The cars, yanked from the streets of Flushing, Astoria, Long Island City and Ozone Park, were mostly from the '90s, but included a 1978 Cadillac.

Published by New York Post on September 20, 2008.

A PROPOSED 20-story hotel and apartment building in Kew Gardens, Queens, has come to be known among some of its opponents as the Pasta Lovers Hotel, though it is yet to be built or even named. Many of those critics live in an eight-story co-op building that would lie in the hotel’s shadow.

Published by New York Times on September 19, 2008.

Pasta Lovers is also the name of a family-style Italian restaurant, decorated with pink tablecloth and a pink tile floor, Queens Boulevard and 82nd Avenue. On the sign, the “o” in “Lovers” is a red heart.

Published by New York Times on September 19, 2008.

Cops corraled the bull 116th and Bessemer streets in Richmond Hill at 10:20 p.m. Wednesday and handed him over to the city's Center for Animal Care and Control, which relocates farm animals upstate. But it keeled over 45 minutes later.

Published by New York Post on September 19, 2008.

10 a.m. Walk Against Rape begins at 103-23 103rd Ave., South Ozone Park and continues to the 103rd Precinct, 168-02 91 St., Queens.

Published by The New York Observer on September 19, 2008.

A bull went running through the streets of Queens before being captured early Thursday morning.Video | ImagesThe bull eluded police for 10 blocks before they were able to corral it. The bull charged at one officer, but he was not injured.The bull was first spotted 107th Street and Park Lane South and was eventually captured 116th Street and 85th Avenue, Richmond Hill.

Published by WNBC on September 18, 2008.

Eyewitness News is told the brown bovine was corralled by a heard of police officers near the 107th Street and Park Lane South.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 18, 2008.

A bull went running through the streets of Queens before being captured early Thursday morning.Video | ImagesThe bull eluded police for 10 blocks before they were able to corral it. The bull charged at one officer, but he was not injured.The bull was first spotted 107th Street and Park Lane South and was eventually captured 116th Street and 85th Avenue, Richmond Hill.

Published by WNBC on September 18, 2008.

The cow apparently resurfaced at around 10 p.m. last night, near the Hillside Avenue and 121st street. Officers from the 102nd Precinct followed in patrol cars as the cow hoofed it down city streets.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 18, 2008.

The bovine keeled over 45 minutes after cops corralled it 116th and Bessemer streets, in Richmond Hill.

Published by New York Post on September 18, 2008.

More than 12 hours later, the cow appeared outside Forest Park, Park Lane and 107th Street. She tried to go on the lam again, leading officers on a wild, nine block chase. She was finally reigned in at 116th Street.

Published by New York Post on September 18, 2008.

Police inspect the belongings of two girls who were struck in a hit-and-run accident across from their Ozone Park middle school.

Published by New York Daily News on September 17, 2008.

The 15-term lawmaker from South Ozone Park was accused Wednesday of collecting some $500,000 from a hospital and other entities in exchange for political favors.

Published by New York Post on September 13, 2008.

Anthony Seminerio, 73, who has represented South Ozone Park since 1978 and often boasted he was "John Gotti's assemblyman," was charged with running a secret consulting firm through which he pocketed the cash in return for peddling influence in Albany.

Published by New York Post on September 11, 2008.

A criminal complaint is expected to be unsealed this afternoon against Anthony Seminerio, 73, a former city corrections officer who has held his Richmond Hill seat since 1978.

Published by Crain's New York Business on September 10, 2008.

The last fare Gypsy cab driver Winston Frank picked up in Ozone Park on Tuesday ended up costing him his life.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 10, 2008.

A man was killed Tuesday night after he was apparently carjacked in Ozone Park.

Published by WNBC on September 10, 2008.

Seminerio, who lives in Ozone Park, is the married father of three and the grandfather of six.

Published by New York Daily News on September 10, 2008.

Police say the car was later abandoned at 87th Street and 101st Avenue in Ozone Park.

Published by NY1 on September 10, 2008.

Police found the Lincoln several blocks from the crime scene 87th Street and 101st Avenue, but no sign of the driver or the other vehicle.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 10, 2008.

Winston Frank, 56, died at Jamaica Hospital at 7:15 p.m., two hours after he was pushed from the white Lincoln Town Car and dragged along 76th St. in Woodhaven as he clung to a seat belt. He was then struck by a second vehicle, which sped off, cops said.

Published by New York Daily News on September 10, 2008.

Cops found the Lincoln abandoned 87th St. near 101st Ave., where the passenger hopped out and ran off.

Published by New York Daily News on September 10, 2008.

The first thing the conscientious driver did when he got back to his home in Woodhaven, Queens, was call his boss and tell him, "I can't make the run to Newark. The guy is going to be late."

Published by New York Daily News on September 9, 2008.

Eyewitness News is told the woman was attacked near the 96th Street and 85th Avenue just before 11 p.m.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 4, 2008.

Police are investigating a rape in Woodhaven, Queens late Wednesday night on a quiet residential block.

Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

Eyewitness News is told the woman was attacked near the 96th Street and 85th Avenue just before 11 p.m.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 4, 2008.

PA police charged Payano, 30, of South Ozone Park, with toll evasion and license plate destruction. The rear license plate was bent, partially concealing its markings, Coleman said.

Published by New York Daily News on September 4, 2008.

"I woke up too early because I had to come to school," griped PS 62 fourth-grader Albert Cepeda, 9. "[But] I want to learn more stuff to go to college and to meet some new friends."

Published by New York Post on September 3, 2008.

This August, of the 15 city zip codes with the most foreclosures, Queens claims 14, touching neighborhoods like Jamaica, Hollis, Howard Beach and Ozone Park. (Staten Island claims the 15th.)

Published by The New York Observer on September 3, 2008.

In the most serious attack, 18-year-old Jagmohan Singh Premi had his turban ripped off at Richmond Hill High School. His injuries were so bad, he had to be hospitalized.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 3, 2008.

If you are a believer of "great things come in small packages," then Kew Gardens might be your kind of neighborhood. This triangular-shaped enclave has many conveniences of city life, yet retains a small-town feel.

Published by amNY.com on August 28, 2008.

Genovese was stabbed to death as she walked toward her Kew Gardens apartment around 3 a.m. -- her screams going unanswered by residents who ignored her cries for help.

Published by amNY.com on August 27, 2008.

With detectives working overtime to solve two separate rape patterns just a few miles away, Shameen Karim was visibly shaken upon hearing the news that a sexual predator struck overnight in her own neighborhood of south Richmond Hill.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 25, 2008.

A woman was robbed and raped at gunpoint in Ozone Park in Queens on Monday, according to police.The woman was approached by a man with a silver gun on 123rd street after she left an ATM machine.

Published by WNBC on August 25, 2008.

There are no arrests at this time. Police say the incident took place at 1:45 a.m. in the Richmond Hill section.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 25, 2008.

12:30 p.m. New York Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations hosts Muslim voter drive; Islamic Circle of North America, 166-26 89th Ave., Jamaica.

Published by The New York Observer on August 22, 2008.

In fact, the two men are scheduled to appear together this afternoon at a press conference at Mr. Baldeo’s office in the Richmond Hill section of Queens.

Published by New York Times on August 22, 2008.

1 p.m. Council Member Tony Avella will hold a press conference with Community Action Against Neighborhood Construction to protest the construction of Pasta Lover’s proposed hotel-apartment building, 123-32 82nd Avenue, Kew Gardens

Published by The New York Observer on August 20, 2008.

The incident happened on 124th Street in South Ozone Park. Authorities say Chisolm returned to the apartment to retrieve his belongings after being away for several weeks.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 17, 2008.

The violence unfolded after the victim, Rae Chisolm, 38, went to the first-floor flat on 124th St. in South Ozone Park about noon after being away for several weeks.

Published by New York Daily News on August 17, 2008.

Camacho's Kew Gardens courtroom handles cases involving both criminal and domestic violence charges.

Published by New York Daily News on August 13, 2008.

But the breakfast was nowhere near the 15th State Senate District, which stretches from Ozone Park and Howard Beach to Glendale and Maspeth.

Published by New York Times on August 12, 2008.

Escalators at the 34th Street-Herald Square and Roosevelt Island stations in Manhattan and the Jamaica-Van Wyck and Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer stations in Queens were to begin operating at variable speed, as part of a pilot program to save energy and reduce wear and tear on escalator components.

Published by New York Times on August 11, 2008.

A man who was known to have begged for cash on street corners in Richmond Hill, Queens, was found dead about 5:40 a.m. Friday on a sidewalk next to a Sikh temple on 97th Avenue near 118th Street, the authorities said.

Published by New York Times on August 9, 2008.

A man who was known to have begged for cash on street corners in Richmond Hill, Queens, was found dead about 5:40 a.m. Friday on a sidewalk next to a Sikh temple on 97th Avenue near 118th Street, the authorities said.

Published by New York Times on August 9, 2008.

Worshipers attending morning prayers at the Sikh Cultural Society in Richmond Hill were stunned to discover the lifeless body on 118th St.

Published by New York Daily News on August 9, 2008.

Most often, the man would spend the rest of his day begging at the corner of Lefferts Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue, Mr. Singh said. Some of the money he received he sent to his family in India, and some of it he spent on alcohol, Mr. Singh said.

Published by New York Times on August 9, 2008.

On Friday night, two traffic cones and a barrel linked by yellow police tape marked the place where the body was found, near the Sikh Cultural Society, which doubles as a community center and a prayer hall for the neighborhood’s large Sikh population.

Published by New York Times on August 9, 2008.

Police in Queens are investigating the beating death of a homeless man early Friday. The man was found dead outside the Gurdwara Sikh Temple in South Richmond Hill, police said.

Published by WNBC on August 8, 2008.

A homeless man was found murdered in front of a Sikh temple in the Richmond Hill section of Queens.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 8, 2008.