Stavisky vs. Kim in heavily Asian Queens district
By JERMECIA EDWARDS For an outsider, getting off the No. 7 train at the last stop in Flushing can be compared to Alice being lost …[read more]
Month: October 2012
Brooklyn DA Pushes to Increase Penalties for Assaulting EMT Workers
By AVRIL REGIS EMT worker Betty Higdon, was not expecting to leave a patient’s Bronx home in the back of the ambulance she drove everyday. Higdon …[read more]
Fire and Ice: Long takes on Gillibrand for Senate
By KRYSTAL DANIEL Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Republican opponent Wendy Long clashed last Wednesday at their only public debate before the Nov. 6 election, …[read more]
Maloney vs. GOP’s Wight on East Side
By KIRAN SURY Ignore the garbage bin stationed ignobly to the left and enter the Metropolitan Republican Club on the Upper East Side. …[read more]
Education Secretary Learns About NYC Schools
By Ryan Sit The US Secretary of Education paid a visit to Pathways in Technology Early College High School in Brooklyn Tuesday, where he lauded …[read more]
Cymbrowitz refuses Manhattan Beach debate
By MELANIE GOLDBERG Clint Eastwood may not be the only one to debate with an empty chair. Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, whose district runs from Manhattan …[read more]
Riding Rails to Break Record and Avert Fare Hike
By CONOR FEBOS & CADITA ROUSSEAU When a Brooklyn woman leaped out of her seat to snap a picture of the Whitehall Street subway station …[read more]
Central Park Much Greener This Autumn
By MELANIE GOLDBERG Central Park became the recipient Tuesday of $100 million, the largest gift ever to any park in the U.S., by financier John …[read more]
Bus Crash Survivor Says Insomnia Saved His Life
By CONOR FEBOS A survivor of the casino bus crash that killed 15 people last March took the stand Tuesday and said he was the …[read more]
Spotlight on ‘Stop and Frisk’ in Federal Court
By STEPHANIE BERZON & CADITA ROUSSEAU A Bronx resident broke down on the witness stand Tuesday as he described the ordeal of being stopped and …[read more]