After a Jamaica cab driver was allegedly stabbed for being a Muslim, the city’s top officials came together to support him and stop similar incidents from happening again.
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Judge issues restraining order against teacher firings
The situation between a group of charter school teachers who say they were wrongfully fired and their administrators heated up as a state judge weighed in on the controversial layoffs.
Two suspects arrested in Flushing shooting
The authorities say they found the persons responsible for a violent shooting that left an immigrant gas station attendant dead.
Council gives Flushing Commons the go-ahead
After years of planning, the city gave its OK to the Flushing Commons development, with some stipulations aimed at easing the community’s concerns over the project.
Update:Pregnant mother, son killed in SE Queens fire
The police have arrested the boyfriend of a pregnant woman who was killed in a fire along with her son in Springfield Gardens.
Appeals court stops closure of three boro high schools
The ongoing back and forth concerning the fate of three Queens High Schools ended in a victory for the campus’s supporters.
Mourners pay last respects to homeless hero
Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax’s story of the Good Samaritan left to die moved not only his family but New Yorkers who felt bad for the immigrant. Many showed up at his wake to say thanks.
Second Flushing man pleads guilty to terror plot
The government’s case against a Flushing bred group of al Qaeda suspects had another development when one of the charged plotters admitted his deeds.
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.
Jamaica high, two Queens schools to close
Despite numerous protests from parents students and others, the city has ordered that the historic Jamaica High School be shut down.
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.
Ozone Pk. principal fired for sexual misconduct: DOI
A Queens principal lost his job after the city discovered he was soliciting sex from his students.
City cmte gives ok for Sean Bell St.
The request made by Sean Bell’s family to rename the street where he was killed passed another hurtle.
Ex charged with killing Rosedale mom
The search for a missing woman ended tragically however police say they caught the man responsible.
Audio slideshow: Remembering Sabrina
My colleague Christina Santucci and I created this Web only slideshow as a companion piece to the story on Sabrina Matthews’s death anniversary.
Need a tub? This one’s for sale
Only in Williamsburg will you find something interesting for sale.
Cops bust suspected drug ring
Investigators seized nearly 30 kilograms of cocaine from a second floor Williamsburg apartment.
The truth behind the F’n lie
The F train was supposed to run in Brooklyn two weeks ago, but there was not a subway car in sight. The answer to this mystery is here.
Cops nab second teen in 13-yr-old’s death
As the family of Kevin Miller buried their loved one, investigators made progress into the investigation into the teen’s murder.