De Blasio Says Five-Borough Ferry is Coming… in 2017
The good news: Ferry service is coming back to Queens. The bad news: It won’t arrive until 2017. Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday used…
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Court’s Decision Will ‘Revolutionize’ Handling of Domestic Violence Cases: DA
A Queens Criminal Court’s ruling last week that held that courts could accept the electronic signature of a complaining witness in lieu of a handwritten…
Boston Drifter Convicted in Slay of Woodside Man
A drifter from Boston was convicted last week of the October 2011 strangulation and robbery of a Woodside man who had given him a place…
Maspeth Man Pleads Guilty to Burglaries
A Maspeth man last week pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree burglary and will serve a six-year prison sentence stemming from his participation in…
Whitestone, Astoria Men Nabbed in Borough Gambling Crackdown
Two Queens men last week were arrested for their involvement in an unlawful sports betting enterprise in the borough that annually took in hundreds of…
Woman Convicted of Keeping Kids in Flushing ‘House of Horrors’
A Flushing woman last week was convicted after trial of endangering the lives of her son and two granddaughters by failing to provide them with…
Queens DOT Chief Discusses Issues with Ulrich
Acting city Department of Transportation Queens Borough Commissioner Jeff Lynch this week met with City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) to discuss solutions to some…
Ice and Snow Removal Costs City Nearly $2M Per Inch
Everything is more expensive in New York City. Since the winter of 2003, the cost of clearing Big Apple streets of snow and ice has…
Goldfeder: Rockaway Gas Plant Site a ‘Blank Slate’
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Beach) this week presented recently appointed National Grid President and Executive Director Dan Seavers with a community-drafted proposal for repurposing a…
Wills Indicted for Second Time in Less Than a Year
A new week, and another elected official in handcuffs. City Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) on Tuesday was indicted for allegedly filing false documents with the…
Bring Property Tax Workshops to Sandy Communities: Goldfeder
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Ozone Park) this week asked the city Department of Finance to add additional workshops in Howard Beach and the Rockaways to accommodate…
Richmond Hill Historical Society Welcomes Author
The Richmond Hill Historical Society last Friday welcomed borough historian and educator Carl Ballenas (r.), who detailed and signed his new book, “Images of America:…
Baldeo Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison
Albert Baldeo, the Ozone Park attorney, activist and candidate for public office who was convicted in August of six counts of obstructing justice and one…
Dollar Van Driver Charged with Killing Rival
A Far Rockaway man last Thursday night was ordered held without bail after being arraigned on charges that he fatally shot a rival unlicensed dollar…
Jamaica Man Charged in Brutal Beating of Off-Duty Cop
A Jamaica man last week was charged with severely beating an off-duty police officer in a St. Albans supermarket parking lot following an alleged minor…