See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers An Oakland Gardens man shocked the city after he was charged with possession of a massive collection of over 65 illegal firearms, consisting primarily of assault rifles, and up to 50,000…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers The city Department of Correction has opened the first housing area exclusively for military veterans at its Rikers Island prison complex, and Mayor Bill de Blasio announced city jails wi…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Lenore Skenazy TimesLedger Newspapers “Who are you wearing?” That’s a question Oscar contenders answer easily — their designers are sometimes as famous as they are. But it wasn’t always so. F…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers Flushing-born Former First Lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday following a battle with an unspecified illness. She was 92. Bush died two days after her family released a statement announcin…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Robert Cole TimesLedger Newspapers With weather wreaking havoc on this year’s softball season, Saturday’s great spring weather enabled the St. Francis Prep softball team to get out and work off their rust agai…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) rallied with parents, students, teachers and education advocates Monday in Jackson Heights to demand that the city Department of Education…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Elected officials and community leaders joined Denham Wolff Real Estate Services Tuesday to break-ground for the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center expansion project in Averne. With a…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Street safety advocates marked the one-year anniversary of the tragic death of Gelasio Reyes Sunday with a ride and rally at the Sunnyside intersection where the Corona father of three an…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers After a suggestion from a friend a Bellerose, a stay-at-home mom completely switched careers and opened her own after-school center in Flushing. Shalini Outram was in the medical resea…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers Corona, Jackson Heights and Jamaica were identified as food swamps in a report from Public Health Solutions, one of the largest public health nonprofits in New York City dedicated to he…