Jackson Heights

There is a new conference leader for the Democrats in the State Senate. New York Democrats named John Sampson as their de facto leader Monday, in turn dumping Malcolm Smith of Queens to win back the support of a key senator. Sampson, first elected in...

It was a prom they will never forget. According to police, close to 50 Morristown High School students were charged with underage drinking after their prom party bus was pulled over early Friday morning. The bus, carrying 58 people, was stopped by a...

The new majority allegiance in the New York State Senate held a brief session Thursday, however nothing came from it as one of the key senators walked out. Senator Hiram Monserrate of Jackson Heights, one of the two Democratic senators who helped...

During opening arguments in the trial of New York State Sen. Hiram Monserrate, prosecutors charged that his ex-girlfriend cried in the hospital and told a nurse she blamed the Queens lawmaker for cutting up her face with broken glass during a heated...

A local coffee shop in Brooklyn has brewed up an idea in order to drum up more business: impose time limits on in-house java drinkers who use laptops. Small cafe's, like Naidre's in Park Slope, have been hit especially hard since the recession hit,...

A candidate for New York City council had plenty of explaining to do Tuesday, after comments he made that suggested that Latino blood is superior to the "problem" ridden blood of blacks and Europeans surfaced on YouTube. Candidate Eduardo Giraldop made...

They preyed on Latino bingo lovers and claimed the money was going to Greek Orthodox charities, but according to the Queens District Attorney this trio was nothing but a group of sleazy con artists. Officials say more than $800,000 went into the...

NEW YORK—An American theater critic must cover Broadway. Here at the Tribune, the bosses like you to do so on the cheap. Thus, from the Shoreham to the Gorham, the Quality to the Hampton, the Best Western to the hotel of last resort, I've stayed...

Congressman Joseph Crowley was first elected to Congress in 1998 and is serving his fifth term representing New York's 7th Congressional District. The 7th district includes parts of the Bronx and Queens including the communities of Co-Op City, Soundview,...

JACKSON HEIGHTS, N.Y. (WPIX) -- New York City police are looking for a cross-dressing robber who hit up a bank in broad daylight last month. Police say the suspect posed as a woman, and entered the TD Bank on Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights.  He...

Hiram Monserrate, a newly elected member of the state Senate's aspiring majority, has apparently been arrested for beating up his girlfriend. He was originally a member of the "Gang of Four" that tried to hijack the conference to meet......

Which was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player? 1) U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), who once campaigned to be Commerce secretary, for calling President Obama???s budget ???an extraordinary move to the left.??? 2) Senate Majority...