BY TRONE DOWD As a follow-up to last week’s State of the State address in Albany, members of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration are addressing more local aspects of the governor’s agenda in... Read more
BY TRONE DOWD At Community Board 12’s final meeting of the year, Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman (D-Springfield Gardens) dropped by to inform constituents on the latest happenings related to th... Read more
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer In a series of recent protests at LaGuardia Airport, clergy leaders called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Port Authority to include more Minority and Women-Owne... Read more
This photo, provided by Maspeth’s Jackie Cavalla, was taken by her mother. Cavalla said that she and her mother used to go to LaGuardia Airport to watch the planes take off. The photo is fro... Read more
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer The motion to approve The Parking Spot’s proposed 199,010 sq. ft. and 1,775 parking-spaces, located at 102-05 Ditmars Blvd. did not pass Community Board 3’s v... Read more
BY LYNN EDMONDS Staff Writer The entire Flushing West project is scrapped for the time being, the NYC Department of City Planning confirmed on Wednesday. The plan would have likely brought o... Read more
BY DOMENICK RAFTER Editor in Chief The battle to dominate Long Island City’s growing skyline is quickly becoming an arms race. Yet another proposal is preparing to take the claim of Queens’... Read more
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer On Monday, U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens/Bronx), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Flushing Bay advocates held a pr... Read more
BY YVETTE BROWN Staff Writer The Newtown Civic Association announced this month that it will have the funds to continue operating after former treasurer Robert Valdes-Clausell stole $18,810... Read more
By Yvette Brown East Elmhurst is often the scene that travelers see when in passing to and from LaGuardia Airport. The neighborhood is now a hub for vacationers and commuters, but East Elmhu... Read more
BY YVETTE BROWN Staff Writer On March 17, LaGuardia Airport workers were informed that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration had issued nine citations against JetBlue’s subcontra... Read more
BY LYNN EDMONDS Staff Writer Delta Airlines is committed to engaging with and giving back to the Queens community, Senior Vice President Gail Grimmett said at a business forum breakfast at Q... Read more
BY LYNN EDMONDS Staff Writer Over the course of a year, hundreds of millions of gallons of street runoff mixed with raw sewage are dumped into Flushing and Bowery Bay due to the sewer system... Read more
BY JON CRONIN Staff Writer The Parking Spot, a long-term parking conglomerate focusing on frequent flyers will be opening one of their signature lots at 102-05 Ditmars Boulevard on the east... Read more
Bus fare is currently $2.75, payable with a Metro Card or coins (no pennies). People 65 years or older and people with qualifying disabilities who show proper forms of identification (includ... Read more
This image, provided by the Greater Astoria Historical Society shows amusement rides at North Beach, today the location of LaGuardia Airport. If you have historical photos or postcards you w... Read more
To The Editor: Here in Northeast Queens, airplane noise from LaGuardia Airport is overwhelming, from before 6 a.m. to well after midnight most days, with planes booming overhead every one to... Read more
Not long after announcing plans to overhaul LaGuardia Airport on Monday, Vice President Joe Biden took in a performance of “Hamilton” on Broadway. Here Biden is seen greeting Queens Tribune... Read more
Select representatives of the SUNY New Paltz Class of 2015 were inaugurated into the First World New Paltz (FWNP) alumni society during the 41st Annual First World Graduation ceremoy on May... Read more
Since the last century, LaGuardia Airport has been an embarrassment to Queens and the city. An airport constructed during the term of its namesake, Fiorella LaGuardia, one of our most progre... Read more
Film Screening: Women Pioneers on Monday, 5/18 at the Central Queens Y. (see below). FRIDAY 5/15 SAMURAI REBELLION This film is shown as part of the series Portraying the Human Condition: Th... Read more
BY DANIEL OFFNER Staff Writer The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin dredging sandbanks in Flushing Bay this fall, according to two Queens federal representatives. Funded as part of a $... Read more
FATAL CAR CRASHES On Tuesday, March 17 at approximately 2:50 p.m., police responded to a call of a pedestrian struck on Astoria Boulevard and 80th Street in East Elmhurst. Upon arrival, offi... Read more