The fate of Jamaica and Beach Channel High Schools has taken another twist as the teacher’s union has filed a lawsuit to save the troubled schools.
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CB 12 district manager hospitalized after crash
The district manager for southeast Queens’s community board is recuperating from serious injuries she sustained in an auto accident.
Dershowitz aruges to overturn Malakov conviction
Prosecutors and the famed OJ Simpson attorney squared off before a panel of judges over the inner workings of the Malakov murder trial.
JFK greenlights hopes for a Jets win
Gang green has taken over JFK Airport in anticipation of their big NFL playoff game against the Steelers.
Stranded A train causes overnight ordeal
The blizzard that rocked Queens the day after Christmas caused hundreds of straphangers to be left in the middle of an elevated station in the cold.
City bus slams into truck at supermarket
A devastating accident avoided being a catastrophe on the streets of Queens Village as no one was seriously hurt.
Man shot dead in front of Jamaica house
Another mysterious killing has rocked Jamaica.
K-Rod pleads guilty to assault
The Mets all-star pitcher saved himself from prison time for assaulting the father of his ex-fling but now he’ll be heading for the anger management counselor’s box.
Great Grandmother reunited with Holocaust rescuer
Thanksgiving was very special for a Canadian woman and her family this year as she extended her celebration to the hero that saved her life from the Nazis.
Laurelton deli customer charged in clerk’s murder
Police say they nabbed the man responsible for killing a deli worker who was trying to help his brother during a robbery.
Councilman Thomas White dies
Southeast Queens lost one of its longest serving leaders Friday.
Calls for tolerance follow anti-Muslim attack
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.
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.