An independent expert hired by the United Community Civic Association (UCCA) said a study on the environmental impact of a proposed 225,000 square foot. Federal Express facility in Astoria does not go far enough. More...
A multi-million dollar package of priorities for public construction projects in Queens was approved by the Borough Board and submitted to Mayor Michael Bloomberg for inclusion in his executive budget, Borough President Helen Marshall announced. More...
At hearings before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs of which Congressmember Joseph Crowley is a member, General David Petraeus and the U.S. More...
At the April meeting of the Astoria Civic Association, former City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr. began by announcing that this was the organization's annual police night. More...
The Garden School's 10th annual Walk-A-Thon, sponsored by the school's Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) will take place on Tuesday, May 13. This event is one of the largest and most important fundraisers of the year for the school. More...
State Senator George Onorato (D-Queens) made the following statement on the 2008-2009 New York State Budget approved April 9 by the state senate and Assembly: "This $121.7 billion state budget, which was adopted under the most extraordinary of cir More...
Passover, the Festival of Freedom, is by far the most popular Jewish holiday and is probably observed more scrupulously than the Holy Days. This year, the first two nights of the Passover holiday are Apr. 20 and 21 and the last two nights are Apr. More...
Community Board 3 has lately been holding monthly meetings away from its usual arena, I.S. 227, the Louis Armstrong School, on Junction Boulevard. The March meeting was held at I.S. 230, 73-10 34th Ave. More...
Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. Apr. 19 Passover begins at sundown; Apr. 20, Palm Sunday (Orthodox), First day of Passover; Apr. 21, Second day of Passover; Apr. 23 St. More...
109th Precinct Firefighters Spark Jumpers Four card playing employees at a Flushing business jumped from a second floor office window last week, when they thought firefighters responding to a false alarm were police raiding the card game. More...
The Leadership Lunch Club at P.S. 112 in Long Island City ran a school-wide Penny Harvest with the help of the non-profit organization Common Centers. More...
Queens lawmakers reported last week that the borough came away with a goodly variety of benefits to libraries, cultural institutions, homeowner mortgages, and other areas under the $122 billion budget passed last Wednesday, as well as a share of bi More...
The city's stalled $500 million Willets Point redevelopment plan ran into another obstacle last week as landowners presently occupying the property sued the city to force it to provide the necessary services to allow them to continue doing business More...
New York City ranked 43rd out of 50 large cities in graduation rates for high school students, according to a national survey conducted by America's Promise Alliance. More...
BY JOHN TOSCANO The Doe Fund, which employs formerly homeless persons and parolees to clean up more than 160 miles of New York City streets every day, has received another $564,000 federal grant, Congressmember Carolyn Maloney announced last week More...
The Armenian National Committee of New York will host the 93rd Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide at City Hall Chambers on April 25 at 5:30 p.m. More...
City Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe celebrated the addition of nine new electric cars to the Astoria Park fleet with Borough President Helen Marshall, City Councilmembers John Liu and Peter Vallone Jr. More...
Seven men and one woman, all of Asian descent, were charged with having unlawful dealings with a child after they were observed selling alcoholic beverages to minors under the age of 21 at various establishments in the 114th Police Precinct on Satu More...
At a late moment in a long meeting, one Community Board 2 member said of the City University of New York Graduate Center project in Long Island City: "It would be easy to embrace this project in its entirety- in a vacuum. More...
The Queens livery cab driver who lied about rescuing a baby that was abandoned in his cab, won't face criminal charges for his actions, according Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown. More...
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