Local Playwright in the Spotlight
Howard Beach man Anthony Fusco has been writing plays for roughly 10 years, and his most recent endeavor, a psychological thriller called “Fixation,” is about…
Malcolm Smith, Vince Tabone Convicted in Bribery Scheme to Rig Race for Mayor
Former state Sen. Malcolm Smith, and former Queens County GOP Vice Chairman Vince Tabone on Thursday were convicted in a White Plains federal court on…
Editorial: Measles Outbreak a Warning
Before 1963, when the measles vaccination was first introduced, an estimated three to four million people contracted the disease per year in the U.S. alone,…
Wills Bans Press from Civic Meeting
Hours after he was indicted for the second time since last May, City Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) on Tuesday evening co-hosted with the South Ozone…
Ulrich Continues to Push for Veterans’ Affairs Department
With the preliminary executive budget due by Feb. 24, and budget meetings set to begin in earnest in less than a month, City Councilman Eric…
Strategic Initiatives, Community Policing Top Bratton’s State of the NYPD
After a tumultuous 2014, the city eagerly anticipated Police Commissioner Bill Bratton’s vision for the coming year, which he laid out last Thursday in his…
Queens is Crucial Component in de Blasio’s Fight Against Economic Inequality
The central tenet of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s second State of the City address, delivered on Tuesday at Baruch College in Manhattan, mimicked that of…
MTA Reopens Stations Along Liberty Avenue
It was a sight for sore south Queens straphanger eyes. On Monday morning, following five months of renovation and rehabilitation, A-train customers regained access to…
De Blasio Says Five-Borough Ferry is Coming… in 2017
The good news: Ferry service is coming back to Queens. The bad news: It won’t arrive until 2017. Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday used…
Court’s Decision Will ‘Revolutionize’ Handling of Domestic Violence Cases: DA
A Queens Criminal Court’s ruling last week that held that courts could accept the electronic signature of a complaining witness in lieu of a handwritten…
Boston Drifter Convicted in Slay of Woodside Man
A drifter from Boston was convicted last week of the October 2011 strangulation and robbery of a Woodside man who had given him a place…
Maspeth Man Pleads Guilty to Burglaries
A Maspeth man last week pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree burglary and will serve a six-year prison sentence stemming from his participation in…
Whitestone, Astoria Men Nabbed in Borough Gambling Crackdown
Two Queens men last week were arrested for their involvement in an unlawful sports betting enterprise in the borough that annually took in hundreds of…
Woman Convicted of Keeping Kids in Flushing ‘House of Horrors’
A Flushing woman last week was convicted after trial of endangering the lives of her son and two granddaughters by failing to provide them with…
Queens DOT Chief Discusses Issues with Ulrich
Acting city Department of Transportation Queens Borough Commissioner Jeff Lynch this week met with City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) to discuss solutions to some…