114th Precinct Commanding Officer Inspector Brian McCarthy warns that many robbers are targeting victims who display their iPods (with screens) or T-Mobile Sidekick cellphones in public. Police ask iPod and cellphone users to please be cautious in using these devices so that they continue to remain in the possession of their rightful owners. 114th Police Precinct Blotter Monday, December 4: […]

A Queens police sergeant assigned to a Borough Anti-Crime Unit shot a 24-year-old suspect in the legs on December 8 after the man aimed a .38-caliber revolver at him and two other plainclothes officers, police said. Police sources said the cops first spotted Wayne Bolton in a vehicle near the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst acting suspiciously at about 9 […]

Cops at the 109th Precinct in Flushing opened their hearts to a baby girl abandoned shortly after birth at a local recycling plant on November 3. Police at the Union Street stationhouse adopted the baby and named her Farrington Marie Hope, Farrington for the name of the street where she was abandoned and Hope for the Children of Hope Foundation, […]

T H E p u l p i t Astoria Center of Israel: +Dec. 17, 3 p.m., Chanukkah “Lights of a Hundred Menorah”, bring your menorah and candles for a community lighting and belated 80th Anniversary gala co-sponsored by the Lavender Latkes of Queens, live music, dancing, catered dinner, 50/50 raffle, $20, RSVP, with your menu choice; 718-274-2680 or email info@astoriacenterofisrael. […]

There are 1.6 million New Yorkers currently living in poverty. Of those, more than 1 million rely on emergency food at some point during the year, including nearly 350,000 children and more than 140,000 elderly. Today, there are over 1,100 community food programs providing meals to some 260,000 men, women and children. City Harvest, the nation’s first and New York […]

Chanukah is the Jewish Festival of Lights. But many people, even many Jews, are often at a loss when asked to tell the story behind the holiday. More than 2,500 years ago in Judea (modern-day Israel), the Syrians began persecuting the Jews, who were known at the time as Maccabees. A rebellion was started by Mattathias, (a Jewish priest), and […]

Scoring a major victory for war veterans, particularly those in New York City, both houses of Congress approved legislation last week allowing veterans to use Veteran’s Administration (VA) loans to purchase cooperative housing. Presently VA loans can be used only to purchase a house, townhouse, condominium or a mobile home. Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, who sponsored the approved legislation with U.S. […]