Mount Vernon Man Convicted in Kidnapping, Robbery of Woodside Car Dealer
A Mount Vernon man has been convicted in the 2012 kidnapping and robbery of a Woodside car dealer, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said Tuesday….
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Queens GOP Tackles Party Fracture
The Queens Republican Party is taking a hard look in the mirror. Members of the party’s various clubs throughout the borough met in Forest Hills…
Oquendo’s Grandmother sounds Off for School Alarms
The grandmother of the 14-year-old with autism who went missing and eventually turned up dead called on the City Council to act faster in its…
Brooklyn Man Charged with Trying to Meet With Queens Teen for Sex: DA
A Brooklyn man has been charged with sending sexually explicit messages and a picture to a person he had met online, who he believed to…
Queens College Study of Abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line Set to Begin
Proposals for the abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line, including reactivating the train service and turning the space into a park similar to Manhattan’s High Line,…
Queens Leaders Rally to Save Rockaway Ferry
Councilman Eric Ulrich, left, Councilman Donovan Richards, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Committee to Save the Rockaway Ferry President Danny Ruscillo, and Manhattan Borough President…
Attention Bookworms! Summer Reading Challenge is Around the Corner
As students prepare to bask in the freedom of no school for the next couple of months, an area legislator is reminding them that it…
Richmond Hill HS Boos City’s Plan for Annex
Standing in the cavernous auditorium of Richmond Hill High School last Thursday, parents, educators, and students echoed a message to the city that they have…
With Eyes on Democratizing Publishing, Writers Aim to Help Aspiring Authors Find Homes for Words
Google the “difficulties of getting published,” and what comes up? Well, in 0.39 seconds, according to the whiz that is the Internet, about 29.5 million…
Teachers Back Stavisky for Senate
State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) accepted key endorsements this week from some of the city’s biggest voices on education representing more than 140,000 teachers and…
Queens College Sets Sights on Helping Students Manage Debt
The numbers are daunting. About 40 million people in the United States hold student loans – which, with an outstanding debt of approximately $1 trillion,…
Katz Opposes Civic Virtue Statue in Front of Boro Hall
The fight over Civic Virtue continued in Queens this week, with Borough President Melinda Katz coming out against its installation in front of Borough Hall….
Howard Beach, Broad Channel Land Millions in Federal Funding
Standing by Jamaica Bay in Broad Channel on Monday, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced the federal government is about to shell…
Katz Gives Vote of Confidence to Queens Industrial Biz Zones
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz joined with borough presidents throughout the city to urge Mayor Bill de Blasio to keep industrial business a top priority…
State Pols Support Sandy Victims’ Push to Rebuild, Extend Aid for Breezy Point Residents
The hum of construction that has been emanating from Breezy Point over the past year is expected to continue without being silenced by red tape,…