See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Students at Bard High School Early College in Long Island City will take part in a national walkout March 14 to protest federal inaction on gun violence following the mass shooting that c…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers Nurses at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Queens in Flushing held a rally last week to demand fair wages. At the March 1 rally, registered nurses said eight months of negotiations were l…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers After months of issuing vague threats, state Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushing) and fellow Korean-American leaders are asking that President Donald Trump tone down his rhetoric and seek…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers A joint investigative team comprised of the FBI and the NYPD arrested a suspect last week in the July murder of an elderly Springfield Gardens man who was killed by a bomb in a package.…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Esther Animalu TimesLedger Newspapers Queens College alumnus and award-winning musical composer Arturo O’Farrill was awarded with his fourth Grammy at the 60th awards in January at Madison Square Garden. O’Far…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Tammy Scileppi TimesLedger Newspapers No matter who you are and where you’re from, you’re bound to find meaning in the award-winning film “Emerald City,” which is making its borough debut in LeFrak…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers Residents came out in the hundreds for the Southern Queens Park Association’s 16th annual art exhibit at Roy Wilkins Park Family Center Sunday. The exhibit featured paintings, pho…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers More than 3,500 kindergarten students in western Queens are getting a head start on saving up for college with the help of a charitable nonprofit organization. U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bob Friedrich TimesLedger Newspapers As an accountant and student of economics at CUNY years ago, I was trained to view and measure the economy through an objectives prism and not base it on the popularity of a president…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers Mayor Bill de Blasio’s selection for a new schools chancellor went from feeling like a simple draft pick to a soap opera in the course of five days, but Monday he announced that H…