City Officials Threaten to Cut $43M Contract After UPS Fires 20 Employees
City and state officials fired back against the United Parcel Service’s firing of 20 Queens drivers this week by threatening to cut a public contract…
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With New Arts District in Queens, an Embracing of Culture
A new art district designation has western Queens keeping its cool. Community leaders and elected officials hailed the designation of the Kaufman Arts District in…
Forest Hills School Celebrates Successful Crowd-Funded Musical
A man-eating plant never meant so much to these Forest Hills students. A cast of 58 8th, 9th and 10th graders capped off a successful…
Former Parkway Hospital May Head to Second Auction
Forest Hills’ former Parkway Hospital site on 113th Street might be heading to auction once again after its last winning bidder failed to close on…
Kew Gardens Gets Short End of Longer MTA Bus Deal: CB 9
Both the buses and frustrations are growing in Kew Gardens. Members of Queens Community Board 9 have asked the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to put the…
Conference Set in Teacher’s Harassment Case Against Former Middle Village Principal
A settlement conference has been scheduled between a former Middle Village teacher and her boss accused of sexual harassment, court records showed. Special education teacher…
Investigation Shows Schools’ Missteps in Autistic Rego Park Teen’s Disappearance
Fourteen-year-old Avonte Oquendo’s mother made sure his teacher was aware that he might run away, but that information was not shared among other school administrators,…
Pedestrian Safety Legislation Takes Shape in Queens
Queens lawmakers have kept busy drafting bills that they say would help Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vision of safer city streets become a reality. U.S….
Ridgewood double murder victim had rap sheet: NYPD
Police were still trying to piece together why a Ridgewood couple was found shot to death inside their new apartment last week, officials said. Cops…
City pols threaten to pull plug on UPS contracts
City and state officials fired back against the United Parcel Service’s firing of 20 Queens drivers this week by threatening to cut contracts that save…
City to Test Organic Waste Program in Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village
Select homes along existing garbage truck routes in central and mid Queens will become part of the city’s optional organics collection pilot program starting in…
UPS fires 20 Maspeth workers for February walkout
The United Parcel Service provided 20 Maspeth employees with pink slips this week with potentially more to come, the company said. Workers staged several…
Phone Scams Plague 112th Pct.
The 112th Precinct has been inundated with complaints about phone scammers seeking residents’ personal information, officials said. Heidi Chain, president of the 112th Precinct Community…
DA: Kew Gardens Attorney Stole Thousands After Suspension
A suspended attorney from Kew Gardens was accused of stealing more than $206,000 in cash from clients who hired him in various home purchases and…
DA: Ridgewood, Woodhaven men charged with stealing unemployment benefits
Two men from Ridgewood and Woodhaven were among the 18 individuals Queens District Attorney Richard Brown pegged for allegedly stealing more than $340,000 in unemployment…