During a memorial for Thomas Shubert, Shubert's brother Edward (l.) and mother Sheila (second l.) look at a wreath hung in his memory. The ceremony was part of a motorcade organized by Tony Avella (third l.). Photo by Christina Santucci

Avella hosts motorcade for Sept. 11 fallen

Sixteen street corners in northeast Queens have been named after those who lost their lives as a result of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Yet for Tony Avella, the former city councilman who was instrumental in having the intersections renamed, these urban memorials are not enough to commemorate the dead.

On Saturday, nine years after the towers fell, Avella led police, firefighters and family members of the lost through College Point, Whitestone, Flushing, Auburndale, Bayside and Little Neck, laying wreaths and taking a moment of silence at the street corners renamed for firefighters and civilians who died in the attacks, as well as one soldier killed in...

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Carrozza seat candidates vie for votes at debate

The five candidates vying for state Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza’s (D-Bayside) seat told Mitchell-Linden Civic Association members during a debate last week that they would fight special interests and lobbyists if voters send them to Albany.

Bayside church hosts Korean food festival

The Korean Presbyterian Church of Bayside will host its third-annual food festival Sunday, Sept. 12, along 211th Street, where attendees will be able to sample traditional Korean cuisine and watch a variety of performances.

Pols take on curb complaint

A group of Auburndale residents are upset over the handling of a recent repaving in their section of the sleepy residential neighborhood, saying the city failed to address problems with curbs before fixing the street.

Parks Dept. oversees boro concessionaires poorly: Audit

A comprehensive audit of the city Parks Department by city Comptroller John Liu has found that the agency has failed to effectively monitor concessionaires.

De Blasio slams bad landlords

The city public advocate is taking aim at New York’s worst landlords and seven borough building owners are on his list, giving Queens the second fewest number of offenders.

DA mulls alternative program for Slater

Steven Slater’s rant and escape from a JetBlue aircraft following an argument with a rowdy passenger last month turned him into an Internet sensation, but the flight attendant’s mental state during the caper may get him out of serving serious jail time.

City women live 6 years longer than men: DOH

New York City men die an average of six years earlier than women, many of them because of what health officials call preventable causes including poor diet, smoking, lack of health care and homicide.

DiNapoli denies he's stalling on Aqueduct VLT contract

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office has been accused of holding up the deal to award Genting NY the contract to install video lottery terminals at Aqueduct Race Track, but the comptroller denied the reports, saying he and state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo are doing their due diligence.

Boro leaders pay homage to White

The city’s top leaders, southeast Queens activists and hundreds of residents who were touched by City Councilman Thomas White’s years of work gathered at the Greater Allen AME Cathedral last Thursday for a final goodbye.

Congressional ethics body urges probe into Crowley fund-raising

U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson Heights) is facing an investigation by the House Ethics Committee into his fund-raising activities after an independent congressional watchdog group recommended that he and two other congressmen should be questioned.

Jamaica HS opens its doors

During the last school year, students, teachers, parents and other supporters rallied, fought and lobbied to keep Jamaica High School’s doors open for a new class of freshman.

Gianaris bill notifying parents of bedbugs in schools now law

Gov. David Paterson has signed into law a bill that notifies parents of public school students about bedbugs that was first proposed by state Assemblyman Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) in 2007 amid a rash of western Queens infestations.

Library lays off 44 workers after talks with union fail

After 11th-hour negotiations between the Queens Public Library and the union representing the library’s workers failed last month, 44 employees were laid off Friday.

Queens Metro High School ready to open

Queens Metropolitan High School Principal Marci Levy-Maguire said the outside of her school may not be something to look at, but she told Community Education Council 24 members last week she is thrilled with what is going on inside.

Residents call new voting machines easy to use

The machine, they said, looked suspect.

Candidates for Ackerman seat focus on jobs

U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside) and two challengers for his seat said they are emphasizing economic initiatives for northeast Queens ahead of next week’s primary election.

A few teachers get jobs back at Merrick

Some of the Merrick Academy teachers who were fired by administrators using letters delivered by Fedex were given their jobs back last week following negotiations between the Jamaica charter school and the United Federation of Teachers.

Good Samaritan remembered for helping others

As family, friends and community members gathered Saturday to unveil the new name of the corner at 40th Avenue and Crescent Street, they remembered how its inspiration, late Dutch Kills resident Nicolas Nowillo, selflessly served the community both in life and death.

Shooting in LIC involved Albanian mobster: Feds

A 27-year-old man who is a top aide to Albania’s deputy prime minister has been accused of the 2005 drive-by shooting death of a man outside a Long Island City cafe, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan said.

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