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By Miriam Rosenberg Through prayer and song and with a certain amount of anger, Rockaway's African-American community came together last week to discuss its response to the April 25 verdict acquitting three police detectives in the death of Far Rockaway resident Sean Bell. More ... Bloomberg Riles Against GHI-HIP Merger Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has released a memorandum sent to the New York State Superintendent of Insurance Eric R. Dinallo opposing the conversion of the non-profit health insurers Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP) and Group Health Incorporated (GHI) to a forprofit company. More ...
Police officers from the 100 Precinct and the NYPD's Emergency Services Unit executed a search warrant at 82-03 Beach Channel Drive in the Hammel Houses on Wednesday evening, seizing a cache of drugs and guns and arresting Ramon Collins. More ... Dog Park Attack Leaves Puppy Hospitalized By Nicholas Briano A Rockaway woman says that her life has been devastated after her sixmonth old cocker spaniel was brutally attacked by a two dogs while playing inside the Freeway Dog Park at Beach 81 Street on April 30. More ... ENACT Meets To Discuss Arverne East By Timothy Aaron-Styles On Tuesday, August 18, approximately thirty-five people eventually trickled into room 205 at the Blanche Community Progress Day Care Center for the Edgemere Neighborhood Action Community Team (ENACT)'s monthly meeting, chaired by longtime Rockaway community leader, Ernest Brown. More ...
Will Lawrence Hotel Be Reborn? By Nicholas Briano The future of the dilapidated and deteriorating Lawrence Hotel, presently all wrapped up for safety and to hide its crumbling imperfections from Beach 116 Street shoppers, will be based on the outcome of a proposed zoning change that would allow it to become an eight-story building. More ...
By Nicholas Briano The fire department responded on Tuesday morning to a fire at 145 Beach 26 Street and found the private, multi-family, long-abandoned home engulfed in flames. Christopher Williams, who was working at a nearby construction site, said that he noticed the blaze and immediately rushed to the scene, f... More ... MTA Announces Speakers' Bureau MTA Bridges and Tunnels Speakers Bureau has a line-up of knowledgeable professionals ready to address community groups and educational organizations about a wide range of transportation topics relative to the agency's seven bridges and two tunnels. More ...
Governor David A. Paterson today announced the signing of legislation to help curb predatory attacks on New York's elderly. Governor Paterson was joined for the bill signing at St. Margaret's House on Fulton Street by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and several members of the State Legislature, wh... More ...
By Miriam Rosenberg During a meeting last week to determine the response of Rockaway's black community to the verdict in the Sean Bell case, Councilman James Sanders Jr. wound up defending himself and other area black politicians for their alleged lack of work done for the members of the African-American communities ... More ... Smith Supports Elimination Of Summer Gas Tax Senate Democratic Leader Malcolm A. Smith has announced his support for a controversial bill to eliminate the gasoline tax as prices at the pump hit a record $4 per gallon in some parts of the state. Smith said that while the legislation was "not perfect, any relief we can provide for families was... More ... |
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