De Blasio, Stringer Spar Over Pre-K Plans
City Comptroller Scott Stringer says his office has less than 30 percent of all city universal pre-kindergarten contracts just days before the first day of…
Politics
Ulrich, Communities Prep for Participatory Budgeting
While formal meetings to discuss proposals and vote are still several months in the offing, City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and community leaders talked…
Build It Back Cuts Over 500 Checks: Mayor
The Build It Back program geared towards putting Superstorm Sandy victims back on their feet gave a green light to hundreds of construction projects…
Goldfeder on S. Queens Traffic Patrol
The city Transportation Department got an earful over the last few weeks as a southern Queens lawmaker sounded off over the need for traffic relief…
Build It Back Delivers Water Bill Credit
The city’s Build It Back program announced new water bill credits to homeowners whose homes were left vacant in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, director…
Violence Interrupters Coming to More Boro Communities
When Mayor Bill de Blasio announced earlier this month the expansion of the Gun Violence Crisis Management System to 14 precincts across the city—including four…
New Vets’ Commish Should Focus on Jobs, Healthcare: Area Advocates
After Mayor de Blasio last week tapped Loree Sutton, MD, to head the city’s Office of Veterans’ Affairs, area officials and advocates said the retired…
De Blasio Touts After-School Initiative in Richmond Hill
Bill de Blasio’s successful mayoral campaign was built around his “Tale of Two Cities,” which highlighted what he saw as unprecedented socioeconomic inequality facing the…
Rikers Island Injury Claims on the Rise: Audit
With corruption and violence at alarming levels, and the bad old days back on the horizon, perhaps it is unsurprising to learn that personal injury…
Ozone Park Biz Owners Decry Plaza Presence
Concerned Ozone Park entrepreneurs turned out last week at a Community Board 9 meeting to detail how they believe a pedestrian plaza has had a…
Bill de Blasio: A Ferry Bad Mayor
Two buses left Rockaway last week to shuttle concerned residents to the steps of City Hall in the name of saving the beloved Rockaway Ferry…
Anti-Gun Initiative Expands to Far Rockaway
With shooting incidents on the uptick in the 101st and 114th precincts, elected officials last week announced a citywide initiative to reduce gun violence would be expanded…
State Veterans Summit Produces Results
Elected officials from across the state came together back in March to discuss some of the toughest issues facing our veterans as they return home,…
Ulrich Unveils New Chief of Staff
City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) announced some changes in personnel out of his Ozone Park office this week. Salvatore Simonetti was named the councilman’s…
Longtime CB 9 Chair to Retire
Three decades of service will come to an end this October for Community Board 9 District Manager Mary Ann Carey. Carey, who first assumed the…