More co-op and condo owners will be eligible for a tax break next year after a bill sponsored by State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) made it through... Read more
BY LYNN EDMONDS Staff Writer Northeast Queens politicians reacted fiercely to a report from DNAInfo that said College Point could be the site of a new city jail if Riker’s Island is shut dow... Read more
BY DOMENICK RAFTER Editor in Chief After nearly a decade of waiting – and a controversial change of plans that was rolled back – a plot of vacant land in Whitestone on the East River shoreli... Read more
BY DOMENICK RAFTER Editor in Chief Fifty-two single-family homes. That’s what Community Board 7 Vice Chairman Chuck Apelian reiterated – several times – at Monday’s board meeting... Read more
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer A proposal to toll the free East River bridges to Manhattan is giving some local officials and residents a case of road rage. Last Friday, State Sen. T... Read more
BY JOE MARVILLI Staff Writer With a month before Primary Day, the race for State Senate District 11 has reached a fever pitch. State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) called out his primary oppon... Read more
BY JOE MARVILLI Staff Writer Another Queens Democrat has jumped ship, switching over to the Independent Democratic Conference. On Wednesday, State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) announced that... Read more