strengthen airplane noise regulations ahead of a congressional vote on the agency’s reauthorization. File Photo By…
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State Senate Approves Bill to Keep Sex Offenders out of Homeless Shelters Housing Children
PHOTO: Sen. Addabbo has co-sponsored a bill that would prohibit dangerous sex offenders from being placed in shelters or other temporary accommodations used to house…
Administration Heralds Wide-Ranging Support of BQX Connector
PHOTO: Mayor de Blasio this week provided more information on the BQX, a new streetcar service he unveiled in his State of the City Address…
State of City Address Outlines Speaker’s ‘ambitious agenda’
PHOTO: Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito delivered her second State of the City Address last Thursday at the Samuel Gompers Campus in the South Bronx. Photo…
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Son of Queens, Dies at 79
PHOTO: Though he was born in New Jersey, Justice Scalia was raised in Elmhurst. Photo Courtesy of Flickr/Shawn Calhoun By Michael V. Cusenza U.S. Supreme…
Borough Doctor was Also Prescription Pain-Pill Peddler: Feds
PHOTO: Federal agents on Sunday night pulled Dr. Noel Blackman from an aircraft at JFK International Airport. The flight reportedly was bound for Blackman’s native…
Penalties for Construction Safety Lapses to Quadruple
PHOTO: Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Buildings Commissioner Rick Chandler last week announced that they will quadruple the penalties for serious construction-safety lapses….
Schumer to Whitehouse: Don’t Cut Anti-Terrorism Programs
PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said this week that the White House’s new budget proposal makes “ill-advised” cuts to funding for critical anti-terrorism programs that enable New York law enforcement to…
CK Dance Class Brings Joy to Alzheimer’s Patients
Photo Courtesy of Christ the King High School The students from Christ the King’s Advanced Dance program volunteered to brighten the lives of people suffering…
Coastal Storms Bring Familiar Floods to Howard Beach
Photos Courtesy of Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder’s Office and the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic By Michael V. Cusenza Barely a couple weeks removed from the death and…
Goldfeder Urges DEP to Waive Minimum Usage Charges for Displaced Sandy Victims
PHOTO: Assemblyman Goldfeder is calling on the City to waive minimum water and sewer charges applied to homeowners who are still recovering from Superstorm Sandy. …
In State of the City, de Blasio Pledges to Work ‘For Our Neighborhoods’
PHOTO: This year, Mayor de Blasio delivered the State of the City address in primetime at Lehman College in the Bronx. Photo Courtesy of Michael…
Council Votes to Raise Members’ Annual Pay to nearly $150K
PHOTO: City Council members last Friday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a $36,000 raise. Photo Courtesy of William Alatriste/NYC Council By Michael V. Cusenza Members of…
Addabbo, Farina Discuss Education Issues
PHOTO: A week after discussing educational issues with State Education Department Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. met with City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña about a…
Howard Beach Students to Create Traffic Safety Sign
PHOTO: Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder announced to fourth graders at PS/MS 207 last week that they’d been chosen to participate in a DOT design program. Principal…