The St. John’s baseball team, coming off an impressive 40-17 season, had a school-record six players selected in the 2018 MLB Amateur Draft earlier this month. Senior Kevin Magee, a left-handed pitcher,…
City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) introduced two new bills last week that would eliminate street vendor pollution and sidewalk obstructions threatening pedestrians’ safe passage in Flushing and throughout New York City. Koo’s…
City Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) is ballyhooing the 4th annual Independence Day Celebration and fireworks show at Fort Totten scheduled for Wednesday, June 27. As usual, transportation will be provided from designated…
The driver for a College Point pizzeria had his imminent deportation back to Ecuador halted by a federal judge Saturday. Attorneys from the Legal Aid Society won an emergency stay of deportation…
The majority vote at Community Board 2’s June 7 meeting went against the city Transportation Department’s revised bike lane proposal for Skillman Avenue and 43rd Avenue in Sunnyside. But some residents believe…
State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) and state Assemblywoman Ari Espinal (D-Jackson Heights) say they believe debates are an integral part of the democratic process in America, provided they are fair and…
PrashadTimesLedger NewspapersThe Trump administration’s policy of separating the children of asylum seekers from their parents came under renewed scrutiny amid reports of inhumane detention facilities. The facilities operate largely in secrecy, though organizations…
To help more immigrant students assimilate in the United States while maintaining their cultural identity and become successful in school, the Center for the Integration of New Americans is expanding its Astoria-based…
Queens added to its rich past with a historic weekend. Right on our border in Elmont, Justify clinched the horse racing triple crown Saturday at the 150th Belmont Stakes and became just the 13th horse…
NewspapersIt’s been a summer or two since kids suddenly burst outside in pursuit of virtual Pokemon. Now the question is: How to get them outside again, considering the lure of all things air-conditioned…