Richmond Hill
By Howard Koplowitz
State Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio (D−Richmond Hill) is not letting his indictment on fraud charges get in the way of his day job.
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Richmond Hill
By Howard Koplowitz
The video lottery terminals planned for Aqueduct may be joined at the Ozone Park track by their game of chance cousins — electronic blackjack, craps and roulette — if one state senator’s proposal is enacted.
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Jamaica Times
By Ivan Pereira
An NYPD officer was fighting for his life last week after he was stabbed in the head Friday by a suspected emotionally disturbed Far Rockaway man, the Queens district attorney said.
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Richmond Hill
By Howard Koplowitz
An Ozone Park man allegedly preyed on immigrants from Trinidad in South Ozone Park and Richmond Hill in an immigration scam that netted him roughly $100,000, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.
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Richmond Hill
By Howard Koplowitz
A Richmond Hill man convicted of killing a 12−year−old boy in a 2006 hit−and−run accident was sentenced to up to nine years in prison last week, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.
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Laurelton
By Ivan Pereira
City Councilman James Sanders (D−Laurelton) said he was inspired by President−elect Barack Obama’s pledge to jump−start both the economy and American morale when he allocated nearly a quarter of a million dollars to seven southeast Queens schools Monday.
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Jamaica Times
By Howard Koplowitz
Officials from the company that was awarded the contract to install video lottery terminals at Aqueduct Race Track presented their plans for the machines and other amenities to Community Board 10 last week.
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