On Monday, January 11, only minutes after swearing in Salvatore J. Cassano as the city’s new fire commissioner, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced that in 2009 the city experienced 73 civilian fire deaths, the lowest number ever recorded. More...
Community Meetings Dates & times are subject to change, call to confirm. Associations Jan. 21, 8 p.m., FDR Democrats; Chabad of NE Queens, 212-12 26th Ave., Bayside; 718.460.8285. More...
Dear Savvy Senior, What are the risk factors for glaucoma? My 82-year-old father lost much of his vision from it about 10 years ago and my sister was recently diagnosed with it, and neither had a clue anything was wrong. More...
New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly was the keynote speaker for an “on the record “ discussion about the police and the press at the monthly meeting of the New York Press Club on Tuesday, January 19. More...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg began a series of tributes to Martin Luther King on Monday, January 18 at a City Hall reception. Bloomberg was joined by numerous elected officials and dignitaries, including former Mayor David Dinkins, U. S. More...
Ten years after the first signs of crisis emerged, at least 1,000 properties are currently in foreclosure in Jamaica. That is the most in the city, according to Propertyshark.com, as reported in the January 2 New York Times. More...
At its executive committee meeting on January 13, the Queens County Republican Party unanimously endorsed Bayside attorney and civic leader Vince Tabone for the 26th Assembly District, encompassing the neighborhoods of Auburndale, Bayside, Bay Terrac More...
On Monday, January, 18, City Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. and local community leaders and Trinity Church members Jeremiah Frei-Pearson, Karla Mosley Frei-Pearson and Costa Constantinides honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. More...
In my last Op Ed [“Mammogram, Self- Examination Cutbacks Threaten Women’s Health”, Nov. 25, 2009], I warned of the likely impact of draconian Medicare cuts for medical imaging contained in the House and Senate health reform bills. More...
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