Queens News

Two men have been indicted on hate crime charges in an assault on a transgender woman in one of New York City's most diverse neighborhoods.

Queens, NY Focus News from Queens: Con Ed at fault for explosion death Fewer cops & firehouses, more layoffs in 2010 ...yeah, more Bloomberg as usual.

We continue our series on the next four years of New York City transportation and planning policy with today's essay by Ron Shiffman.

Read original... At Queens Borough President Helen Marshall's Parent Advisory Board meeting Tuesday night, the question about whether public school students are being subjected to over-testing for once played second fiddle to an even more pertinent one: if schools are going to continue state testing and months of preparation, just how reliable are ...

A close-up shot of the Statue of Liberty, which has stood on the former Bedloe's Island since 1886.

Investigators in New York City raided circulation offices at some of the nation's largest newspapers Tuesday as part of a union corruption probe, a law enforcement official said.

In a career dating back to the 1950s, Paul Simon established himself among the best and most popular songwriters of the rock era.

One man was killed and three others injured in a smoky house fire in the Springfield Gardens section of Queens.

Khenan Clarke, accused of setting ex-lover and kids on fire, gets treated for burns.

A man doused his ex-girlfriend with gasoline and set her on fire in the doorway of her Queens home Sunday as her children looked on, officials and neighbors told the New York Post.

This time, the public was giving Rachael Ray the recipes. The celebrity cooking host and author was at Borders bookstore on Commons Way Saturday to sign copies of her latest work, ""Rachael Ray's Book of Ten'' ... a compilation of top ten lists among Ray's various recipe categories.

A state report says that Con Ed's flawed procedure for responding to gas leaks was responsible for the explosion which killed 40 year old Ghanwatti Boodram in Floral Park.

The move to seize assets held by the New York-based Alavi Foundation will cripple the charity's work and put the government in the awkward position of potentially shutting down the houses of worship, which occupy buildings and land that Alavi owns.

Queens, NY Focus News from Queens: Candidate Kevin Kim and Sacred Heart RC Church in Bayside Mixing Politics and Religion ...I really hate it when Democrats do the wrong thing.

Flushing is a true New York City melting pot, calling itself home to everything from Middle Eastern markets to Korean cuisine.

Marc Lewis, president of Century 21 NY Metro and 575 Madison Avenue In a continuing bid for aggressive expansion, Century 21 NY Metro told The Real Deal today that it has acquired Queens-based sales and rental firm MQ Realty.

After a fire in an illegally and dangerously subdivided Queens basement killed three people last weekend, the Times has been raising questions about whether authorities are doing enough to crack down on the estimated 100,000 units of illegally-converted housing units in the city.

A typo tragically sent Queens firefighters barreling to the wrong address yesterday - as three men died in a fire a mere three blocks away.

A deadly Queens blaze left three people in the basement dead and raised questions about the illegal living situation as well as the dispatch system used to alert firefighters to the fire.

After a fire in an illegal basement residence killed three men in Woodside, Queens, on Saturday came the refrain from borough residents: Not again.