City Appealing New FEMA Flood Maps
Photo: The city is challenging the new flood maps issued by FEMA. Courtesy of FloodHelpNY With a letter dated last Friday, the city has notified the Federal…
Man Charged with Making JFK Airport Terror Threats
A Manhattan man last weekend was charged with calling in nearly a dozen bomb threats to 911 between June 9 and June 24, and threatening…
Borough President’s Office Secures $200K for Bus Countdown Clocks
Photo: Bus countdown clocks similar to this one on Staten Island are coming to Queens. Courtesy of GojiMet86/flickr Real-time countdown clocks will be installed by 2017…
Technology Brings Interaction to Storytelling
Photo: The Sensory Stories exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria features multiple installations using the Oculus Rift, a device (shown here) which…
State Houses Pass Bill Giving Vets Opportunity to Buy Pension Credit
The state Senate and Assembly have passed a bill that would provide all active state public employee veterans with the opportunity to purchase up to…
Goldfeder to Launch Constituent Services Tour
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Howard Beach) this week announced the dates of his summer mobile office tour across southern Queens and Rockaway during the months of…
NYPD Officer Convicted of Soliciting Prostitute
A city cop on Monday was convicted by a jury of official misconduct, patronizing a prostitute and conspiracy after being caught in an undercover sting…
PAL Program Offers Safe Playspace
The Police Athletic League announced five Queens locations for its Summer Playstreets Program beginning on July 6 and continuing until August 21. The program will…
Unlicensed Contractor Charged with Stealing $10K from Clients
An unlicensed Flushing contractor has been charged with bilking three Queens homeowners out of $10,000 in down payments for air-conditioning and other work to be…
Auto Body Shop Owner Pleads Guilty to Cheating on Sales Taxes
An East Elmhurst auto body shop and its owner have pleaded guilty to bilking the city and state out of collectible tax revenue and agreed…
Schiff Settles in to Role as Community’s Top Cop
You’d be hard-pressed to find two more prescient Christmas gifts. When he was 7 years old, bouncing around the borough of Brooklyn, Jeffrey Schiff and…
It’s Official: Fr. Colamaria Installed as Pastor of St. Helen
Though he has already established himself as a leader in the community since arriving back in February, Fr. Francis Colamaria last Saturday was installed as…
De Blasio, Council Reach Budget Agreement; $78.5B plan adds cops, funds for libraries
Photo: Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito on Monday were greeted by raucous applause from councilmembers as they announced an agreement on the…
Ave Maria Honors Families, Bids Farewell to Monsignor at Dinner-Dance
Supporters and members of Ave Maria Catholic Academy and the Our Lady of Grace parish last Friday feasted and frolicked at Roma View in Howard…
Howard Beach Skies Not So Friendly This Summer
The pleasant lilt of children’s laughter and the bell of the slowing ice cream truck. The sizzle of the barbecue. The melodic chirps of birds,…