The fight between a Jamaica milk plant and one of the nation’s leading coffee joints has been settled… for now.
Category: Breaking News
Breaking news articles.
City, state to upgrade four Jamaica Bay plants
The road to cleaning up and restoring Queens’s largest ecosystem now has a clear timetable.
Turtles cause minor shell at JFK
A bale of reptiles from nearby Jamaica Bay not only caused a minor annoyance for planes at the airport, it also served as comedic fodder on the Web.
City geese cooked by airspace clearing plan
A new plan by the city’s Dept. of Environmental Protection aims to keep pilots more safe and feed needy families, just not in New York.
Starbucks axes Elmhurst Dairy
The owners of Queens’s only dairy farm and one of the nation’s top java chains are battling over a partnership that the borough business contends was unfairly terminated.
Gun buyback aims to make summer safer
As the summer starts to heat things up on the streets of New York, a state senator is introducing a new partnership to keep neighborhoods weapon free.
Increase in summer school for city kids
A new study indicates more students might need more summer school if they expect to do well in college.
Meeks’ VA bill to keep hospital for vets passes
The House is backing a bill that would prevent the St. Albans VA hospital from being partially developed for private use.
Voters duel with rallies outside Weiner’s office
Congressman Anthony Weiner’s ongoing scandal has got everyone talking in Queens, with some calling for his ousting while others who say the politician should gut it out.
Make Jamaica Bay discharge-free: City
The Dept. of Environmental Protection is taking another initiative to stop people from polluting Queens’s largest and environmentally sensitive ecosystem.
Dozens protest cuts to Queens Library
Library workers and users showed up in large numbers outside the Central Branch in Jamaica to say no to the mayor’s proposed cuts to the system.
Smith bills to safeguard SE Queens from bad loans
New legislation is in the works to prevent the surge in phony lenders who prey on innocent homeowners in New York.
DEP tackles flooding at meeting
The city and southeast Queens residents came together to tackle the constant flooding issues that have been crippling their streets and homes.
11 charged in international auto theft ring
A Corona man was allegedly the ring leader of a massive car theft operation that involved hundreds of city cars.
Make FDNY diverse: NYC Council
City Hall is pushing for a way to make the fire department not only more diverse, but also more New York based.
Rosedale man sentenced for killing ex: DA
A Rosedale man, whose pleas for help were nothing more than a ruse to cover up the vicious killing of his former girlfriend, was punished for his crime.
City to add more bus lanes in Jamaica
The Dept. of Transportation is mulling a new plan to ease congestion in Downtown Jamaica, however an elected official wants more to be done to alleviate traffic.
St. Albans driver jailed for killing two in crash
A woman who the authorities said was intoxicated when she crashed a van filled with foster children, feels the anger of their parents as a Queens judge sentences her for her crime.
Boyce chosen as new CB 12 chair
Southeast Queens’s community board has turned to a long time activist to lead their group.
Man murdered in St. Albans drive-by: Neighbors
Police are looking for clues in a violent shooting that took the life of a 22-year-old man at a quiet corner in southeast Queens.