A nonstop rush of aircraft flights and a barrage of low flying planes have residents in northeast Queens alarmed at the deafening “war zone” they say their neighborhoods have become in the last two months. “The sound — it’s like you’re living in an airport,” said Angela Polito of Bayside. “It’s nonstop, every 20 seconds, [...]
If a disease is to spread across the country, JFK Airport will most likely be the starting point. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology study looked at the 40 largest airports in the country to determine the most likely to spread a contagion throughout the nation, with JFK topping the list. The Queens airport’s ranking had [...]
Air travelers are weighing in on the best and worst airports in the United States. A poll by Travel and Leisure magazine puts New York’s LaGuardia Airport at the bottom of the heap. Travelers complain about the airport’s check-in and security process and say it’s the worst for staff communications, design and cleanliness. Read More: New York [...]
DOE takes two ‘politically connected’ schools off the chopping block, axes 24 others [New York Post]
Air man’s dogged pursuit [New York Post]
Occupy Protesters Turn Focus To Mounting U.S. Student Debt [NY1]
Mother, Sister Of Queens Terror Suspect Testify On His Behalf [NY1]
Rapper Talib Kweli emcees at St. John’s University [Daily News]
While NY Giants sit tight with No. 32 pick, NFC East division rivals Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys load up to challenge Big Blue [Daily News]
Gillibrand Wants Geese Roundup In Wake Of Bird Strikes [NY1]
Jackson Heights BID Delivers On Promise, Merchants Say [NY1]
Power line from Quebec to Astoria draws mixed reviews [Daily News]
Judge clears crane magnate James Lomma of manslaughter in deaths [Daily News]
Knicks’ Lin beats Lakers’ Bryant in NBA jersey sales [New York Post]
Camera catches prostitute accused of stealing $500K worth of diamonds [New York Post]
Late-night win brings relief for Yankees team struggling for clutch hits [New York Post]
Wife bares hero’s stand [New York Post]
Surfin’ US‘O’ [New York Post]
Delta Launches Construction Of New Domestic Hub At LaGuardia [NY1]
Mayor Bloomberg is moving to regulate pay of unionized city trade workers, taking the power away from the City Controller [Daily News]
‘Bomb’ botch at LaGuardia Clueless TSA agents found two possible pipe bombs in a passenger’s luggage yesterday at La Guardia Airport — and kept them in a public area for six hours without notifying cops, The Post has learned. The Transportation Security Administration bozos at one point left the pipes — which eventually turned out to [...]
Jackson Heights bank robbed A gunman dressed in a brown UPS uniform took a female bank employee hostage as he held up a Queens branch yesterday, authorities said. The man walked into the Sovereign branch on 31st Avenue in Jackson Heights at 9:40 a.m., pressed the barrel a silver revolver into the back of the [...]
Man who ‘killed’ wife took control of life-insurance payout for kids The man being sued for allegedly murdering his Upper West Side wife surreptitiously took control of the $1.6 million life-insurance-policy payout she’d left behind for their two kids, The Post has learned. Rod Covlin, 39, filed papers in Westchester County Surrogate’s Court in April seeking [...]
Two Men Shot Dead, One on a Bus in Queens A gunman killed two people — one on a crowded city bus — in Queens on Friday afternoon, the authorities said. The police said that when they arrested a suspect, he told them he “had a beef to settle.” One of the victims was his [...]
