Summer officially started June 21. However, we who live in New York City, specifically in Queens, know better. More...
take away from the congestion of the #7 subway. I was also glad to read of the young people in our area achieving well to get scholarships to college. More...
Asserting, "enough is enough for Western Queens residents," Assemblymember Michael Gianaris applauded Mayor Michael Bloomberg as Bloomberg issued a report finding that New York City will be able to meet its energy needs until 2014 without building mo More...
Last week, we wrote in this space that Congressmember Joseph Crowley was cautiously optimistic that the Veterans Administration (VA) would be helping the 27 million veterans who might have been left open to identity theft and other dangers because th More...
Two recent unrelated and separate attacks on Astoria men that began with anti-gay slurs have been designated hate crimes, said Deputy Inspector Brian McCarthy, commanding officer of the 114th Police Precinct. More...
With hurricane preparedness giving city residents the jitters and city and state officials trying to formulate an evacuation and preparedness plan, City Councilmember John Liu has stirred up a storm over the competence of a key player in those plans- More...