#City Council’s rules for rezoning are an invitation to decay

#City Council’s rules for rezoning are an invitation to decay

“#City Council’s rules for rezoning are an invitation to decay” Two important land-use battles climaxed with opposite outcomes this fall. The City Council approved plans for a Special Flushing Waterfront District in Queens last week, while council opposition to a rezoning of Sunset Park’s Industry City (in Brooklyn) prompted the plan’s sponsors to abandon it….

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#Woman sought for assaulting senior citizen in NYC

#Woman sought for assaulting senior citizen in NYC

“#Woman sought for assaulting senior citizen in NYC” This suspect is packing a potent punch. Cops are looking for a woman who left an unsuspecting 86-year-old lady with a fractured hip after flooring her with a vicious punch to the face in Queens last month, police said. The unprovoked assault took place Nov. 11 at…

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#Six-alarm fire blazes through multiple NYC buildings

#Six-alarm fire blazes through multiple NYC buildings

“#Six-alarm fire blazes through multiple NYC buildings” Three FDNY firefighters were injured as a massive six-alarm fire tore through several buildings in Richmond Hills, Queens, early Thursday morning. The fire, which occurred in a mixed residential and commercial neighborhood, started at around 1 a.m. and spread to multiple buildings before being contained around 4:20 a.m.,…

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#22-year-old man fatally shot on NYC street

#22-year-old man fatally shot on NYC street

“#22-year-old man fatally shot on NYC street” A 22-year-old man was fatally gunned down on a Queens street Monday night, police said. The victim was found with a gunshot wound to the head on Liberty Avenue near 90th Street in Ozone Park at about 9:50 p.m., authorities said. EMS took the man to Jamaica Hospital…

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#Range Rover back home after Queens boy’s joyride

#Range Rover back home after Queens boy’s joyride

“#Range Rover back home after Queens boy’s joyride” This thing’s been on quite an adventure. The white Range Rover taken for an interstate joyride by a 12-year-old boy was back in one piece near the family’s Queens home on Monday night. The vehicle appeared to be free of any dents hours after the youngster from…

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