See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Declaring that the playing field simply isn’t fair for working families and the middle-class families in Queens, U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson Heights) presented his “Be…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers The family of Stacy Singh, a mother of two who was killed in her Richmond Hill home, made an emotional plea to the community to stand up for victims of domestic violence at a vigil in…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Prem Calvin Prashad TimesLedger Newspapers That the president expresses hostility toward immigration is no secret; that he would condemn it in such vulgar terms, if true, is unsurprising. While the country grapples over t…
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…