Jackson Heights
By Rebecca Henely
Despite minor opposition about the procedure behind it, Community District Education Council 30 voted 7-0 with one abstention last Thursday to rezone various public schools in the Jackson Heights area to include PS 280 on the map, a former Catholic School that was reopened by the city in September.
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Jackson Heights
By Rebecca Henely
The New York Police Department’s 115th Precinct saw slight decreases in almost all types of crimes this year, with murders dropping from eight to three compared to 2009, according to statistics for the period ended Dec. 19.
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Astoria Times
By Rebecca henely
While the murder rate remains low in the Police Department’s 108th Precinct, incidents of crime increased by nearly 4 percent in 2010, with significant jumps in the number of rapes, robberies and felony assaults in the area, according to police statistics for the year so far.
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