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Cops search for pit bull that attacked Queens man: 'There was blood everywhere'

Joe Kemp New York Daily News 07/13/2011
The pit bull (not pictured) that ruthlessly attacked a Queens man is still missing.

A vicious pit bull is on the lam after savagely attacking a man near his Queens home, police sources and the victim said.

City Council Approves Renaming Queensboro Bridge For Koch

City Council voted in favor of renaming the Queensboro Bridge in honor of former mayor Ed Koch on Wednesday.

Poll: Most Queens Residents Don't Want Bridge Renamed

It appears most Queens residents don't want the Queensboro Bridge renamed.

Queens tot tossed from seventh-floor balcony in fit of crazed rage

Kerry Wills, Kerry Burke and Joe Kemp New York Daily News 11/02/2010
The statue, depicting a naked man representing 'civic virtue' trampling the twin sirens of 'vice' and 'corruption,' has been called sexist by some.

A controversial Queens statue, featured as an "Eyesore Next Door" in the Daily News, should be sold through an online classifieds site, according to a group of elected officials.

Police on the scene after a 3-year-old boy was thrown from a seventh-floor balcony in Queens.

A 3-year-old boy was killed Tuesday after a woman tossed him from the seventh-floor balcony of her Queens apartment as the child's mother watched in horror, cops and prosecutors said.

Secretary busted for spending $6G of school's dough ratted out by granddaughter

Kevin Deutsch and Rachel Monahan New York Daily News 08/24/2010
Nicole Paultre Bell, fiancee of shooting victim Sean Bell, has become increasingly politically active.

The fiancee of police shooting victim Sean Bell is considering running for the Queens City Council seat left vacant when Councilman Thomas White died, Politico reported Wednesday night.

Debbie Rizzo is accused of spending $6,200 in funds at Queens school.

A vengeful granddaughter ratted her out. Investigators busted a Queens school secretary for spending more than $6,200 meant for city students on extravagances like seven ceiling fans, flowers, car service trips and a washer and dryer, a report released Tuesday shows.

West Side Tennis club will vote on the $9-million sale of the historic Queens tennis stadium.

A storied tennis stadium in Queens that long hosted the U.S. Open would be gutted for condos and a swimming pool under plans obtained by the Daily News.

Queens Man Who Feeds The Hungry Receives Presidential Citizens Medal

Queens resident Jorge Munoz received a Presidential Citizens Medal from President Barack Obama at the White House today, for providing meals to homeless people and day laborers.