See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Nearly one year after he joined the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) is defending his move in light of sexual misconduct allegations…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers The Center for the Women of New York, an organization dedicated to fighting for women’s rights, located at the Queens Borough Hall in Kew Gardens, will be joining the second annua…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers At a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration held at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center on Monday, guests, performers and elected officials looked back at the work of the civil rights le…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers After last week’s chaos at John F. Kennedy International Airport, which left passengers stranded and without their baggage, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) is calling on the U.S.…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Nicholas Zizelis TimesLedger Newspapers President Trump recently referred to the countries from which some immigrants enter our country as “s–thole.” As a first-generation American, I wonder if I am of “…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers A Flushing woman charged in a hit-and-run that left another woman dead thought she had struck a chunk of ice and continued to go to work, according to a criminal complaint from the Que…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Tammy Scileppi TimesLedger Newspapers Shelina Shariff-Zia (pictured top) calls her new autobiographical novel “Nairobi Days,” a celebration of Indian and African culture. Indeed, she is part of both. She write…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Robert Cole TimesLedger Newspapers Participation in the Hoopers NY Martin Luther King Challenge provided head coach Mike LoCascio an opportunity to get his St. John’s Prep girls’ hoops team some much-needed ga…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . TimesLedger Newspapers Ever since we have known him, two things have struck us about Corey Johnson: You should never underestimate his political ability, and he works extremely hard. Those qualities — his political acu…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers The Regional Plan Association, an urban research and advocacy organization that creates plans to help improve the prosperity of the tri-state area, included the Greater Jamaica Developm…