Protest Over Peninsula Hospital Closing
By DARA FEINBERG A sit in was reportedly organized Tuesday at Peninsula Hospital Center in Rockaway to protest a decision …[read more]
Month: March 2012
Occupy protest at police hq
By KERRI BYAM and DOMINIQUE CARSON Occupy Wall Street protesters marched outside of Police Headquarters on Tuesday demanding the resignation of Commissioner Ray Kelly.
Cop convicted of sex attack
By KRYSTAL DANIEL and ARIANNA ROMIG Jurors found Police Officer Michael Peña guilty Tuesday of the most serious charges he faced in the rape of …[read more]
Rockaway residents: LIRR railroads us
By JESSICA DURHAM Far Rockaway residents want the Long Island Rail Road to offer the $3.75 weekend “CityTicket” option at their local stop – rather …[read more]
Hit man: I didn’t know victim was a cop
By MAX NEOPIKHANOV and ARIANNA ROMIG A former captain of the Colombo crime family testified Tuesday that ex-boss Thomas Gioeli and hit man Dino Saracino …[read more]
Walcott: Schools have `breathing room’
By KERRI BYAM The budget for fiscal year 2013 promises to give more breathing room for the school system this time around, Schools Chancellor Dennis …[read more]
Giant welcome for Super Bowl champs
This story was reported by Peter Abramowicz, Angelica Berry, Kerri Byam, Jessica Durham, Antanina Kapchonava, Charmaine Nero, David St. Jacques, Harry C. Shuluk, Decorte Snipes …[read more]
Mayor: Restaurant grades reduce illness
By HAIKAL FERNANDEZ and KRYSTAL DANIEL Mayor Michael Bloomberg trumpeted the success of the restaurant grading system started 18 months ago in reducing food-related illness, …[read more]
City wakes to bedbug assault
By ZACHARY GELNAW-RUBIN Enid Farber had suffered before from occasional spells of what she calls “night itching.” But the most recent itching would not go …[read more]
6 charged in NY-based hacking ring
By JESSICA DURHAM Six computer hackers in the United States and abroad were charged Tuesday in Manhattan federal court with crimes affecting more than 1 …[read more]