The city Department of Environmental Protection is working on reopening 131st Street and 11th Avenue in College Point temporarily to alleviate traffic conditions brought on by the building of a sewer in Whitestone. The DEP […]

Participatory budgeting is a way of getting residents directly involved in how their money is being spent by the city, with voting scheduled between April 11 and 19 in Districts 19 and 23 in Northeast […]

In office for a little over a year, District 19’s Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) says his bill to help veterans is about to become law. “It’s the first one of my bills to become law,” Vallone […]

The New York League of Conservation Voters has published its environmental scorecard for the City Council for 2014. Eight members of the Queens delegation got perfect scores of 100 percent based on their sponsorship or […]

On March 3, the Transportation Committee heard Councilman Paul Vallone’s bill, Intro 315, aimed at curbing the illegal truck traffic that plagues many residential streets in his and many other districts. Trucks are a vital […]

New York City schools last week announced the addition of two holidays in the school calendar next year, but one group said its holiday was left off the schedule yet again. As CBS2’s Alice Gainer […]

There’s a lack of parking on Bell Boulevard and one group is trying to solve that problem. The Bayside Village Business Improvement District (BID), which supports hundreds of businesses along Bell Boulevard between Northern Boulevard and […]

Each of New York City’s five boroughs is proudly unique, but given the strong bond between people and pets across the city, one thing they should share is a firm commitment to protecting the lives […]