See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Larry Penner TimesLedger Newspapers Let us all wish a Happy 184th anniversary to the Long Island Rail Road. On April 24, 1834, the LIRR was officially chartered by the state of New York. In 1900, the Pennsylvania Railroad…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), northeast Queens residents and civic leaders are calling for a full opt-out to the citywide bioswales program. Avella said the city Department of En…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers ELMHURST — A Middle Village man has been convicted in absentia of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl as she walked to school in Elmhurst in June 2016 as well as endangering the w…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers The MTA board approved an amendment to the 2015-2019 capital plan to make 17 stations, including three in Queens, Americans with Disabilities Act compliant by installing elevators as wel…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Jazz great Louis Armstrong’s love affair with Corona will be celebrated throughout May and June as Queens Library partners with the Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers The city Dept. of Environmental Protection announced a $12.7 million project to bring better storm sewer management to Glen Oaks is nearly complete to help the community manage water run…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Andrew Schatkin TimesLedger Newspapers I would like to respond to your reporter’s article concerning the president’s travel ban. In this article, the reporter quotes Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as sayin…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s lawsuit against the Trump administration’s demand for citizenship information in the 2020 census has been amended and growing,…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Calling it one step closer to a “concrete way to give back to those who have given of themselves in service to our nation,” state Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Howard Beach) announce…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers Mayor Bill de Blasio released a fiscal 2019 executive budget of $89 billion with clear animosity toward Albany for its mandate in the state budget requiring the city to pay half of the m…