During the recent labor negotiations between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Transport Workers Union, the issue standing in the way of a settlement was a proposal by the MTAto give future transit workers less health care coverage th More...
Meat Under Glass To The Editor: About 6 years ago, when I first learned of the concept of in-vitro meat from a friend and fellow vegetarian, my initial reaction was revulsion. More...
When you suddenly find yourself with more money on hand than you might have anticipated, you have two choices: Spend it now, or save it to help pay for big upcoming expenses. In government, too often the wrong choice More...
After federal authorities informed New York state health officials that the state would be reimbursed for helping to provide drug prescriptions for individuals who were not getting the new Medicare Part D coverage, Governor George Pataki vetoed a bil More...
Queens County District Attorney Richard Brown entered to applause at the February meeting of the Astoria Civic Association, where he was the evening More...
Taking sharp issue with Queens Borough President Helen Marshall for supporting a spa to be included in a new small hotel to be built in College Point, City Councilmember Tony Avella says the community will have a hard fight to defeat the proposal and More...
Police Officer Joseph Faivus, who arrested a graffiti vandal whose tag defaced more than 60 properties in Astoria, and Lieutenant Joseph Gulotta, who has executed 12 search warrants in the 114th Precinct, resulting in the confiscation of thousands of More...
