Crimewatch! NBA DISPUTE TURNS FATAL
A dispute over an NBA playoff game led to the death of a Queens man over the weekend.
Henry Frasier, a Persian Gulf War veteran, was stabbed outside his cousin’s house   ........Read More

Pistolcam Shoots for Security By Henrick A. Karoliszyn
A brave new piece of technology to keep the public safe recently got the support of a politician from Brooklyn.
State Senator Eric Adams introduced Pistolcam as part   ........Read More

A Little Help Weathering a Difficult Diagnosis By Shane Miller
People battling cancer at Queens Hospital Center (QHC) will now have a dedicated staff person around to help them navigate the difficult journey.
“We are going to be there from   ........Read More

Council to Hold Hearings on Tenant Harassment By Shane Miller
Councilman Eric Gioia stopped by a recently purchased building in his district last week to announce that the City Council would be holding hearings into the practice of buying ren   ........Read More

C-Town Refuses to Fork Over Unpaid Wages By Shane Miller
An Elmhurst supermarket that the state found forced three baggers to work solely on tips has refused to pay back wages - unlike a Brooklyn supermarket that was found to be engaging   ........Read More

Land Use Committee Turns Down New Maspeth School Following an April 9th Community Board 5 Meeting with the School Construction Authority (SCA) to review a planned 1,650-seat intermediate and high school slated for 74th Street and 57th Avenue in Masp   ........Read More

Bridge Worker Falls to Death By Henrick A. Karoliszyn
Last week, a 47-year-old construction worker plunged 35 feet from the Triborough Bridge last Tuesday afternoon.

The accident occurred at 2:30 p.m. after a crane l   ........Read More

Transportation Alternatives: Tour de Queens By Henrick A. Karoliszyn
It's a healthy habit, an environmentally-friendly mode of transportation, and now bicyclists will have a new event in Queens with help from Transportation Alternatives (TA   ........Read More

The Trail of Two Queens Predators By Henrick A. Karoliszyn
Two recent sex crimes in Queens have signaled a crude consequence of cyberspace, the Queens district attorney announced last Friday.

The separate and unconnected   ........Read More

Como vs. Ognibene in the Battle of 'Sour Grapes' By Henrick A. Karoliszyn
The 30th District City Council special election swerved to the realm of finger-pointing again when candidates clocked in at the Board of Elections (BOE) to get on the ball   ........Read More

Hush Can't Quiet Disgruntled Neighbors By Henrick A. Karoliszyn
On a typical Thursday night, Mike Harte finds it tough to sleep. Rambling echoes shake through his home from a recently transformed nightclub called Hush located at 70-10   ........Read More

Queens Civics Rally to Reform Zoning By Henrick A. Karoliszyn
Gauging how the city is helping local communities with overdevelopment by the number of elected officials at the rally in front of Queens Borough Hall on Monday, the futur   ........Read More

Mayoral Candidate Emerges at GPOA Meeting By Henrick A. Karoliszyn
Despite the relatively low turnout due to the weather and the candidate's forum on the same night, the Glendale Property Owners Association (GPOA) monthly meeting still ma   ........Read More

Million Trees Project Grows in Ridgewood By Henrick A. Karoliszyn
Communities throughout the five boroughs plus a decade equal one million trees planted in New York. That's the equation Michael Bloomberg conjured up when he decided to l   ........Read More

Con Ed Rates Causes Pols to Blackout Con Ed Rates Causes Pols to Blackout
Another rate increase sought by utility Consolidated Edison has shocked elected officials in Western Queens. Concilman Peter Vallone and Assemblyman Michael Gi   ........Read More

Century Woman Honored In East Elmhurst Senator Sabini presented Ivy May Guy of East Elmhurst with a Senate resolution honoring her 100th birthday on Saturday. Guy, a member of Corona’s Seventh Day Adventist Church, has inspired her family   ........Read More

Bell Protests Stop Traffic, End With Arrests By Jeffrey Harmatz
After the acquittal of the officers responsible for shooting Sean Bell and his friends in 2006, Reverend Al Sharpton promised to shut the city down to oppose the decision and ca   ........Read More