See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers The city Parks Department extended MulchFest by another week to give New Yorkers “mulch more time” to dispose of Christmas trees. The annual program kicked off Dec. 31 and wa…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers The Queens LGBT community is mourning the loss of a beloved figure. Mary Audrey Gallagher, the mother of City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) and a founding member of PFLAG/Qu…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers As Winter Storm Grayson bore down on the city last week, residents of the Woodside Houses were freezing in their own homes as they were left without heat or hot water in the New York City…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers Two men have pleaded guilty to slashing a teenage Chinese exchange student’s face in what they claim to have been a case of mistaken identity on the streets of Whitestone in Decemb…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . TimesLedger Newspapers The end of 13 straight days of sub-freeezing temperatures was certainly welcome. But Winter Storm Grayson left a slushy reminder that there is still a long way to go to spring. Here are some of the bes…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers A Middle Village man apparently froze to death in the backseat of his car during the recent frigid weekend. According to police, 55-year-old Donald Swidzinski was found dead in the ear…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Benjamin M. Haber TimesLedger Newspapers Good and responsible government does not exist in the absence of transparency and in particular when it involves land-use matters that have been notorious in favoring real estate i…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers The NYPD discovered a cache of weapons as they executed a search warrant in Jamaica early Wednesday morning. Vladimir Ulysse, 39, was arrested and arraigned Thursday morning on multiple d…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers A judge in Pennsylvania issued a fine and a statewide ban to Pi Delta Psi, a national Asian-American fraternity, for the 2013 hazing death of Oakland Gardens resident Michael Deng, 18. T…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Gov. Andrew Cuomo went on the offensive last week, using his State of the State address to attack Republicans’ tax overhaul and pledging to file a lawsuit against the Trump administ…