Baby Abandoned: Flushing Woman Prosecuted For Leaving Newborn On Door Step --
May 15, 1:13 PM
The mother who allegedly abandoned her days-old baby on the doorstep of a neighbor was arraigned Wednesday in Queens Criminal Court. Hua Zheng, 31, was charged with first degree reckless endangerment, abandonment of a child and endangering the welfare of a child. Zheng, a Chinese immigrant, resides...
Outrage After Bell Verdict Local Leaders Push For Federal Charges --
May 1, 12:48 PM
“Not guilty!” Within moments, the words turned exuberant—rabble rousing and chants of “justice, Sean Bell,” outside the Queens County Criminal Court – to tears, jeers, anger and disbelief. “I’m just speechless. There’s just no words right now – speechless,” Erin Chung, who came from her home in...
Optimistic State Budget Passes Despite Economic Warnings --
April 17, 4:01 PM
Gov. David A Paterson announced the passage of a $121.7 billion budget in Albany on April 9, a 4.9 percent increase that sidestepped calls for fiscal restraint on the prospect of an economic downturn. The governor lauded the budget’s $1.75 billion increase in education spending, including a $634 million...
15th District: Democrats Prepare To Challenge Republican Seat --
April 10, 12:28 PM
It’s 2006 all over again. A sample of local and national headlines from two years ago reveals concerns about global warming, economists discussing the effects of a national housing bubble and a bald-white man moving out of the governor’s mansion in Albany. Heard anything similar recently? Perhaps...

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Water Rate Hike Town Hall Meeting

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Two Arrested In Internet Sting

Hit-And-Run Driver Turns Himself In

Media Piracy Penalties Stiffened

Budget Halts College Services

Classic Picasso Prints On Display

Harassed Tenants Building Support

Treatment Lessens Side Effects

Youth Baseball Conflicts Queens

Mets And Amazing Schools:

City Announces Rockaway Ferry

30th Candidates Squabble Over Details

Water Board Blasted For Rate Hike

Supermarket Stiffs Baggers

Katz Has Baby Boy

New Bank Offers Loans To The Poor

Senate Approves Summer Gas-Tax Suspense

Queens Inaugurates Its Jazz Orchestra

New Treatment Battles Epilepsy

City Provides Youth With Summer Jobs

Queens Air Gets an ‘F’ Report Says

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