Councilmember James Gennaro is at odds with New York City health officials who have decided not to spray in Jamaica Estates and Pomonok in Flushing, while the lawmaker feels they should be sprayed for mosquitoes despite being infested with the persistent pests this summer. “While I respect the Health Department’s process and protocol it uses to determine which neighborhoods to […]
Judge Rules Fire Alarm Boxes Must Stay
A federal judge last week struck down a plan to remove fire alarm boxes from New York City streets, saying the proposal discriminates against the deaf. City officials last year sought to lift a permanent injunction that blocks the dismantling of fire alarm boxes by proposing an alternate system that utilizes public pay phones. Manhattan Federal Judge Robert Sweet last […]
Cops Nab Suspects In Astoria Car Thefts
Police at the 114th Precinct last week dismantled a two-man car theft operation that long plagued an Astoria neighborhood. Plainclothes Anti-Crime cops and patrol officers at the Astoria Boulevard station house who staked out a location near Hoyt Avenue saw their efforts pay off on August 17 when they arrested George Tsintzelis, 23, and Joseph D’Eluise, 43, both of Queens, […]
Boro-Wide Blotter
102nd Precinct Hunt Killer Of Homeless Man Queens detectives are seeking help from the public to identify and locate a suspect(s) sought in connection with the brutal murder of a homeless man on a street in Richmond Hill. Cops said the victim, whose identity was not released, was discovered outside 87-40 121st Street by a passerby who alerted police. The […]
Electeds Offer Plan To Defuse M.V./Glendale Freight Train Problems
Western Queens lawmakers joined together last Wednesday evening to unveil their plan/agreement with rail companies to alleviate the excessive traffic, noise and undesirable odors caused by outgoing freight trains in Middle Village. The deplorable conditions have riled up local constituents as freight trains carrying municipal solid waste have been left idling while their noisy brakes are left to pressurize at […]
114th Precinct Crime Watch
$2G Reward For Home Invasion Info Detectives at the 114th Precinct Squad are seeking help from the public to identify and locate four armed suspects who shot a man during a botched home-invasion robbery. Cops said the suspects let themselves into the apartment on 9th Street near 33rd Road at about 1:30 a.m. on August 15. With one of the […]
MTA Hiring Temporary Bridge And Tunnel Officers
MTA Bridges and Tunnels is currently seeking temporary bridge and tunnel officers (BTOs) to work at its seven bridges and two tunnels, including the Marine Parkway and Cross Bay Bridges in the Rockaways. The temporary appointments will run for a maximum of one year, paying $12.95 per hour. Medical benefits are included after 90 days on the job. The primary […]
City Considering ‘Pay By Phone’ Parking Meter System
Your cellphone may soon replace your quarter in the perpetual quest for metered parking spaces in New York City. The city Department of Transportation (DOT) is currently soliciting proposals for a pilot program that would allow motorists to “top-off” parking meters without ever leaving their jobs or interrupting shopping trips. Over the next few months, nearly 300 locations citywide will […]
Waste Treatment Plant Danger, Etc.
To The Editor, I thoroughly agree with all those who say that the construction of a waste plant just near the runway at LaGuardia Airport will be dangerous and detrimental to air travellers’ lives since birds think that planes are other birds and are attracted to the waste. Life is too precious to risk destruction and fatalities and that waste […]