Investigators are probing a construction accident in Elmhurst that left a 26-year-old worker dead and three of his colleagues seriously injured on January 10. More...
Assemblymember Margaret M. Markey (D-Maspeth) was sworn into office on January 5 for a seventh term.|width=166|height=250|link=node|align=left] More...
A 31-year-old Jackson Heights man last week was charged with failing to register his electronic identifiers, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.
Luis Ortiz is the first man to be charged under the 2008 Electronic Security and Targetin More...
The Queens babysitter charged with shaking a three-month-old boy to death during last week’s blizzard admitted to detectives that she shook the baby because he wouldn’t stop crying.
Ana Delarosa, 26, of Corona, told police at the 115th P More...
Last year’s New York CHSAA state champion Christ the King H.S. (4-2) traveled from Middle Village to Briarwood to meet this year’s division leader, Archbishop Molloy H.S. More...
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A 46-year-old Forest Hills pharmacist who broke her arm while on a horseback ride is suing a Queens stable for putting her on what she called an “ill-tempered” horse. More...
Senator José Peralta is asking the community to donate to the family of the three-month-old baby, Addison Reinoso, of Corona, who died six days after the blizzard.
A donation fund has been established to pay for Addison’s funeral expens More...
Next Monday the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be observed across America. King, whose actual birth date is Jan. 15, 1929, came to national prominence as a leader in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and early ’60s. More...
Welcome to another holiday edition of Internet In Bloom For The Layperson. Happy New Year! As a college librarian, I track new media and recall when cable TV first came out it had no commercials. More...
At about 6 p.m. on Tuesday, January 4, the driver of a late model Chevrolet Malibu LS sedan lost control of his vehicle at the intersection of Yellowstone and Queens Boulevards in Forest Hills. More...
Mortgage fraud is a growing crime that is hurting homeowners, businesses and the national economy, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The feds say the latest scam on the block is house stealing. More...
Councilmembers Karen Koslowitz and James Vacca hailed a budget agreement reached between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council that forestalls a parking meter rate hike set to take effect in all neighborhoods outside of Manhattan’s More...
Recently released NYPD crime statistics show a sharp rise in robberies in Queens in 2010.
NYPD Compstat numbers show a 2.4 percent increase in robberies last year, 119 more as of December 26, compared with the same period in 2009. More...
What is a brownfield? It could be an empty lot on a block that has been that way for years. But under a new city initiative, that lot might soon be developed into a park, community facility or affordable housing. More...
As a result of extensive negotiations over the past six weeks, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Finance Committee Chair Domenic M. Recchia Jr. More...
Police last week arrested a Queens shop teacher, George Zola, 58, a licensed aviation mechanic, who has taught at the Aviation Career & Technical Education H.S. More...
Thomas R. Gaines II, of Douglaston, New York, died on November 15, 2010 at North Shore Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was 63 years old. Gaines was born into the fourth generation of a New York family. More...
On January 10, a countermove by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to link the tax cap issue with rent control issues was shot down by Governor Andrew Cuomo. More...
Dear Savvy Senior, I’ve read that Uncle Sam recently developed some new programs that can help early retirees who aren’t yet eligible for Medicare, as well as high-risk uninsured people. What can you tell me about this? Wanting To Retire More...
On January 5, 2011, New York Representatives Carolyn Maloney (DAstoria) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), authors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, paid tribute to the late James Zadroga, former NYPD Detective and namesake of the recent More...
The New York City Council made strides in protecting students’ rights in New York City public high schools with the passage of the Student Safety Act on December 20, just before recessing for the holiday break. More...
Mortgage fraud is a growing crime that is hurting homeowners, businesses and the national economy, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The feds say the latest scam on the block is house stealing. More...
