A recent child abduction in California ended happily when the child was recovered with the help of an "Amber Alert," information broadcast throughout an area on the huge directional signs hanging over highways for thousands of motorists to More...

City Councilmember David Weprin (D-Hollis), chair of the council Finance Committee, shown raising the flag, attended ceremonies marking the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Intrepid Museum at Pier 86 on Manhattan More...

King China Buffet, located in the La Guardia Shopping Center, is celebrating its third anniversary. More...

Joel Klein, a product of local schools in Brooklyn and Queens and an alumnus of Long Island City's own William Cullen Bryant H.S., has been named Schools Chancellor by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. We wish him luck. More...

The unfortunate and preventable tragedy that recently occurred on Little Neck Bay is just one of a series of waterway incidents that threaten the lives of our young people. More...

Last year, the city finally closed the Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island, which has unfairly burdened the people of Staten Island for decades. More...