As South Queens’ Senior Population Grows, An Affordable Place for Older Residents to Live is Born
Howard Beach’s new senior housing facility brings much needed affordable units to an area that is home to one of the largest population of older…
Middle Village Parents Plead for Help With School Overcrowding – Say relief is desperately needed at PS 49
As students at PS 49 in Middle Village routinely spend time in illegally overcrowded classrooms – for example, there are 37 students packed into a…
Knockdown Center’s Assembly Permit Approved
The city Department of Buildings gave its stamp of approval last week for an assembly permit that will allow the Knockdown Center in Maspeth to…
Two Queens Men Indicted in Separate Sex Trafficking Cases
A grand jury has indicted two Queens men on kidnapping, rape, sex trafficking and other charges for allegedly forcing three girls – ages, 13, 15 and…
O’Neill’s Marks 80 Years of Being Heart of Maspeth
Maspeth’s famous O’Neill’s bar and restaurant turned back the clock eight decades this week with 10-cent drinks, free food and old tunes to mark the…
Civic Leaders, Pols Outraged Over City Advancing Plan for Glendale Homeless Shelter
The city is moving ahead with plans to operate a 125-family homeless shelter on the border of Glendale and Middle Village, despite major opposition to…
With Song and Cheer, Celebrating Christmas in Glendale
Council Member Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) hosted the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Fred Haller Jr. Triangle across from Forest Park on Myrtle Avenue…
Deadly Crash Kills One – Friends on way home struck by drunk driver
Jimmy Sinisi spent the last few hours of his life talking, telling jokes, hysterically laughing and watching the HBO show Eastbound and Down with three…
After Decades of Flooding, Relief is Coming to Broad Channel
A flood mitigation project in Broad Channel is, after years of water-weary residents and legislators advocating for it, going to become a reality, city officials…
With Cheer, Carols, and, of Course, Santa, Casino Kicks off Christmas Season
Resorts World Casino New York City welcomed the community as they brought holiday cheer with its annual Christmas tree lighting at the South Ozone Park…
City Launches “Sandy Tracker” Website – Site to provide accountability on Sandy funding
In response to increasing calls from councilmembers and city politicians alike, the Bloomberg Administration launched on Monday the Sandy Funding Tracker website, just prior to…
Cuomo Announces $50M for Howard Beach Storm Protections
While Howard Beach residents welcomed Gov. Cuomo’s announcement last Friday that $50 million in federal funding has been approved for a resiliency project along a…
Editorial: We’ve Been Robbed.
Carjackings, robberies, home invasions—these are, after all, the things we read about in the newspaper right? Things we see on TV news. Those things don’t…
LEGALLY SPEAKING By Catherine M. Stanton
Many people are surprised when I tell them that they don’t necessarily have to lose time from work in order to collect Workers’ Compensation benefits….
From Alleviating Overcrowding to Restoring Art and Music, Parents Urge de Blasio to Stray from Bloomberg’s Path
For the parents, school representatives and other education officials gathered at Queens Borough Hall Tuesday evening, the message for the incoming mayoral administration was simple:…