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A man was critically injured after being overcome by smoke during a one-alarm fire at a Bushwick apartment house last Wednesday morning, Mar. 16, it was reported. More ... Two vehicles were damaged but no one was injured after a car driving along Fairview Avenue lost a wheel and slammed into a parked minivan near Linden Street in Ridgewood last Tuesday afternoon, Mar. More ... Drivers were detoured around 69th Lane in Maspeth last Thursday, Mar. 17, after a large sinkhole formed in the middle of the roadway between Grand and 54th avenues, Fire Department sources said. More ... Rep. Anthony Weiner, a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has released a report showing that although the number of banks in New York City has increased by 191 since 2006, many Queens neighborhoods are being left behind. More ... Rep. Carolyn Maloney has introduced “The StartUp Visa Act of 2011” (H.R. 1114), a bill to encourage innovation and economic growth by permitting immigrant entrepreneurs greater access to temporary U.S. visas. More ... With less than one month left until the Apr. 18 tax deadline, Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Jonathan Mintz is encouraging New Yorkers who make less than $57,000 and haven’t yet filed their taxes to use the city’s free or low cost filing options. More ... Sen. Charles E. Schumer has called on the New York Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to conduct an audit of licenses issued to drivers of low-cost tour buses in light of emerging evidence that the driver involved in the deadly Mar. More ... Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Andrew R. Cruz graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tx. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. More ... Assemblyman Mike Miller has announced that the Assembly passed legislation he supported to help unemployed New Yorkers receive extended federally funded unemployment insurance benefits through 2011(A.6091). The bill awaits Senate passage. More ... Bertucci’s Italian Restaurant, Black Bear European Style Deli, Campbell Soup Company, Dietz & Watson, Ken’s Foods, Snyder’s-Lance, Inc., and Target Corporation are the latest major food, restaurant and retail companies to commit to meeting National Salt Reduction Initiative (NSRI) sodium reduction targets. More ... |
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