Katz hosts health care seminar at Jamaica Hospital
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, left, led an informational seminar Monday at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center to help Queens residents learn more about the Affordable Care Act…
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Faced With No Homes and Little Money, Residents Lash Out at FEMA, Insurance Companies
The numbers are remembered easily, but swallowed hard, rolling off their tongues, but sinking, heavily, into stomachs lined with anxiety, after having to cite them…
ASPCA, Police Team Up to Help Queens Pet Owners
Queens dogs in danger of being left out in the cold during this frigid winter recently landed some help from the American Society for the…
Celebrating the Luck of the Irish in Rockaway
The streets of Rockaway were flooded with the sounds of bagpipes and many a reveler decked out in green last Saturday, when thousands of people…
Telling the Story of Queens, Photo by Photo
When Amy Wu walks down the streets of Queens – whether it’s Jackson Heights or Richmond Hill or Jamaica – she sees an outpouring of…
After cars revealed to collect data on drivers, a call for change
As cars become increasingly more tech savvy, the new gadgets, such as GPS, can certainly make life easier – but it comes at a price,…
Following deaths, Hevesi pushes state to restore child welfare service funding
After two children who were supposed to be under state protection were beaten to death, Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi is calling for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver…
Queens World Film Festival Spotlights Independent Filmmakers
The fourth annual Queens World Film Festival returns to the borough on March 4 to March 9, screening smart and innovative films from both local…
‘Blossoming Like We’d Never Seen Before’ – Christian Doran’s Parents Remember the Queens Preservationist
Christian ‘Tian’ Doran marched to the beat of a different drum. Coming from what his father described as a “family of accountants,” his parents, Bellerose…
As reports of domestic violence increase in South Queens, police reach out to community
The number of reported domestic violence cases has increased dramatically in South Queens – but police said such a spike is only the tip of…
Two Queens hospitals and BP team up to host health care seminars
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz will team up with hospitals in Jamaica and Elmhurst to offer two informational seminars in early March in an attempt…
Top Sandy Program Head Steps Down
Kathryn Mallon, the head of the city’s Build it Back program, announced her resignation from the problem-ridden initiative last week, and her official departure on…
Longtime CB 9 Leader Sam Esposito Indicted in Massive Social Security Fraud Case: Manhattan DA
Sam Esposito, a former cop from Ozone Park who has sat on Community Board 9 for years, was one of 28 people arrested Tuesday and…
Scholars Student Lands Bronze Medals
Isabella Neibel, a seventh grade student at Scholars Academy and lifelong resident of Roxbury in Breezy Point, earned bronze medals in Skier Cross and Ski…
Woodhaven, Queens blvds. listed as two of the most dangerous roads in New York
As Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration focuses on dramatically decreasing pedestrian fatalities throughout the city, Queens residents are urging city officials to bring relief to…