Addabbo, Jr. Seeking Fourth Term in State Senate
With the midterm elections less than a week away, state Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) is hoping that he can turn his three-term run…
With the midterm elections less than a week away, state Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) is hoping that he can turn his three-term run…
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Beach) last week recognized the community service of Broad Channel Civic Association President Dan Mundy, Jr. Goldfeder presented Mundy with a…
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and several Borough Board members on Monday expressed their concern over what they saw as ambiguous Ebola virus information on…
He’ll turn 57 on Saturday, but Nick Colavito is a little kid around this time every year. In a neighborhood filled with garish mansions and…
A wild scene broke out last Thursday on Jamaica Avenue when police officers shot and killed a man after he attacked four cops with a…
In a new, exhaustive report that was four years in the making, the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association says that the city Sanitation Department has been…
Two years later, and still many victims of Superstorm Sandy are trying to piece together their homes, their businesses, their lives. Two years later,…
Dozens of victims of Superstorm Sandy on Monday night trekked to Beach Channel High School for a town hall and resource fair, during which they…
An update on the Spring Creek Hazard Mitigation project might have been on the marquee Tuesday night at the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic meeting, but…
The post-Superstorm Sandy story of the De Virgilio family reads like a Hollywood-ready screenplay, replete with drama, tragedy and the resolve to rebuild. But according…
Borough veterans and family members last Wednesday packed American Legion Post 118 in Woodhaven for a town-hall meeting featuring updates on health, employment and family…
Starting Nov. 7th, the default city speed limit—the speed limit when one is not posted—will drop to 25 mph from the current 30 mph, as…
The next time you find yourself at the intersection of Woodhaven Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue, take a quick look around. You might catch a driver…
When borough voters size up the state and congressional races on the ballot on Nov. 4 they’ll also come across three referendums, or proposals: revising…
Mayor Bill de Blasio this week signed into law a bill which requires city companies with 20 or more full-time employees to offer pre-tax transit benefits. Intro…