New Yorkers struggling with infertility would be guaranteed coverage by their health insurance plans for in-vitro fertilization under a bill sponsored by state Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas (D-Astoria), which passed the Assembly May…
New York City Transit President Andy Byford unveiled what some agency board members regard as a bold plan to bring the most critical parts of the subway system into the 21st century…
Forest Hills moms Sarita Manickam and Jennifer Bruno came up with their children’s book idea, “RAD Girl Revolution,” hoping that it would empower little girls to, as the acronym suggests, “Rise Above…
Judith Limpert let out a cry of joy upon being told the organization she led for nearly two decades, the Bayside Business Association, would get almost double the expected amount from the…
Historical SocietyTimesLedger NewspapersIn conjunction with the Greater Astoria Historical Society, TimesLedger Newspapers presents noteworthy events in the borough’s history. Born Walter Whitman on May 31, 1819 in West Hills, N.Y., Walt Whitman was…
State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) announced he would not run for state attorney general this fall and he has thrown his support behind Public Advocate Letitia James, who announced her candidacy last…
Throughout May, state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) has advanced and introduced new bills that would ease access to voting and protect voters’ rights, and conduct studies on track side hazards along…
The presidents of the Queens, Brooklyn and New York library systems held a joint rally last week at City Hall to draw attention to the unchanged funding for their organizations in the…
Five years after the hazing death of Oakland Gardens student Michael Deng in 2013, the state Assembly has passed an anti-hazing bill to forbid members of fraternities from touching pledges during initiation…
The Vietnam Veterans of America Queens Chapter 32 will march in Monday’s Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade with their former leader, Michael O’Kane — still slowed by knee surgery — riding along…