See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson Heights) hosted his 19th annual Black History Month celebration at Bruno’s on the Boulevard in East Elmhurst Tuesday night. The event provides an…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers The unprecedented growth of Long Island City could include a multimillion-dollar life-sciences campus and the neighborhood’s development organization is aiming to make that happen.…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers As expected, lifelong Corona resident Ari Espinal will run as the Democratic Party’s candidate in the April 24 special election to fill former state Assemblyman Francisco Moya’…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers George Kaufman, a Manhattan real estate developer who acquired the old Astoria Studios in 1982 that helped bring a renaissance to an entire neighborhood in the process, died Tuesday at ag…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . TimesLedger Newspapers The Lunar New Year parade in Flushing is so big, it takes more than an hour and a half for all the groups to march by — from dignitaries to church and civic groups to tae kwon do classes. Everyon…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers A Corona man has been convicted for stealing singer John Legend’s luggage from JFK last March, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said. A jury found 64-year-old Agustin Hilar…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers Community education council leaders, School District 29’s budget director and its deputy superintendent were at Lorraine Hansberry Elementary School (PS 118) last week at 190-20 1…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers Astoria Houses received new rooftop generators for surge protection from storms on Feb. 14 purchased with FEMA funds awarded to NYCHA following Superstorm Sandy in 2012, which affected u…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Henry Euler TimesLedger Newspapers There are no words to express the horror and shock over the killings and injuries sustained by those at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Valentine’s Day.…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers The property manager of a Sunnyside condominium who became the focus of multiple state and city investigations after he was accused of intimidating and harassing residents has resigned fr…