From Humanity’s Darkest Moments, Keeping the Stories of Courage Alive
Lifting up her sleeve, Judy Berkowitz looked down at the number tattooed on her arm when she arrived at Auschwitz with her parents and five…
After New York Rising Conference, Queens Urges Action for Storm Projects
After close to a year of planning how best to prepare Howard Beach for the next Hurricane Sandy, South Queens leaders saw their ideas move…
Drunk Detective Charged with Accidentally Shooting Partner: DA
A Brooklyn-based detective was accused of driving while intoxicated after accidentally shooting his partner in the wrist, the Queens District Attorney said. Detective Jay Poggi,…
Woodhaven Pedestrian Dies While Crossing Atlantic Avenue: NYPD
A 26-year-old pedestrian was struck by a truck and killed while crossing Atlantic Avenue and 85th Street in Woodhaven last week, according to police. William…
Play Ball! Hundreds Kick Off Baseball Season in Broad Channel
Hundreds of young athletes and their families kicked off the Broad Channel Athletic Club’s baseball season Saturday, when the community came out in full force…
Queens Pols Throw Weight Behind Council Budget
Queens Council members, as well as legislators across the five boroughs, are urging Mayor Bill de Blasio to pour millions of more dollars into the…
106th Nabs Man ‘Red-Handed’ Breaking Into Car
While Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, said in an email to the community last week that officers have had a…
Slain NYPD Officer to be Remembered with 5K Run for Children’s Charities
Slain NYPD Officer Peter Figoski will be honored with a 5K race in Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn during a May 4 event that will…
Editorial: Holding Onto Our History
For the thousands of people who came from all over to take a tour this week of the once-majestic New York State pavilion – a…
Long-awaited Construction Begins on Rockaway Boardwalk
Construction began this week on the Rockaway boardwalk, an iconic structure that residents from throughout the city flocked to for decades before much of it…
Man Busted with ‘Knuckle-Knife’ at LGA: TSA
Would-be airline passengers learned all kinds of valuable lessons on April 16 – including that security officers frown upon people trying to bring a nine-inch…
PA Man Charged with Carrying Cat-Eye Knuckles at JFK: Feds
Those cat-shaped brass knuckles? Turns out it’s not such a good idea to try to bring them through airport security. Richard Forti, 55, a resident…
De Blasio Attorneys Defend School Co-Locations: Public Advocate Vows to Move Forward with Lawsuit
While Mayor Bill de Blasio and city Public Advocate Letitia James often live on the same political page, the two seem to have split on…
NYPD Taps 106th Pct. for Twitter Pilot Program
Just call them the tweet patrol. NYPD Commissioner William Bratton selected five police precincts, including the 106th and the 112th in Queens, to be part…
Fifty Years Later, Seeing the World of Tomorrow – Today: Thousands Flock to Flushing Meadows Corona Park for Pavilion Opening
They started streaming into Flushing Meadows Corona Park just as dawn was breaking Tuesday morning, waiting for hours to glimpse the inside of a building…