Work begins on British tanker sunk by U-boat off Rockaway Beach
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The Coimbra was carrying more than 2 million gallons of oil when it was torpedoed in January 1942, killing 36 officers and crew members.
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Taste of Sunnyside returns for 9th straight year
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Sunnyside Shines, the neighborhood’s business improvement district that helps to boost the approximately 300 businesses in the area, organizes the festival each year.
Read MorePrivately Owned Public Spaces are getting a new logo
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Over 600 designs for the new logo were submitted in an international design competition, meant to replace a decades-old design that the spaces had outgrew.
Read More'You can't have cops watching cops' — NYPD officer, ex-cop lawyer sue NYC
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“It’s sad to say, but it’s like a gang.”
Read MoreFather charged with murder for car fire death of 3-year-old Queens girl
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Cops say Martin Pereira, 39, started the blaze that killed 3-year-old Zoey Pereira on May 5.
Read MoreMTA proposes expanding full-fare MetroCard program for K-12 students
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The MTA Board is expected to vote on a proposal Wednesday that would give full-fare MetroCards to students who currently have half-fare MetroCards.
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NY court system to implement early alternative dispute resolution for civil cases
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The new model is known as “presumptive ADR” and referring cases routinely to mediation and other forms of ADR earlier in the process.
Read MoreDenDekker hosts Know Your Rights town Hall in Jackson Heightsh
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“This immigrant rights workshop by CIANA will better equip our neighbors so that they will not be deprived of their rights.”
Read MoreOpinion: despite storm challenges, Puerto Rico residents ‘keep moving forward’
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“Rebuilding efforts are slow and lacking in coordination or support at the federal and local levels.”
Read MoreQueens councilmembers remain silent on Grodenchik resignation
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Only two Queens councilmembers, Rory Lancman and Robert Holden, responded to request for comment last week.
Read MoreDromm backs Johnson's presumptive run for mayor
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“26 years ago…I never would have imagined we would be ready to elect an openly gay and HIV+ man as mayor.”
Read MoreFar Rockaway leaders seek answers and oversight of privately owned school buses
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“People assume that the government regulates this and is on top of it, but I don’t know.”
Read More7 Queens date ideas for the state's most eligible bachelor
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Some expert Queens date ideas for governors and regular folks, too.
Read MoreOATH to run ‘pop-up court’ in Holden's Middle Village office
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“Giving people the opportunity to adjudicate summonses in their own back yard is a win-win.”
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