Clock Ticking On Senate Recount -- While the Board of Elections takes a much-needed holiday respite from counting ballots in the ongoing District 11 State Senate race between incumbent Frank Padavan (R-Bellerose)...[continue]

Middle East Strife Felt Through Queens -- The latest in a seemingly endless strife between Israel and Palestine erupted on Saturday when the Israeli Air Force launched a retaliatory strike against Hamas in Gaza after repeated...[continue]

Monserrate Update: Senator-Elect Likely To Be Seated -- State Sen.-elect Hiram Monserrate (D-Corona) appears to be safe for now, with calls to bar him from the Senate apparently falling flat. Monserrate’s battering continued last...[continue]

Maloney Honored For Trafficking Fight -- The New York State Anti-Trafficking Coalition will name U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Astoria) its 2008 Congressional Anti-Slavery Champion on Friday. The coalition cited Maloney’s...[continue]

She Has Two Hands, Thousands Of Stars -- Nestled in the corner of Rego Park’s Shalimar Diner, Lynn Saunders quietly worked needle and thread, her fingers instinctually dancing to the rhythm required for cross stitching....[continue]

Four Queens Council Members Score High -- Four City Council members from Queens earned top-10 ratings from the Human Rights Project at the Urban Justice Center last week on the date of the 60th anniversary of the Universal...[continue]

New Year, Same Drama At Willets Point -- It has been more than a month since the City Council approved the Mayor’s Willets Point Redevelopment Plan on Nov. 13. But in the time since, little progress has been made on either...[continue]

DA Toy Drive -- Queens County District Attorney Richard Brown surrounded by some of the hundreds of toys donated by his staff for the office’s annual toy drive for needy children.[continue]

Weprin To Run For Brother’s Seat -- Assemblyman Mark Weprin (D-Little Neck) is considering running next year for the 23rd City Council seat, which is currently held by his brother, Councilman David Weprin, who plans...[continue]

Groups Weigh In On Monserrate Arrest -- Passions flared when a local domestic-violence advocacy group defended embattled City Councilman and State Senator-elect Hiram Monserrate (D-Corona) on Monday outside his Corona...[continue]

Cost To Live In NY Increasing -- In short, it’s going to cost more to live in New York. Any doubt that the State of New York is facing a major economic crisis was erased this week when Gov. David Paterson...[continue]

USTA Opens Court -- Queens’ ball and racquet aficionados just got a new playground. The United States Tennis Association opened its indoor facility Tuesday at the Billie Jean King National Tennis...[continue]