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...
Only days after a whirlwind of command calls and decisions, Inspector David Barrere found himself presiding at the 114th Precinct Community Council for the last time as commanding officer of the 114th Precinct. More...
Action taken on the robbery of a restaurant deliveryman earned two officers a Cop of the Month award at the September meeting of the 108th Police Precinct Community Council at the Sunnyside Senior Center, the first after the summer break. More...
Associate Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals Carmen Beauchamp Cipatrick was guest speaker at the Queens County Bar Association annual Frank S. Polestino Memorial Lecture and Court of Appeals Update last week. More...
Vincenzo (Vincent) Iannece, one of the leading Italian-American activists in New York state and in Astoria, died last Thursday, September 29, from pulmonary and heart complications brought on by his long battle with cancer. He was 80 years old. 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...
Deputy Inspector Brian McCarthy, who assumed command of the 114th Police Precinct in Astoria on Friday, September 30 was born in 1962. He grew up in the Greenpoint More...
Elected officials have joined to ask the city Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) to approve plans for a mixed use residential and commercial high-rise building to be built on the former RKO Keith More...
The intense media coverage of the death, destruction and horrible experiences suffered by millions of residents of areas recently devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have left indelible impressions on the minds of New York City residents and pu More...
Residents, families, friends, and volunteers, together with the dedicated staff of Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility, enjoyed a spectacular end-of-summer festival on Sunday, September 18. More...
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