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City promises to preserve Jamaica Bay
The decaying ecosystem at Jamaica Bay is about to get a helping hand from the city.
Boro Chileans calm in aftermath of quake
Queens’s Chilean immigrants waited patiently for any news on their loved ones following the South American earthquake.
Queens houses connected to city sewers
Although the city has helped to bring better drainage to homes near Jamaica Bay, home owners are upset that the construction wrecked their streets.
Murder-Suicide claims family’s life
Friends, family and colleagues of a clan of four are reeling after they were killed in a violent shooting inside a Rosedale home.
City pledges $115M to save Jamaica Bay
Jamaica Bay is getting a major, and long awaited, Band-Aid for its ecological problems.
Father kills self, family members in Rosedale
A family experienced the shock of their life after a close-knit couple and their daughters were killed in an apparent triple-killing and suicide.
Queens judge OK’s use of new DNA scan
Queens Supreme Court set a new legal precedent with a recent decision on a piece of evidence.
Queens Village man shot in home
A home invasion turned deadly for one Queens resident.
Feds will not charge Bell officers
The legal story of Sean Bell’s death ended its most recent chapter as the nation’s higher courts refused to take the case.
FDNY diversity lacking: Comrie
City leaders are demanding that New York’s fire department add more diversity to its firehouses.
Two charged in wild St. Albans spree: Brown
What started out as a car theft ended in a wild shootout on the streets of Queens, authorities say.
Jamaica senior home boss stole $1 at a time: DA
The head of a senior home allegedly used sly tactics to steal hundreds of thousands from his workers.
Road to Jamaica High closing long, rocky
Jamaica High School’s closing culminated nearly three years of ups and downs for the historical campus.
Loss of Jamaica High peeves pols
Politicians from across the borough had a lot to say against the city after it ordered the shutdown of Jamaica High School.
UFT sues city over planned school closings
The city’s teacher’s union claims the Dept. of Ed. violated state laws when it ordered the shutdown of Jamaica High and 18 other schools. Now they will be taking the DOE to court.
Meeks seeking help for Haitians in U.S.
Haitians living in the U.S. can apply to live in the country legally, and a Queens congressman wants them to apply the right way.
Haiti: S. Ozone Park doc finds missing brother
It was a miracle for Queens family who waited anxiously for word from a missing sibling in Haiti.
Haitian charged with JFK security breach
A JFK terminal was shut down after a evacuee from the Haitian earthquake allegedly entered a secure region of the airport.
Apartment fire guts 4 floors
A four-alarm blaze may have gutted half of a Queens building, but thanks to quick work by first responders, no one was hurt.