See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Zach Gewelb TimesLedger Newspapers Madison Square Garden serves as St. John’s University’s home away from home and the Johnnies (9-2) protected their home court, defeating Iona (5-5) 69-59 in a men’s hoo…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers To hear Astoria’s elected officials and community leaders tell it, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Department of Transportation gave the neighborhood and western Queens a giant gift…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers A Long Island City music school teacher was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for underage sex trafficking. Oliver Sohngen, 52, who founded the Long Island City Academy of Music,…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Robert Cole TimesLedger Newspapers Playing without two key starters put the Bayside boys’ basketball team in a bind that the Commodores couldn’t overcome, as they fell 86-44 to Mount St. Michael in a non-leagu…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers Two Independent Democratic Committee members released an in-house report claiming Queens is experiencing a foreclosure crisis alongside dropping property values as some banks act as R…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Tom Allon TimesLedger Newspapers The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once famously said, “No man ever steps in the same river twice” to describe his belief that the only constant in life is change. We are living…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers The Ridgewood Reservoir on the Queens/Brooklyn border will be preserved after the New York State Historic Review Board voted unanimously this month to add the 50-acre natural oasis to the…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers The Brooklyn Queens Diocese and a group of attorneys are sparring over a report that establishes a list of more than 60 alleged and convicted sexual abusers within the clergy. The dioces…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers A rally in honor of Yang Song, a Chinese woman who died following a police raid of a Flushing massage parlor, was held Sunday in front of the 109th Precinct on Union Street. The rally…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Tammy Scileppi TimesLedger Newspapers Astorian Nick Testa loves to build stuff. Anything from simple bookshelves to outdoor furniture. He once cobbled together a work table out of reclaimed bowling alley floor. His philos…