See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers The basketball courts and playground at the Queensbridge Houses are about to get a complete overhaul. City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) joined community leaders Tuesday for a…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Ronald B. Hellman TimesLedger Newspapers “We’ve never seen anything this bizarre in our lifetimes, where up is down and down is up and everything is in question and nothing is real.” — Charles Lewi…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Warren Schreiber TimesLedger Newspapers The property tax system in this city has been broken for decades. It’s no secret. I’ve known about it since I became president of the Bay Terrace Co-op 20 years ago, and…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Almost a half decade has passed since state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) first introduced legislation that would toughen penalties on drivers without valid licenses who kill or injur…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers JACKSON HEIGHTS — The NYPD is investigating the death of a 4-month-old baby girl in Jackson Heights. Police, responding to a 911 call around 10:50 a.m. Monday, discovered the little…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers After decades of complaints from the Astoria community about the lack of accessibility at subway stations along the N/W line, the MTA announced Tuesday that four elevators would be instal…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers Hundreds from the Hindu community showed up to get colorful by tossing rainbow-hued powder at one another and to celebrate the beginning of spring at the 30th Annual Phagwah Festival Sat…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) joined Dreamers and their advocates last week at a rally held at the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park to call on the New York State Se…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Zach Gewelb TimesLedger Newspapers The Mets finally have a chance to see what the team — and fans —have envisioned for years: all five of their vaunted starting pitchers in the rotation at the same time. The f…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers City Comptroller Scott Stringer spelled out his priorities for Cambria Heights residents last week, holding a civic association meeting at Community Bridge Home to address and find pote…