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Whitestone Times > News The Rev. Floyd Flake (inset) has pulled out of Aqueduct Entertainment Group, which submitted this rendering as part of its plans to redevelop Aqueduct Race Track. The Rev. Floyd Flake, the influential southeast Queens minister and former congressman, has withdrawn from the consortium of companies that comprise Aqueduct Entertainment Group, the winning bidder to develop and operate video lottery terminals at the Ozone Park track.
As embattled Gov. David Paterson faced new allegations of impropriety this week, two southeast Queens elected officials said the black community should stand by Paterson.
When Salman Ahmad stepped onto the stage at Queens College last week, he was promoting the same message that has long defined his career and vaulted him into stardom as one of Pakistan’s best-known rock stars who has sold more than 30 million albums — unity. ADVERTISEMENT
The luck of the Irish extended to Sunnyside Sunday, where participants and spectators of the 11th-annual St. Pat’s for All Parade were treated to warm temperatures down the parade route.
The rift between two warring factions of the Queens Republican Party just got deeper.
U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside) and a Flushing home for elderly Armenians are calling on Congress to pass a resolution that would condemn a Turkish massacre of Armenians during the early 1900s as a genocide after a congressional committee approved the measure.
Parents interested in running for a seat on a city education council have until March 12 to nominate themselves, city Schools Chancellor Joel Klein said.
The Bayside Historical Society will host its second annual Irish-themed event next week at Fort Totten that will include musical and dance performances to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
The limited number of parking spaces in downtown Flushing has long been a headache for drivers, but the loss of more spots could devastate local business owners once construction begins on the proposed $800 million mixed-use Flushing Commons project, merchants and community leaders warned.
A Flushing man has been charged with suming a number of false roles including attorney, accountant and banker in order to con a dozen victims out of more than $16 million worth of real estate, luxury items, cars and cash in a single day, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown’s office said Friday.
More than 150 Queens residents, government representatives and United Nations officials will gather March 20 at the Queens Museum of Art to celebrate International Earth Day with interfaith prayers, song and dance.
A Brooklyn federal court judge has ruled that the state Health Department must provide 4,500 units of individual housing for the mentally ill living in group homes in Queens and other boroughs over the next three years.
Hundreds of testy Queens straphangers vented their anger at MTA officials for nearly six hours in Flushing last week, using words like “outrage,” “shame” and “disaster” in denouncing a plan to severely cut service on subways and buses.
The Kissena Park Civic Association hosted a community forum last Thursday evening on the negative effects Gov. David Paterson’s proposed budget would have on the eroding Queens health care system.
Flushing imam Ahmad Wais Afzali pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn court last Thursday to lying to federal authorities who were investigating a terror plot involving a member of his Queens mosque.
A pair of Flushing women who said they were fired after standing up for their labor rights rang in International Working Women’s Day Monday by protesting in front of the restaurant where they said they once waited tables 12 hours a day, six days a week for $400 a month.
The Long Island Rail Road has made public for the first time what a ride on the railroad actually costs and what portion is subsidized in a breakdown released in light of the MTA’s financial plight and plans for service cutbacks.
Some of the Queens Public Library’s historical pieces will be entering the 21st century soon as the nation’s largest library system launches an online collection of its oldest books, photos and periodicals this spring.
A 35-year-old Manhattan man has been sentenced to prison for having used a forged power of attorney to unlawfully obtain a mortgage on his mother-in-law’s Little Neck condominium and steal more than $300,000, the Queens district attorney said.
A 56-year-old Oakland Gardens resident who recently filed a lawsuit against a costume company and several other businesses was not clowning around when she was injured at a 2008 Halloween party while wearing clown shoes, the woman’s attorney said.
Five members of a College Point family, a Jamaica resident, a Laurelton resident, a Flushing resident and four other people have been indicted in connection with a fraudulent credit card scheme, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown’s office said last Thursday.
Now that Queens has become a gateway for sex and human trafficking in part because of its two international airports, law enforcement, nonprofits and the media need to work in concert to combat the exploitation that happens just under borough residents’ noses, according to panelists at Queens Borough Hall last week.
The Sisters of Mercy are coming to Whitestone.
