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During a rally on Tuesday morning, June 15, at a vacant Woodside construction site which community residents want to turn into a park, the owner of the property came on the scene and publicly negotiated a deal with a local lawmaker to temporarily < More ... Members of the Civics United for Railroad and Environmental Solutions (CURES) have turned down a compromise reportedly proposed by local freight rail operators regarding early morning train activities in Middle Village, charging that it did not More ... The New York State Budget and a long-awaited addition to a local train station dominated Community Board 6’s June 10 meeting at the Kew Gardens Community Center. Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi spoke in blunt terms about the state of the state budget, which is now over 10 weeks behind schedule. More ... Frustrated homeowners provided police at the 106th Precinct Community Council’s June 9 meeting with information on nearby auto repair shops that are allegedly disturbing the peace. More ... One adult passenger on board a school bus was injured after the vehicle was struck by an SUV along Queens Boulevard near 63rd Drive in Rego Park at around 7:45 a.m. More ... There have been frequent complaints into the offices of the Times Newsweekly/Ridgewood Times regarding the placement of the mailing label on the front page of the newspaper. The decision to place the mailing label on the lower left side of the front page was entirely the decision of the U.S. Postal Service, not this newspaper. More ... Parents, teachers, members of Community Education Council of District 30 and even students peppered Schools Chancellor Joel Klein with questions at a June 14 town hall at I.S. 230 in Jackson Heights. More ... The New York State Assembly has approved a legislative package aimed at strengthening restrictions against registered sex offenders considered to be the most dangerous and likely to repeat their crimes, it was announced. More ... A proposal to regulate car-sharing services in New York City fell flat at the June 14 Borough Board meeting at Queens Borough Hall. More ... Feeling neglected after listening to a Department of Transportation (DOT) presentation on Liberty Avenue congestion, some residents at a public input session in South Richmond Hill last Monday, June 7 blasted agency officials regarding their pl More ... A local man updated residents on his group’s efforts to bring a Boys & Girls Club to the Sunnyside-Woodside area at the United Forties Civic Association (UFCA) meeting held last Wednesday, June 9 at St. Teresa’s Church in Woodside. More ... A non-profit charged with managing $7 million in environmental benefits due to communities surrounding the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant is moving forward with its efforts to distribute the funds. More ... Gov. David A. Paterson signed into law Governor’s Program Bill No. 278, which reinstates the New York State Insurance Department’s authority to review and approve health insurance premium increases before they take effect. More ... Desperate to prevent the budget ax from falling on their senior center, numerous elderly residents of South Ozone Park gathered with local lawmakers last Friday, June 11, to rally against proposed cutbacks that will result in the closure of as many as 50 senior centers across the city. More ... Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Codes Committee Chair Joseph Lentol of Brooklyn announced the passage of legislation creating and defining new crimes of strangulation in the first and second degree and criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation (A.10161- A/Lentol). More ... The New York State Senate has passed legislation to enter an interstate agreement to elect the U.S. President by national popular vote, instead of via the Electoral College. More ... State contracts with not-for-profit organizations providing services to New Yorkers were approved late 82 percent of the time in 2009, compared to 63 percent in 2008, according to a report issued last Thursday, June 10, by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. More ... Sanitation Commissioner John J. Doherty has announced the winners of the Department of Sanitation's 2010 Golden Apple Awards, which recognizes schools for completing educational projects on recycling, waste prevention, composting, and neighborhood beautification. More ... In the wake of two recent incidents in which children fell from unguarded windows in Brooklyn and the Bronx, the Health Department is urging New Yorkers to make sure window guards are in place. More ... 104COP Re-Elects The Slate The ranking members of the Glendale/ 104th Precinct Civilian Observation Patrol (104COP) were re-elected during the organization’s June 10 meeting at St. More ... More than 50 new members of community boards in Queens were installed for duty, and numerous veteran members were recognized for their years of service at a ceremony held at the New York Hall of Science in Corona last Wednesday evening, June 9. More ... Queens Library kicked off Summer Reading 2010 last Thursday, June 10 with an extravaganza at the P.S. 111 schoolyard adjacent to Queens Library at Long Island City. More ... |
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