JFK Chanel, Gucci heist accomplice pleads guilty
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A Manhattan man pleaded guilty to criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree after being caught with thousands of Gucci and Chanel items worth $2.5 million.
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Resorts World Casino unveils plan for 400-room Queens hotel
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“This new development will bring good, union jobs and add to the ever-growing array of Queens destinations, which we are very excited about,” Miller said. “Queens truly is the World’s Borough, and this partnership will no doubt attract even more visitors and continue to grow our local economy.”
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JFK flight sets trans-Atlantic speed record
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The plane reached a top speed of 825 miles per hour while over the North Atlantic, arriving in London in less than five hours.
Read More51 years ago today, a blizzard paralyzed Queens
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For those who lived and worked in Queens at the time, it was a crippling nightmare.
Read MoreJFK Airport’s TWA Hotel receives state historic preservation award
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It’s the only Queens historic site to receive a 2019 State Historic Preservation Award this year.
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JFK Airport worker claims to be victim of pregnancy discrimination
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The worker became homeless after leaving her job, and is raising her now 4-month-old daughter in a Queens homeless shelter.
Read MoreNew Yorker arrest at JFK, charged with trying to join Taliban
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The FBI intercepted Delowar Mohammed Hossain on Friday morning at Kennedy Airport before he could carry out a plan to travel to Afghanistan, prosecutors said.
Read MoreLIRR introduces plan for private lactation spaces
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The LIRR unveiled plans for a private space for those who are breastfeeding inside Penn Station.
Read MoreKeep on schleppin’ — Queens buses aren’t as bad as other boroughs
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The borough’s bus network managed to avoid “winning” a series of raspberry awards presented by the Straphangers Campaign and TransitCenter.
Read MoreJFK contract workers strike, citing poor conditions
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Employees of Eulen America are speaking out about Eulen’s “long history of mistreatment of their almost exclusively immigrant workforce.”
Read MoreBartlett Dairy to open Queens distribution facility in vacant JFK lot
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The plant will open in 2020 and will create more than 165 permanent jobs, as well as an estimated 70-90 temporary construction jobs.
Read MorePort Authority director, Rep. Meeks talk transforming Queens airports
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“What you want to do is to make sure that the airport is not something that is separate and apart from the community, but is an integral part of the community.”
Read MoreLouis Vuitton show transports guests at JFK
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For the Louis Vuitton show, the inside was transformed into a tropical oasis overflowing with tropical foliage that stretched even into the bathrooms.
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