See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Construction of the massive Hallets Point development in Astoria has stalled after City Hall pulled funding for Building 7, a 14-story structure with all of its 163 units set to be below-…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By TimesLedger Staff TimesLedger Newspapers Selma, Birmingham, and Little Rock — names of the most famous battlegrounds of the civil rights movement. But not every fight for equality in the U.S. took place in the old C…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers Mayor Bill de Blasio released his preliminary budget for FY2019 on Feb. 1 with no mention of providing funding toward public transportation, even as commuters face an ongoing crisis on t…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers A new study has found that Queens health care workers have the city’s worst commute. The Center for an Urban Future’s report “An Unhealthy Commute: The Transit Challe…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers New York City has joined 22 other “sanctuary” cities and organizations across the country in a lawsuit against the U.S. Attorney’s office in response to the Trump Admi…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers A Queens lawmaker is leading the fight against a corporate giant for endangering the health and welfare of children as well as seniors suffering from dementia. State Assemblywoman Aravell…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Tammy Scileppi TimesLedger Newspapers What would local artists and arts organizations do without Queens Council on the Arts’ ongoing support? City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) has fought on behalf of th…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers Richard Trantham, a 34-year-old Jamaica man, is facing a 16-count indictment for pimping a 16-year-old girl for three months in 2017, according to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers Two Queens men were re-arrested on additional counts of kidnapping and sex trafficking young women while at the Queens Criminal Courthouse in Kew Gardens on prior such charges, Queens D…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Zach Gewelb TimesLedger Newspapers Queens College has a new interim athletic director. The school announced last Thursday that Robert Twible, who is entering his 20th year with the school, has been given the title. Twible…