Flushing pick-up league for older adult ballers set to re-open
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A Parks Department spokesperson said the league will resume next week.
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Plan to banish jails from Rikers faces little opposition
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The city’s plan for closing Rikers Island jails and building four new detention facilities hinges on the city’s ability to reduce the jail population.
Read MoreOnly two Queens BP candidates qualify for matching funds
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Former Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley received $497,795 and Councilmember Costa Constantinides received $476,697 in matching funds, the New York City Campaign Finance Board announced on Wednesday.
Read MoreSupreme Court archives catalogue the history of Queens
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Away from the rush of day-to-day court life, the court’s archives serve as time capsule for legal history and detail centuries of life in Queens.
Read MoreQueens Holocaust survivors mark 75th Anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
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The Queens residents, originally from Poland and the former Soviet Union, were among nearly 100 survivors from across New York City who attended the commemoration.
Read MoreFar Rockaway man convicted of sexually abusing 10-year-old girl
/By Victoria Merlino
A Far Rockaway man was convicted of having sexual contact with a 10-year-old girl, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced last Friday.
Joseph Petty, 40, moved into his girlfriend’s Jamaica apartment in August 2014, according to trial testimony. Starting that October, he would enter his girlfriend’s daughter’s room and at night and touch her chest area and genitals with his hands and mouth, in addition to having sexual contact with the girl. This conduct continued through January 2015.
“The defendant on multiple occasions violated this little girl,who was just 10 years old at the time. A jury weighed all the evidence presented at trial and found the defendant guilty,” Katz said.
Petty faces up to 25 years in prison. His sentencing is set for Feb. 11.
Ex-prosecutor recruits top Queens conservatives in bid for borough president
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Quinn is one of six candidates who will appear on the ballot in the March 24 special election to replace former Borough President Melinda Katz.
Read MoreSchools chancellor, Congresswoman trade heated tweets over school safety
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“No. Enough. I’ve spoken to you personally 4 times about these issues.”
Read MoreFundraising heats up ahead of likely Assembly special election
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At least seven candidates are raising campaign cash in the uncertain contest.
Read MoreCity ponders what’s next for Rikers Island
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One proposed measure would turn over control of the island to the Department of Environmental Protection.
Read MoreTrial date set for Neir’s Tavern neighbors facing eviction
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“We feel good that they’re helping the bar, but we want the same opportunity and the same help.”
Read MoreFour candidates dropped from ballot in Queens borough president race
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Another candidate who dropped out of the race last week will nevertheless appear on the ballot under New York election law.
Read MoreBed bugs return to Forest Hills subway control tower
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For the third time this month, exterminators visited the Forest Hills-71st Street station MTA control tower Tuesday morning to fumigate for bed bugs.
Read MoreQueens College turns to alum in Congress for commencement address
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U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat is the first Dominican American and the first formerly undocumented immigrant elected to Congress.
Read MoreRecord number of volunteers canvass streets for annual homeless count
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“In a world where you can be anything, be kind.”
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