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Two people were treated at a local hospital for injuries sustained in a two-car crash at a Ridgewood intersection on Monday afternoon, Dec. 12, Fire Department sources said. More ... Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Department of Buildings (DOB) Commissioner Robert LiMandri unveiled last Wednesday, Dec. 7, the first prototype of the “Urban Umbrella,” the winning design from the urbanSHED International Design Competition. More ... A man suffered minor injuries after the scooter he was riding collided with a van at the corner of 34th Avenue and 92nd Street in Jackson Heights on Sunday morning, Dec. 11, it was reported. More ... A provision in the New York State Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act prohibiting disposal of most rechargeable batteries as a solid waste in the state went into effect last Monday, Dec. 5, announced the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). More ... Sen. Charles E. Schumer and State Sen. Michael Gianaris called on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to designate a “passenger advocate” at every airport who can be summoned by passengers to hear their concerns if they feel they have been inappropriately treated by TSA screening agents. More ... The New York State Office of Court Administration (OCA) released a report detailing findings from a year-long data collection effort of the state’s jury pools that points to an underrepresentation of African-Americans and Hispanics in jury pools in some jurisdictions in New York. More ... City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer joined resident Teresa Mendez last Thursday, Dec. 8, in celebrating her newly cleaned, mold-free home in the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Woodside Houses Development. More ... Assemblyman Mike Miller announced Assembly passage of legislation permanently eliminating payroll taxes for qualifying small businesses with annual payrolls of $1.25 million or less per year. More ... Firefighters rushed to put out a one-alarm fire that broke out inside a storefront in Corona last Thursday afternoon, Dec. 8, it was reported. More ... Elected officials from across Queens rallied with union leaders outside the U.S. Postal Services (USPS) Queens Processing and Distribution Center in Whitestone last Friday, Dec. 9, to protest its impending closure. More ... Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced that Julie S. Trivedi, a senior assistant district attorney in the Narcotics Investigation Bureau, is the Queens recipient of the seventh annual Thomas E. Dewey Medal. More ... Rep. Bob Turner has sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo advocating for termination of the toll on the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge. “The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge provides the only practical access to shopping and services for residents of Broad Channel and the Rockaways,” Turner said. More ... The Department of Consumer Affairs’ (DCA) Office of Financial Empowerment released “Municipal Financial Empowerment: A Supervitamin for Public Programs,” the first in a series of reports that documents early signs of successful impact of integrating financial empowerment and asset building strategies into core social services. More ... (AP) America smashed the record for billion-dollar weather disasters this year with a deadly dozen, and counting. More ... |
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