Just as the fight for control of the state senate in Albany crept into the headlines again, Queens Republicans elbowed their way in by announcing a challenge this year to incumbent Democratic Senator Toby Ann Stavisky in the Flushing/Whitestone are More...

Elected city and state officials, joined by senior citizen advocates, have called upon the city Department for the Aging (DFTA) to delay a plan to change the way senior services are delivered and which may involve the closing of some senior centers More...

City Councilmember James Gennaro (DFresh Meadows) hosted a Nintendo Wii Bowling Tournament at the Hillcrest Senior Center in Jamaica February 22 to highlight the Healthy Aging Initiative, More...

Three Whitestone community organizations last week received Sovereign Bank "Quality of Life" grants to support their work in this Queens neighborhood where the bank has recently opened a new office at 149-37 14th Ave. More...

Riker's Island, LaGuardia Airport, and the Westway Motel were all on the agenda, and that was just the warm-up at the United Community Civic Association meeting on Thursday, February 21. More...

Seeking to abolish major credit card abuses that hurt consumers while increasing fair competition and free market values for credit card holders, Congressmember Carolyn Maloney recently introduced the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2008. More...