Queens Chronicle

The long-awaited rezoning of Ozone Park is in motion. More than 500 blocks of southern Queens, including almost all of Ozone Park and parts of Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park and Woodhaven, will be rezoned this year in what is likel… Comments (0)

The Maspeth Bypass plan that went into effect two years ago doesn’t seem to be doing much. Residents, elected officials and civic leaders are reporting truck after truck ignoring truck route signs to avoid traffic on the Long Island Expres… Comments (0)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency released its preliminary flood maps Monday which include much of coastal Queens that was flooded in Hurricane Sandy. The new maps, the first change in New York City’s flood zones in 30 years, … Comments (0)

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) Friday blasted the city’s Department of Environmental Protection for what they saw as a lackluster response to chronic flooding in Fresh Meadows and similar neig… Comments (0)

Parents and teachers from a citywide Gifted and Talented program and from its proposed new school buildings criticized a prolonged phaseout period and potential overcrowding at a meeting Tuesday night. Under a new Department of Educ… Comments (2)