Add Lawsuit to MTA Capital Plan Funding Saga
PHOTO: Two straphangers filed lawsuits this week against the MTA and the city for the Sept. 11 derailment of a G train in Brooklyn. Photo…
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Inadequate Funding of Hurricane Tracking System May Have Dangerous Consequences: Schumer
PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Schumer has said that inadequate funding of the hurricane tracking system may have led to miscalls on Joaquin’s path. Image Courtesy of…
Ulrich Announces Participatory Budgeting Brainstorming Session Dates
PHOTO: The Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association hosted Participatory Budgeting idea-gathering sessions for the Fiscal Year 2016 plan. File Photo It’s that time of year…
Laurelton Man Indicted for ‘Stealing’ Elderly Woman’s Home
PHOTO: The Deed Fraud Unit of the Office of the City Sheriff helped to conduct the investigation. Photo Courtesy of YouTube A Laurelton man has…
Expanded Library Hours to Begin Next Month
PHOTO: Beginning Nov. 15, all borough Library branches will be open at least six days a week. File Photo After several years of dwindling funding…
Goldfeder Set to Honor Summer Reading Challenge Winners
PHOTO: Assemblyman Goldfeder, seen here with recent Summer Reading Challenge winners at PS 232 in Lindenwood, will visit PS 47 in Broad Channel this week…
Addabbo to Host Mobile Office Hours at Broad Channel Library
Photo Courtesy of NY Senate State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) announced on Monday that he’ll be holding mobile office hours in Broad…
Goldfeder Urges Administration to Install A/C Units in PS 207
PHOTO: Assemblyman Goldfeder this week asked the city to consider installing air-conditioning units in PS 207 in Howard Beach. File Photo Citing complaints from…
Cuomo Announces Common Core Task Force; Panel charged with overhauling state learning standards
PHOTO: Borough Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan has been appointed to the Common Core Task Force. Photo Courtesy of the Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement Gov….
Build it Back Program Reaches 1K Completed Construction Mark
PHOTO: Mayor de Blasio (at lectern) and Build it Back Director Amy Peterson (de Blasio’s l.) this week announced that the once-beleaguered program has completed…
DEC Ready to Start Work on Phase I of Spring Creek South Resiliency Project; Army Corps of Engineers winding down feasibility study for Spring Creek North
The state Department of Environmental Conservation last week notified Community Board 10 that site work on the Spring Creek South Resiliency Project is set to…
Council Supermarket Act Could Affect Area Waldbaum’s Workers
PHOTO: City Councilman I. Daneek Miller’s Grocery Worker Retention Act would apply to certain staff at the soon-to-shutter Waldbaum’s stores in Lindenwood and Howard Beach. …
Heated Debate over MTA Funding Continues
PHOTO: Mayor de Blasio this week was the target of a new transit union ad depicting the city as reverting to the wild ways of…
Schumer Calls on FTC to Adopt New Rules to Lower Price of Eyeglasses
PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has asked the FTC to establish new rules that he said would promote competition among companies and lower eyeglass prices. …
FAA Hosts Assemblyman at Landmark JFK Control Tower
PHOTO: Assemblyman Goldfeder surveyed the recently-completed JFK runway construction project from the perch of the landmark control tower. Photo Courtesy of NYS Assembly Assemblyman…