Ice and Snow Removal Costs City Nearly $2M Per Inch
Everything is more expensive in New York City. Since the winter of 2003, the cost of clearing Big Apple streets of snow and ice has…
Goldfeder: Rockaway Gas Plant Site a ‘Blank Slate’
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Beach) this week presented recently appointed National Grid President and Executive Director Dan Seavers with a community-drafted proposal for repurposing a…
Wills Indicted for Second Time in Less Than a Year
A new week, and another elected official in handcuffs. City Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) on Tuesday was indicted for allegedly filing false documents with the…
Bring Property Tax Workshops to Sandy Communities: Goldfeder
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Ozone Park) this week asked the city Department of Finance to add additional workshops in Howard Beach and the Rockaways to accommodate…
Richmond Hill Historical Society Welcomes Author
The Richmond Hill Historical Society last Friday welcomed borough historian and educator Carl Ballenas (r.), who detailed and signed his new book, “Images of America:…
Two Women Rule at 3 Kings Collision
When Tammy and Jonna Sonnenberg lost their father John a year ago, Tammy was 19 and thinking about becoming a bartender. Big sister Jonna…
Baldeo Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison
Albert Baldeo, the Ozone Park attorney, activist and candidate for public office who was convicted in August of six counts of obstructing justice and one…
Dollar Van Driver Charged with Killing Rival
A Far Rockaway man last Thursday night was ordered held without bail after being arraigned on charges that he fatally shot a rival unlicensed dollar…
Jamaica Man Charged in Brutal Beating of Off-Duty Cop
A Jamaica man last week was charged with severely beating an off-duty police officer in a St. Albans supermarket parking lot following an alleged minor…
Springfield Gardens Dad Kills Wife, Daughter and Mother-in-Law
A Springfield Gardens community was still reeling this week from last Saturday’s triple-murder/suicide that also left a fourth victim fighting for her life. According to…
GOP Councilmembers Reintroduce Looter Legislation
The three Republican members of the City Council last week reintroduced legislation that would create civil penalties for looters and fraudsters during a local state of…
Participatory Budget Committee Meets with Ulrich Fiscal Chief
Members of the Participatory Budgeting Committee last Thursday evening met with Gregory Mitchell, City Councilman Eric Ulrich’s (R-Ozone Park) budget director, to review ideas submitted…
Number of Guns Detected at Borough Airport Checkpoints Dipped in 2014
While the national numbers saw a significant increase, the amount of firearms detected last year by Transportation Security Administration staff at borough airports actually dropped…
MTA Board Approves Fare and Toll Hike
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board last Thursday voted to increase fares and tolls by 4 percent over the next two years, with the hike scheduled…
Delivery Driver Car Jacked, Pistol Whipped in Howard Beach
Cops this week were still hunting an unknown assailant who pistol whipped, robbed and carjacked a an area diner’s delivery driver last Friday night on…