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Previous Whitestone Times HeadlinesMarch 11th, 2010 Manhattanite gets 3-9 years in Little Neck mortgage scamA 35-year-old Manhattan man has been sentenced to prison for having used a forged power of attorney to unlawfully obtain a mortgage on his mother-in-law’s Little Neck condominium and steal more than $300,000, the Queens district attorney said.Biz owners fear Flushing Commons parking situationThe limited number of parking spaces in downtown Flushing has long been a headache for drivers, but the loss of more spots could devastate local business owners once construction begins on the proposed $800 million mixed-use Flushing Commons project, merchants and community leaders warned.College Pt. clan charged with credit card ruseFive members of a College Point family, a Jamaica resident, a Laurelton resident, a Flushing resident and four other people have been indicted in connection with a fraudulent credit card scheme, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown’s office said last Thursday.Woman sues store over clown shoe fallA 56-year-old Oakland Gardens resident who recently filed a lawsuit against a costume company and several other businesses was not clowning around when she was injured at a 2008 Halloween party while wearing clown shoes, the woman’s attorney said.House committee calls Armenian killings a genocideU.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside) and a Flushing home for elderly Armenians are calling on Congress to pass a resolution that would condemn a Turkish massacre of Armenians during the early 1900s as a genocide after a congressional committee approved the measure.Flushing couple accused of $16M con in one dayA Flushing man has been charged with suming a number of false roles including attorney, accountant and banker in order to con a dozen victims out of more than $16 million worth of real estate, luxury items, cars and cash in a single day, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown’s office said Friday.Lancman slams health cutsThe Kissena Park Civic Association hosted a community forum last Thursday evening on the negative effects Gov. David Paterson’s proposed budget would have on the eroding Queens health care system.Flushing women cry foul over getting fired for unionizingA pair of Flushing women who said they were fired after standing up for their labor rights rang in International Working Women’s Day Monday by protesting in front of the restaurant where they said they once waited tables 12 hours a day, six days a week for $400 a month.Imam pleads in terror caseFlushing imam Ahmad Wais Afzali pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn court last Thursday to lying to federal authorities who were investigating a terror plot involving a member of his Queens mosque.Bayside Historical Society gets ready for St. Pat’s DayThe Bayside Historical Society will host its second annual Irish-themed event next week at Fort Totten that will include musical and dance performances to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.March 4th, 2010 Church in Bellerose celebrates its 70th anniversaryThe House of Hope Presbyterian Church has seen the best and worst of times in its 70-year-history, but the one thing congregants and leaders of the Bellerose institution said has remain stable is their sense of community.Halloran content with seatCity Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) said he probably will not challenge U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside) for his seat this fall despite support from the borough’s Republican and Conservative parties, while northeast Queens leaders were divided on whether they believed former Councilman Tony Avella could defeat longtime state Sen. Frank Padavan (R-Bellerose).Clergy give their blessing to MonserrateEven as his legal team argues that the March 16 special election to fill his seat is invalid and unconstitutional, expelled state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-East Elmhurst) has mobilized his re-election campaign with the help of a bloc of churches in his district opposed to same-sex marriage.Queens Village man stabs N.J. resident after party: BrownA Queens Village man is under arrest for allegedly stabbing a New Jersey man to death near a Bellerose house following an argument at a party early Sunday morning, the Queens district attorney said.Feds bust fake purse ring in Bayside areaPolice have arrested 11 residents of Oakland Gardens, Bayside and Flushing, charging them with being part of a counterfeit handbag dealer ring that brought them millions of dollars in illegal profits, the Manhattan district attorney said.Queens College students worried over CUNY cutsFor Queens College freshman Denisse Prudencio Jimenez, Gov. David Paterson’s proposal to cut CUNY budgets could dash her lifelong hopes of being the first in her family to graduate from college.CB 7 hears Commons parking planThe developer of Flushing Commons, an $800 million mixed-use project, turned down the volume on a hot-button issue last week by allaying some community concerns over parking problemsthat the project may cause, but many still remain.Friedrich wants CB 11 vote on flierJerry Iannece easily won re-election as Community Board 11’s chairman this week, but a proposal by former state Assembly contender Bob Friedrich asking the board to condemn a controversial campaign flier which attacked him was met with more contention.Boro scientist finds pollution at Throgs NeckA College Point scientist has found high levels of toxic lead and Tributyl tin below the Throgs Neck Bridge between Crider Point in northeast Whitestone’s Throgs Neck Bridge Park and Fort Totten in Bayside.SJU students told recession hit young hardBakari Kitwana, a journalist and activist, last week urged St. John’s University students to mobilize around federal education and job creation bills with the same enthusiastic approach they used to rally around President Barack Obama’s campaign.Boro residents hit with false building code violationsThe city Department of Buildings is compiling documents and records to hand over to the Queens district attorney’s office in hopes of building a criminal case against two city construction companies that are suspected of reporting more than 1,000 Queens homeowners in recent months for building code violations to generate more business, City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) said.City plans new memorials for Flushing burial groundThe city is reworking plans for new memorials to 19th-century blacks and American Indian cholera and small pox victims who were buried in the Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground, known as Martins Field until its renaming in December 2009.Flushing men indicted in subway bombing plotFederal prosecutors charged two Flushing men last Thursday as participants in a plan to bomb the New York City subway system during rush hour under the leadership of admitted terror plotter Najibullah Zazi, who used to live in the same Queens neighborhood.LIJ doctor, patient recount lung surgeryThe day after Eric Zapata went to Splish Splash water park in Suffolk County in August, he developed a pain in his back and had trouble breathing.Bearak slams Friedrich’s criticism for flierCorey Bearak, the former campaign manager for state Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck) and a member of Community Board 13, said Monday it was inappropriate for failed Assembly candidate Bob Friedrich to ask CB 13 last week to condemn a controversial mailing sent out by the Weprin campaign.Temper Justice with MercyThe growing problem of gang violence has led to cries for the harshest penalties for those involved in this behavior. The hope is if society punishes a select few harshly enough, the message will get out and discourage others from joining gangs and taking part in senseless violence. |
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