At PS 207 Students’ Urging, Pol Calls on DOT to Install Yield Signs
After receiving a traffic safety-concern petition organized by 3rd-grade students, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Howard Beach) this week sent a letter to the city Department of…
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Ulrich Secures Record $5.7M in Funding for District
Photo: City Councilman Eric Ulrich has brought back $5.7 million in capital and expense funding to District 32. Courtesy of Councilman Ulrich’s Office One area elected official…
Pols Rip DOT for Excluding Rte. 878 from Repaving List; State says work has already begun on LI section of road
Photo: Assemblymen Phil Goldfeder and Todd Kaminsky this week blasted state DOT for not including Route 878 on the Accelerated Repaving Project list. But state officials…
Two-Alarm Ozone Park Blaze Leaves Seven Injured
Photo: A two-alarm fire on Tuesday tore through an Ozone Park home, injuring five civilians and two firefighters. Forum Photo by Robert Stridiron Investigators on Wednesday…
Body Discovered on 4th of July Inside Lindenwood Apartment
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner this week was trying to determine the cause of death of a 21-year-old man who was discovered last…
Twelve Rookie Cops Assigned to 106th Precinct
Last Thursday, Deputy Inspector Jeff Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, mused on Twitter, “Congrats to #NYPD’s graduating class of 2015! Now how many…
NYPD Recruits Graduate from New College Point Academy
The Police Department last Thursday held its first graduation ceremony since the de Blasio administration announced it had allocated funding in the Fiscal Year 2016…
Indictments Charge Crew in Phony Credit Card Scheme
Photo: A loaded .40-caliber Glock semi-automatic handgun was among the items recovered after search warrants were executed at various addresses related to members of an alleged…
Schumer Urges Feds to Block Shipments of Gun Grip iPhone Cases
Photo: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on Customs and Border Patrol to halt shipments of the iPhone gun grip case. Courtesy of aliexpress.com While many…
More than 200 Veterans Work for TSA at Borough Airports
Just a couple of days prior to the July 4th holiday weekend, the Transportation Security Administration noted that it employs 12,500 military veterans nationwide. Approximately…
De Blasio Designates July ‘Disability Pride Month’
Photo: MOPD Commissioner, and Ozone Park native, Victor Calise. File Photo Citing the 24th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Mayor Bill…
City to Expand Anti-Stalking Program to Queens
Photo: Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence. File Photo The de Blasio administration last week announced the expansion of a successful…
Appellate Court Upholds Animal Cruelty Conviction
The state Court of Appeals has affirmed the 2007 animal mistreatment conviction of a Jamaica man charged with starving his dog, Queens District Attorney Richard…
Katz Allocates More Than $5M for Tech Upgrades at Schools
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz last Friday announced an allocation of over $5 million of her Fiscal Year 2016 discretionary capital funds to provide tech…
Library to Host Veterans Town Hall
The Queens Library and the Department of Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System will be hosting a Town Hall next month for those who have…