With all of the mayor’s appointees voting in lockstep, the Panel for Educational Policy voted 9-4 to close 19 schools, including Beach Channel High School, at a raucous meeting that began early on Tuesday evening and ended at 3 a.m. More...
As work on the Rockaway A line continues, the next phase of the restoration has begun – the rehabilitation of the Mott Avenue subway station in Far Rockaway. More...
With the coming of the new legislative year, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has made new committee assignments, and both of our Councilmen received new areas of responsibility. More...
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that $45,029,122 in emergency home heating aid is coming to New York State to help seniors and low income families deal with heating bills this winter. More...
Kareem Bellamy sat at the defense table in the Queens courtroom, eyes focused on Judge Joel Blumenfeld, the man who was to decide his immediate future, surrounded by his team of public defenders. More...
A Long Island insurance broker has been charged with insurance fraud, among other crimes, for underinsuring Rockaway dollar vans and allegedly cheating insurance companies out of at least $150,000 in premiums, Queens District Attorney Richard A. More...
The three New York City Council representatives of the Southeast Queens Community have weighed into the deadlocked negotiations for the operation of the proposed Video Lottery Terminal at Aqueduct Racetrack. More...
After eight years of missteps and delays, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has completed a number of important security improvements, such as hardening its facilities against a terrorist attack, but the MTA may run out of money before More...
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