For Howard Beach couple, learning the meaning of love for 60 years
Situated in their Howard Beach living room this week, Antonio and Filomena Fossari smiled at one another when asked if they remember when they met…
Following deaths, Hevesi pushes state to restore child welfare service funding
After two children who were supposed to be under state protection were beaten to death, Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi is calling for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver…
Queens World Film Festival Spotlights Independent Filmmakers
The fourth annual Queens World Film Festival returns to the borough on March 4 to March 9, screening smart and innovative films from both local…
Forest Hills film festival focuses on living with disabilities
Disabilities have an effect on everyday life that most people might not even notice, Ravit Turjeman said. An artistic expression of such effects will be…
‘Blossoming Like We’d Never Seen Before’ – Christian Doran’s Parents Remember the Queens Preservationist
Christian ‘Tian’ Doran marched to the beat of a different drum. Coming from what his father described as a “family of accountants,” his parents, Bellerose…
On the road to ending domestic violence
Last week, at a domestic violence forum in Richmond Hill, it was apparent: We have come so far – and have so much further to…
As reports of domestic violence increase in South Queens, police reach out to community
The number of reported domestic violence cases has increased dramatically in South Queens – but police said such a spike is only the tip of…
Boro boards sound off at Katz’s first budget hearing
For Queens civic leaders, the annual budget dance brought more of the same at this year’s Borough Board budget hearing. For the first time since…
Ridgewood remains hopeful despite mayor’s IBZ budget snub
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s first budget proposal might have nixed an allocation of $1.1 million towards industrial business zones, but Community Board 5 member Ted…
Two Queens hospitals and BP team up to host health care seminars
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz will team up with hospitals in Jamaica and Elmhurst to offer two informational seminars in early March in an attempt…
Queens Trio Indicted for Sex Trafficking: DA
Three Queens residents, two men and a woman, were indicted Friday on charges they forced a 14-year-old female runaway to work for them as a…
Elderly pedestrian killed in Richmond Hill
A 73-year-old woman was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill last Thursday, police said, becoming the 20th pedestrian…
Concerns Flood Insurance Would Skyrocket Under House Bill
While the U.S. House of Representatives was expected to hold a vote on a flood insurance bill Thursday, it was pushed off, and the House’s…
Top Sandy Program Head Steps Down
Kathryn Mallon, the head of the city’s Build it Back program, announced her resignation from the problem-ridden initiative last week, and her official departure on…
Build It Back Lambasted as Deeply Flawed
Sixteen months after Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York City, some Queens residents still have not been able to return to their homes devastated in…