In a roundup of 41 audits conducted since 2002, city Comptroller Bill Thompson reveals that $23.8 million in funds owed to the city went unp...

When you layout a map of a town, make sure to omit the streets so people have no idea where the local businesses are. See also: Part 1 Part ...

Like the Tent of Tomorrow, the Meditation Garden is another abandoned World's Fair landmark in Flushing Meadows. - mazeartist Within the...

Another death due to an illegal conversion: The former sewing factory at 83 Meserole Street in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is like hundred...

Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama wants lobbyists to have less influence on the government: Obama calls for tougher restrictions o...

Community Board 5 approved a plan last week to reconstruct Eliot Avenue in Middle Village and Maspeth that would shut down a portion of the ...

With his district starved for schools, City Councilman John Liu is dropping the E-word. The Democrat wants the city to buy a Home Depot on A...

Srinivasan said the BSA conducted its own site visit and "witnessed the facility's valet parking drop-off in the front of the build...

It was one thing when one-family homes started to be demolished and replaced by four-family buildings, nearly doubling the number of housing...

These pictures appeared in the April 1965 National Geographic : Courtesy of Bob Bobster

Prosecutors in Manhattan federal court last Thursday hinted at the possibility that the racketeering case against former state Assemblyman B...

Back-to-back rallies by the JPCA: Join the JPCA and Councilman Tony Avella as they rally against Tommy Huang, overdevelopment and the stalli...

Preservation Alert! Contact City Council and Ask Them to Uphold Our Landmarks! On Monday June 25, the City Council Sub committee on Landmark...

Letter Campaign To Preserve Oldest Forest Hills Rowhouses & Most Endangered ( Please help ) June 21, 2007 I am Michael Perlman, Cha...

Attached are some photos taken in the Parks Department library, dealing with their neglect of the Tent of Tomorrow: Local architect Louis R....

Queens Crap previously reported that a plan to link JFK with via express rail was dying , but the NY Sun reports that it seems to be back o...

From Cottage Living magazine: This is the model cottage community, designed almost a century ago and emulated ever since. Our Top 10 Cottag...

Legislation authored by a Queens Assemblyman that would give city community boards a say about whether substance-abuse treatment centers can...

Today the [Queens] zoo will hold a 15th anniversary celebration to mark the renovation and reopening by the Wildlife Conservation Society in...

From CBSTV.com : Mayor Michael Bloomberg is taking the first steps in cutting back on a cushy political perk: permits that allow city worker...