Wednesday, May 20, 2009 5:27 PM EDT
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The swine flu outbreak is intensifying pressure on Queens’ beleaguered health care system, and while the borough’s emergency rooms have been coping with huge patient increases following the closure of three major hospitals, administrators warn long−term reform must be implemented before it is too [...]

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 6:13 PM EDT
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A Manhattan federal court judge sentence disgraced former Queens legislator Brian McLaughlin to 10 years in prison Wednesday, tossing aside a superseding plea agreement signed with the U.S. attorney’s office and calling the one-time state assemblyman “brazen and perversely creative.”
“Your conduct hearkens back to another era,” Judge [...]

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Thursday, May 14, 2009 12:32 PM EDT
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Work on the federally funded extension of Linden Place in College Point has unearthed hot spots of oil and other toxins at the Flushing airport site and community leaders believe the city may not be handling the cleanup as it should.
College Point marine pathologist James Cervino said [...]

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:24 PM EDT
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A letter written by state Sen. Frank Padavan (R−Bellerose) on behalf of disgraced former colleague Brian McLaughlin set off a firestorm of political rhetoric last week.
State Democrats blasted Padavan for writing a letter to the judge who is set to sentence McLaughlin next week after he pleaded [...]

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:24 PM EDT
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The more than three−year−long saga that has obliterated the reputation of one of Queens’ most influential political and labor leaders may finally come to a close next week.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan said former Democratic Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin was scheduled to be sentenced in Manhattan federal [...]

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Monday, May 4, 2009 2:30 PM EDT
Last week, as Community Board 7 gave its blessing to move five of his fellow Willets Point landowners to College Point, Joe Ardizzone sat silently and watched.
For the work-worn resident of Willets Point — the only person who still lives in the industrial business community — the [...]

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 5:47 PM EDT
After taking the temperature of the current construction climate, the city said this week it will delay soliciting a developer for its massive Willets Point project and adopt a piecemeal approach to construction as they move forward.
Since the City Council voted to approve the Willets Point redevelopment plan [...]

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:38 PM EST
In the warped reality of Willets Point — where the sight of roosters prancing through mangled auto parts is not out of the ordinary — little shocks the business owners and workers of the area.
But late last week, several bore witness to something they said they have not [...]

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 6:17 PM EST
A deepening rift has emerged between tenant businesses at Willets Point as they struggle to negotiate with the city for more funding for relocation expenses.
The Willets Point Defense Committee, which represents about 200 tenant businesses in the Iron Triangle, met last Thursday with Deputy Mayor Robert Lieber, Borough [...]

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Friday, November 21, 2008 10:24 AM EST
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration spent hours in recent weeks convincing members of the City Council that the redevelopment of Willets Point would an essential part of the city’s economic future. With the Council approval now in the rearview mirror, the city now faces a far more daunting task: [...]