Senate Passes Bill to Establish Incentives for Removing Cock Lofts
Photo: Cock lofts allowed a fire to spread to eight houses on this Woodhaven block in March. Forum Photo by Michael V. Cusenza The ball is…
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City Appealing New FEMA Flood Maps
Photo: The city is challenging the new flood maps issued by FEMA. Courtesy of FloodHelpNY With a letter dated last Friday, the city has notified the Federal…
Man Charged with Making JFK Airport Terror Threats
A Manhattan man last weekend was charged with calling in nearly a dozen bomb threats to 911 between June 9 and June 24, and threatening…
Borough President’s Office Secures $200K for Bus Countdown Clocks
Photo: Bus countdown clocks similar to this one on Staten Island are coming to Queens. Courtesy of GojiMet86/flickr Real-time countdown clocks will be installed by 2017…
State Houses Pass Bill Giving Vets Opportunity to Buy Pension Credit
The state Senate and Assembly have passed a bill that would provide all active state public employee veterans with the opportunity to purchase up to…
Goldfeder to Launch Constituent Services Tour
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Howard Beach) this week announced the dates of his summer mobile office tour across southern Queens and Rockaway during the months of…
NYPD Officer Convicted of Soliciting Prostitute
A city cop on Monday was convicted by a jury of official misconduct, patronizing a prostitute and conspiracy after being caught in an undercover sting…
PAL Program Offers Safe Playspace
The Police Athletic League announced five Queens locations for its Summer Playstreets Program beginning on July 6 and continuing until August 21. The program will…
Schiff Settles in to Role as Community’s Top Cop
You’d be hard-pressed to find two more prescient Christmas gifts. When he was 7 years old, bouncing around the borough of Brooklyn, Jeffrey Schiff and…
De Blasio, Council Reach Budget Agreement; $78.5B plan adds cops, funds for libraries
Photo: Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito on Monday were greeted by raucous applause from councilmembers as they announced an agreement on the…
Howard Beach Skies Not So Friendly This Summer
The pleasant lilt of children’s laughter and the bell of the slowing ice cream truck. The sizzle of the barbecue. The melodic chirps of birds,…
Editorial: A Memorable Nuisance
“People have short term memory,” said a source for this week’s story on increased airplane noise in Howard Beach. She went on to explain that…
Assembly Approves Bill to Speed up Claim Investigation Process
Since being assigned earlier this year to the Insurance Committee, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Howard Beach) seems to have focused legislative efforts on constituents still working…
Build It Back Deadline Fast Approaching
Photo: Last summer, Mayor de Blasio rolled out major changes to the original Build It Back program. File Photo With the June 30 deadline for homeowners…
Homeless Man Charged in Vicious Forest Park Murder
Photo: A homeless man last Saturday was arraigned on murder charges in the beating death of Diego Piedrahita, 23, whose body was found in Forest Park…