Mayor Touts ‘Honest’ and ‘Progressive’ Preliminary Budget
Characterizing the Preliminary Budget as “fiscally responsible, progressive, and honest,” Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday detailed the executive financial plan for Fiscal Year 2016…
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FEMA Cuts Recoupment Action for Sandy Victims at Rockaway Facility
Elected officials last week announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency would stop the Superstorm Sandy recoupment action for more than two-dozen residents at an…
Smith, Tabone Convicted in Bribery Scheme to Rig Race for Mayor
Former state Sen. Malcolm Smith, and former Queens County GOP Vice Chairman…
New Bulletproof Vests on the Way to NYPD
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton last Friday thanked Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito for allocating funds to purchase new bulletproof vests…
Addabbo Adds Environmental Conservation to Committee Assignments
State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) this week announced that he has been appointed to serve as a member of the Senate Standing Committee…
CB 9 District Manager Search Cmte. to Hold Special Meeting
The Community Board 9 District Manager Search Committee will meet next Thursday, Feb. 19, at Borough Hall, it was announced on Tuesday night at the…
Beware of Tax Season Scams
Death and taxes. While the adage has long provided for the only two guarantees in life, it seems that with said taxes, and the emergence…
DA Highlights Accomplishments, Initiatives at Legislative Breakfast
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown last Friday welcomed elected officials on the city, state and federal levels to his Kew Gardens office for the annual…
Flood Insurance Information Website Helps Communities Prepare
The official revised flood maps will not be available for another two years, but a new website can help homeowners familiarize themselves with the upcoming…
Con Ed Wants Rate Hike
Consolidated Edison has requested a rate hike for 2016 from the New York State Public Service Commission, which would amount to a nearly $4 per…
De Blasio Announces Senior Staff Changes
Mayor Bill de Blasio last Friday announced changes in the senior leadership of his administration. Press Secretary Phil Walzak will move to the position of…
City Installs Truck Side Guards for Vision Zero Program
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this week that the city will begin retrofitting trucks with side guards in 2015 as part of its Vision Zero…
Executive ADA Honored with Two Awards
Executive Assistant District Attorney Robert Masters, chief of the Legal Affairs Division of the Queens District Attorney’s Office, was honored recently by two distinguished organizations…
Flushing Man Charged in Pomonok Houses Murder
A Flushing man was charged with murder for the shooting death of an acquaintance in the early morning hours of Jan. 2 at the Pomonok…
Local Playwright in the Spotlight
Howard Beach man Anthony Fusco has been writing plays for roughly 10 years, and his most recent endeavor, a psychological thriller called “Fixation,” is about…