See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers The city will begin its long process of closing the prison complex on Rikers Island this summer, when the first of nine jails will be closed, the de Blasio administration announced Tuesda…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers The Willets Point community is criticizing Mayor Bill de Blasio for proceeding with the sale of “Phase One” Willets Point Land to Queens Development Group. The 23 acres wou…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers Subway meltdowns and hobbled commuter train service defined 2017 for straphangers, who found their day-to-day travel obstructed by the very system driving the city’s economic engin…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers It was a tumultuous year for education in Queens, throughout the city and in New York state and even as 2017 comes to a close the challenges remain high. Public school advocates were in…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers For the second year in a row, Flushing Hospital Medical Center was the birthplace of the city’s first baby of the new year. On Dec. 30 the hospital, which delivers more than 3,000…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers A young mother of two who was stabbed to death in her Richmond Hill home in an apparent murder-suicide, marks the first murder of 2018, police said. On New Year’s Day at 1:09 p.m…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers The MTA announced 19 finalists in its Genius Challenge to save the city’s subways. The initiative, established by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in June, offers $1 million to the most innovativ…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills were looking for a man who forcibly touched the groin of a 16-year-old girl. The teenager was in the vicinity of Queens Boulevard and Yellow…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers Police were looking for suspect wanted in connection to a burglary in Little Neck on Dec. 29. Police said a man broke the glass front door of Pari’s Threading Salon, located at 252…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers The MTA announced 19 finalists in its Genius Challenge to save the city’s subways. The initiative, established by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in June, offers $1 million to the most innovativ…