Hundreds of Amazin’ Fans Show Team Spirit at Borough Hall Mets Rally
PHOTO: Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is flanked by Mets greats Edgardo Alfonzo (l.) and John Franco (r.) at Monday’s Borough Hall rally. Photos Courtesy…
Editorial: Zero for Zero
Photo Courtesy of flickr.com/NY City Department of Transportation Kudos to the 106th precinct and the rest of New York’s finest this week. In partnership…
FEMA Must Properly Vet Cases in Which Sandy Vics were Overpaid: Schumer
PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Schumer, seen here greeting constituents in Breezy Point after Sandy, is urging FEMA to carefully review cases in which the agency believes…
Bill Calls for Electronic Monitoring of all Diversion Program Participants
PHOTO: Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder has introduced legislation that would require electronic monitoring of all Judicial Diversion Program participants. Photo Courtesy of Wallin & Klarich Law…
In Wake of Cop Death, de Blasio Calls for Change in State Bail Law
PHOTO: Mayor de Blasio last week in the Blue Room at City Hall called for change in state law to better ensure that dangerous defendants…
Woman Convicted of Bribing Cop with Sex and Cash to Drop Charges
PHOTO: A Woodhaven woman has been convicted of offering sexual favors and cash to a cop in exchange for dropping criminal charges against her. File…
Ridgewood Man Charged with Animal Cruelty
PHOTO: Brewster is on the road to recovery. Photo Courtesy of Facebook/Amy Swift A Ridgewood man who brought a starving boxer that he had…
Lights On Celebrated at Jamaica Middle School
PHOTO: The College and Career Preparedness Program, sponsored by The Child Center of NY, is one of the successful afterschool projects at Basie Beacon. Pictured…
Comptroller Releases Actuarial Audit of City’s Five Retirement Systems
PHOTO: City Comptroller Scott Stringer recently released an independent actuarial audit of the city’s five retirement systems. Photo Courtesy of NY Women’s Foundation/Patrick McMullan …
Family Fun and Games at Fall Festival in Ozone Park
Photos Courtesy of NYC Council City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) last Saturday hosted his second Fall Festival of the year at Tudor Park—Addabbo…
Each Citi Field Playoff Game Generates $11.6M in Economic Impact for NYC: Report
PHOTO: New York Mets 2015 postseason games generate an economic impact of $11.6 million per home game, the city Economic Development Corporation announced this week….
Corona Italian Hero, KC BBQ are Prizes in Prosecutors’ World Series Wager
PHOTO: Queens DA Richard Brown (l.) and Mets owner Fred Wilpon. Photo Courtesy of Queens DA’s Office Though the Mets lost Game 1 of the…
Addabbo, American Italian Cancer Foundation Sponsor Free Mammograms
PHOTO: State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. is co-sponsoring two free mammogram events in the 15th Senate District in November. Photo Courtesy of NYS Senate …
Addabbo Calls on Cuomo to Reactivate Toll-Free Tax Assistance Line
PHOTO: State Sen. Addabbo is urging the state to reactivate a toll-free tax helpline that was shutdown in 2011. Photo Courtesy of NYS Senate …
St. John’s Celebrates Italian-American Heritage
Photo Courtesy of the Queens Borough President’s Office St. John’s University and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz last week hosted a celebration of Italian-American heritage…