Scarborough Praises Mayor For Dropping Lawsuit
Assemblyman William Scarborough (D-Jamaica) recently praised Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to drop the City’s lawsuit against Local Law 71, which barred “bias-based” profiling by the NYPD. This...
View ArticleA Group Of Auto Shops Will Relocate To The Bronx
BY TRISHA SAKHUJA Staff Writer After much back and forth, 47 auto shops will relocate from the Willets Point Iron Triangle to a 34,000-square-foot warehouse at Hunts Point in the Bronx. Marco Neira,...
View ArticleInner Circle Gets Out
When the Inner Circle gets together, interesting things end up happening. Like what, you may ask? How about Mayor Bill de Blasio rockin’ an afro, much like his son Dante‘s famous ‘do? The Inner Circle...
View ArticleLate Show with Dennis Walcott?
Now that David Letterman from the late-night comedy show, The Late Show With David Letterman, said he wants to retire by 2015, so guess who is up for his seat next? Queens’ very own Dennis Walcott,...
View ArticleResidents Upset Over Ridgewood Reservoir
BY LUIS GRONDA Staff Writer Some residents are up in arms over the City’s plan for what they say are needed changes at the Ridgewood Reservoir. The Parks Dept. presented its plan on Monday to...
View ArticleDon’t Annoy The Judge
Growing up as a child, nothing can be more frustrating than when your siblings get in trouble and they tell your parents that you did the same thing. No parent falls for that, nor does it get the...
View ArticleReconstructed Seawall Open After Long Wait
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer The long awaited seawall at Queensbridge Park is now open for picnics, afternoon walks and fishing expeditions. The buckled, cracked seawall was fenced off for...
View ArticleParents Push For School Redistricting
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer A small group of Northwestern Queens parents are tired of being juggled from one school district to another. A two-block region known by locals as the “lost...
View ArticleHate The Game
Former Councilman Daniel Halloran has become a regular guest on our weekly QConf page, and he continues to make himself worthy of the ink. He took the witness stand to defend himself last week, during...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Airport Of Northern Queens
BY JOE MARVILLI Staff Writer When you ask someone about airports in Queens today, you will likely hear them talk about LaGuardia or JFK Airports. However, those two were not always the only such...
View ArticleMayor Promises Shorter Ambulance Wait
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer The Mayor hopes to buy Queens some time. As part of his $78 billion preliminary budget for Fiscal Year 2016, Mayor Bill De Blasio has set aside nearly $20 million...
View ArticleKatz Outlines Boro Budget Priorities
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer A swift but sweeping discussion of budget priorities at Borough Hall on Monday had a repeated message for the Mayor: “we need more.” During the annual Borough...
View ArticleElizabeth Lusskin: Bringing Business Sense To LIC
Elizabeth Lusskin is the president of the LIC Partnership and executive director of the LIC Business Improvement District. Her professional life has ranged through public, private and non-profit roles,...
View ArticleEx-Schools Chancellor Is New Library CEO
BY JON CRONIN Staff Writer The Queens Library Board of Trustees’ has selected former NYC Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott as the new President and CEO of the Queens Library, to take office on March...
View ArticleCouncil Bill To Call For Sustainable Heating
BY YVETTE BROWN Staff Writer On Wednesday, May 25, Councilman Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria) was joined by environmental groups to rally in support of his bill, which would ensure for more...
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