‘Taxi King’ pleads guilty in tax fraud case
The self-proclaimed "Taxi King" pleaded guilty last week to felony tax fraud for failure to pay $5 million in 50-cent MTA surcharges between 2012 and 2015, according to New York State Attorney…
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Photos: A new school for Bayside Hills
A brand-new elementary school, built from the ground up, is something New Yorkers rarely see anymore. But after more than a decade on the planning boards and in construction, PS376 — for students ranging…
Marijuana reform is necessary in Queens
Adams, Rory Lancman, Daneek Miller and Donovan RichardsTimesLedger NewspapersLast month, a front page New York Times story about the city's marijuana possession enforcement set off alarm bells. Its headline: "Surest Way to Face…
Five injured in Whitestone crash: NYPD
Five people were injured in a car collision in Whitestone the morning of May 31, according to the NYPD. The on-camera incident occurred at a five-way intersection at 160th Street and Clintonville…
Crowley: Creators of March for Our Lives movement may become Congressional interns
House Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Jackson Heights), announced a new initiative to encourage student gun safety advocates from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to intern this summer on Capitol Hill…
Flushing cabbie ends his life after medallion loses value
Although the cause of death was still undetermined by the city medical examiner's office for a Flushing man, missing since May 11 and found floating in the East River on May 23,…
Undercover up busts Jackson Heights-based drug gang: DA
The NYPD smashed a Jackson Heights-based drug gang following a long-term investigation last week. Police arrested 18 people during an early morning raid May 23, seizing cocaine, heroin, loaded guns, a machete,…
Holden calls for commission to determine cost of renovating Rikers Island
City Councilman Robert Holden (D-Middle Village) has been such an outspoken critic of the city's plan to close Rikers Island and replace it with a borough-based prison system that Mayor Bill de…
Rozic honors Asian-American community leaders
State Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) hosted the sixth annual "Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month" celebration last week at her alma mater, Townsend Harris High School in Flushing, honoring Asian-American community leaders…
Queensboro Dance Festival tours the borough
The Physical Plant, a Queens-based dance and production company, is presenting its fifth annual Queensboro Dance Festival. Company performances have already begun and will be touring theatres, parks, plazas and streets throughout…