Local Lawmakers Pump the Brakes on Streetcar Support
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Queens lawmakers are tempering their support for the streetcar that Mayor Bill de Blasio — and waterfront developers — desire.
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AG Sues Fresh Meadows Landlords For $500K Property Tax Fraud
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A pair of Fresh Meadows property owners are in hot water for skipping out on paying almost $500,000 in taxes and deceiving their tenants’ leases in order to profit off the sale of the building, authorities announced on Tuesday.
Read MoreThousands of Public School Students Prep For College This Week
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Since Monday, students across the city have been participating in a range of activities, including college application sessions, college tours and workshops to help students complete their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced on Tuesday.
Read MoreCUNY Law Hosts Environmental Freedom of Information Workshop
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Amid of torrent of environmental disinformation and climate change denial, the CUNY School of Law will host a daylong event designed to help attorneys, journalists and other concerned citizens gain the truth about environmental degradation.
Read MoreClose Call at LGA as Planes Graze Wings
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Authorities say two arriving airplanes touched wingtips while taxiing at New York's LaGuardia airport, but the planes were able to continue to their gates without a problem.
Read MoreSmuggling Ring Shipped 4 Million Cigarettes to Queens and Staten Island
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Authorities say a dozen people collaborated to smuggle nearly 4 million cigarettes from Virginia to New York City and resell them in Queens and Staten Island, dodging over $1.3 million in city and New York state taxes.
Read MoreCity Breaks Ground on Astoria ‘Anchor Park’
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Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen visited Astoria Park to break ground on a major park overhaul as part of “City Hall In Your Borough” week on Tuesday.
Read MoreReformers Remain Skeptical About New ‘Right to Know’ Law
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A new law designed to stop unconstitutional police searches is less than a week old, but its rollout and implementation is already encountering criticism from police reform advocates. Many leading reformers say the bill is too watered down — and that they don’t expect the NYPD to follow through in the first place.
Jackson Heights Man Is Latest Proud Boy Arrested
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Police arrested a Jackson Heights resident on Monday for his role in a violent assault by the white supremacist Proud Boys gang in Manhattan on Oct. 12.
Read MoreFirst Woman Of Color Plans Queens DA Bid, Sources Say
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Mina Malik, a former assistant district attorney in Queens, will likely announce her candidacy, the sources familiar with Malik said.
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Congressional Candidates Silent on Alzheimer's
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“As a constituent of the 14th Congressional District, I have listened to candidates Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Anthony Pappas but have not heard them say how they will combat Alzheimer’s and support families that are impacted by dementia.”
Read MoreAmid Skepticism, Massive Sunnyside Yard Project Holds First Public Meeting
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Plans for the latest massive development project in Queens have begun to take shape above the train tracks at Sunnyside Yard and the agency spearheading the vast proposal is asking for community input, amid concerns over congestion and displacement.
Read MoreCops Looking For Knife-wielding Straphanger Who Threatened Queens Man
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A Queens straphanger was threatened by a knife-wielding man aboard a Flushing-bound No. 7 train during an early-morning dispute, cops said on Monday.
Read MoreQueens CUNY Awarded $6 Million in Grants For Early Childhood Childhood Center
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Three City University of New York colleges located in Brooklyn and Queens are among the half-dozen CUNY colleges awarded a record $6 million in federal grants for early childhood learning centers, CUNY announced on Monday.
Read MoreDA Brown, President Katz Offer Hundreds of Low-Level Offenders A Clean Slate
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More than 400 people made the trip to Universal Church on Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside on Saturday in order to attend the Second Chance Summons Warrant Forgiveness Event, where over 350 participants were able to get their low-level summonses cleared without fear of arrest, according to Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown.
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