Affordable Housing Dominates Borough Board Meeting
A packed house inside the second-floor conference room at Borough Hall on Monday night greeted the chairman of the City Planning Commission, who was peppered…
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De Blasio Unveils $130M Criminal Justice Action Plan
Fresh on the heels of glowing CompStat reports that indicated that the city just experienced the safest August through November period since modern crime statistics…
Despite Efforts, Rescued Rottweiler Ultimately Euthanized
Dasher, the resilient Rottweiler who survived being tossed from a moving car in Ridgewood, was humanely put down late last week by veterinarians at the…
CB 9 Executive Committee Meeting Reveals Rift
A meeting of the Executive Committee of Community Board 9 on Tuesday evening at Borough Hall devolved into an emotional back-and-forth that revealed a rift…
House Explosion Rocks South Ozone Park Block
A Thanksgiving-day home explosion rocked a South Ozone Park block, sending one person to the hospital with serious burns, according to the city Fire Department….
City Marks Safest August — November Period in Modern Crime-Statistics Era
Following his landslide election victory a little over year ago, Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged to improve police-community relations across the city, which he believed…
Two Men Indicted for Forcing Teen into Prostitution
A grand jury last week indicted a Queens man and a Brooklyn man on multiple counts of sex trafficking, kidnapping, promoting prostitution and other charges…
Arverne Man Charged with Assaulting 13-Month-Old Baby
An Arverne man last week was freed on $30,000 bail after being charged with brutally assaulting his ex-girlfriend’s 13-month-old son while babysitting the boy two…
Snow Blower Safety: It’s Time to Get Ready
As winter weather approaches, experts at the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute are suggesting that homeowners, contractors, and business owners familiarize themselves with their snow blowers…
LaGuardia Airport TSA Officer named National Officer of the Year
A Transportation Security Administration officer who works at LaGuardia Airport last week was selected as TSA’s Officer of the Year for 2014 among the 45,000…
Stringer Calls on Sanitation to Review Its Overnight Ticket Policy
City Comptroller Scott Stringer last week penned a letter to Department of Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia requesting a review of the agency’s “overnight ticketing policy…
Council Vets Committee Urges State Pols to Nix Cuomo Military Buy-back Veto
Members of the City Council Veterans Committee last week sent a letter the leadership in the state Legislature urging it to override Gov. Cuomo’s veto…
Howard Beach Verizon Robbed at Gunpoint
At approximately 10:45 am on Saturday, Nov. 22, a man entered the Verizon Wireless store at 159-20 Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach, and, displaying…
Crowley, Fire Unions Decry Reduced Disability Pension Benefits
Hundreds of city firefighters and fire officers last week gathered at City Hall behind their union leadership and City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale) to demand…
Many City Pols Back President’s Immigration Overhaul Plan
President Barack Obama last Friday signed two executive actions that will have the effect of delaying deportations for possibly up to five million illegal immigrants….