Push Continues for a Queens Convention Center
The Queens Chamber of Commerce continued its push to have a large-scale convention center built in the borough during a public meeting of the New…
The Queens Chamber of Commerce continued its push to have a large-scale convention center built in the borough during a public meeting of the New…
Reports to 311 regarding potholes have increased by 56 percent over the past five years and are projected to reach a record high in 2011,…
Republican Bob Turner’s victory in last month’s congressional special election was great news for the Queens GOP party, but internal squabbles continue to create splits…
Following a 2008 investigation of insurance fraud, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown reimbursed $505,000 to 16 insurance companies cheated in the scam. The investigation, dubbed…
By now you might have noticed the pink ribbons featured throughout our paper this week. Or maybe you saw NFL players with pink wristbands last…
The MTA has been working to improve its customer service options, and on Tuesday, the agency condensed 117 different public phone numbers to one: 511….
An alarming rate of mentally ill people in New York City jails has led the city to create a committee to investigate. Joining the Mayor…
Following a Siena poll showing New Yorkers overwhelmingly favor casinos “similar to those in Atlantic City and Las Vegas,” state Senator Joe Addabbo (D-Howard Beach)…
For years, residents of Maspeth have asked the city Department of Transportation to reroute trucks, which used the neighborhood’s residential and commercial areas as a…
The city Parks Department unveiled the newly reconstructed and renovated tennis courts at Forest Park on Friday. The improvements were possible through $1 million in…
In an annual report released last Friday to the City Council, the Health Department announced that the number of young children with lead poisoning in…
City Comptroller John Liu announced on Tuesday that an audit of the Department of Education (DOE) found that many elementary schools have failed to meet…
She was kicked, beaten, punched, choked, burned. Why didn’t she leave? She was threatened, taunted, humiliated, disgraced. Why didn’t she leave? Every detail of her…
Newly elected Republican Congressman Bob Turner dropped by the Ronald Regan Republican Club meeting on Monday night to say thanks to one of the many…
Fifteen-year-old Thomas Caiazza, a life scout from Boy Scout Troop 139 in Howard Beach, is bringing some much needed help to those unable to afford…