Th e 26-year-old mother of a winsome little girl is considered a murder victim and authorities are searching Queens parks, upstate garbage dumps and two landfills in Pennsylvania for her body. More...
State Senator Serphin Maltese fought off a challenge from a faction identified with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and was re-elected as chairman of the Queens Republican Party for another term at the organization More...
Citing the high number of people in New York City with no health insurance, City Councilmember David Weprin has introduced a bill which will extend health care coverage to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner of a retired city worker. More...
With home heating costs going through the roof, city Councilmembers James Gennaro and David Weprin have introduced a resolution in the council calling on the New York State government to temporarily suspend the existing sales tax on home heating fuel More...
The city has acquired 529 new buses for the MTA bus company, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority subsidiary charged with running the previously private bus companies that are being taken over. More...