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New ‘drug-free zone’ designated at Woodside elementary school
Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer joins representatives of “Communities of Maspeth and Elmhurst Together” (COMET), Maspeth Town Hall, as well as children, and their parents, from PS 229 to install Drug-Free School Zone signs at the neighborhood school.
Workers demand law for paid sick leave in Elmhurst
Every day, food service employees — 80 percent of whom are working without paid leave for illness — face difficult choices between their health and their jobs.
City announces new ‘Slow Zones’ across the borough
CORONA, Queens – On 104th Street and 38th Avenue, drivers bring their cars close to a complete stop, slowing down to roll up their windows and flick on their windshield wipers as they enter the harsh spray of an open fire hydrant. Although it does not involve the same tactic many New Yorkers use to [...]
Queens Today: Family of mother killed in Queens drive-by says mistaken identity to blame
Family of mother killed in Queens drive-by says mistaken identity to blame – NYPOST.com – ”The shattered family of a young mom slain in a Queens drive-by car shooting on Mother’s Day believes she was the victim of mistaken identity. Stephanie Taveras, 21, was killed when another car pulled alongside the BMW she was traveling in on the [...]
Queens Today: Queens Village teenager arrested on rape charges following attacks in Brooklyn
Hammer-armed rapist arrested: cops – New York Daily News – ”A Queens teenager has been arrested for attacking two women in Brooklyn in which he used a hammer to threaten them, police said Friday.Anthony Moore, 19, of Queens Village, allegedly raped an 18-year-old after threatening her with a hammer and forcing her to a desolate spot in [...]
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