“I’m surprised Rangel and others aren’t out there," said former Security and Exchange Commission lawyer Steve Behar, who is now running for City Council in Bayside. "I’d like to see a Democratic response,” he said.

Published by The New York Observer on September 18, 2008.

Few businesses in the city were prouder of their skyline view, distant though it was, than Douglaston Manor, a catering hall in Queens about 15 miles east of Manhattan. The manor’s Glass Room commands a panoramic westward view against the twinkling backdrop of the big city.

Published by New York Times on September 11, 2008.

At 6:45 in the morning, you'll find Jordan Figueroa and his mom heading to the school bus, for what's supposed to be a 45-minute ride to his special education classes in Glen Oaks. Instead, it's been taking more than two hours.

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

Cops said Kelson started his crime spree on June 12, sticking up a Chase Bank in Elmont. Within weeks, he hit banks in Queens, Valley Stream, Franklin Square, West Hempstead and New Hyde Park.

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

He first struck on June 12 at a Chase Bank in Elmont. Since then, he has pulled jobs in Queens, Valley Stream, Franklin Square, West Hempstead and New Hyde Park, police said. His most recent robbery took place Tuesday when he hit a Chase Bank in West Hempstead, police said.

Published by New York Daily News on August 29, 2008.

An 80-year-old woman from New Hyde Park may have been killed by the virus last week, but tests are pending.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 28, 2008.

It's also possible that an 80-year-old woman from New Hyde Park succumbed to the virus last week; tests are pending.

Published by SI Live on August 28, 2008.

An 80-year-old woman from New Hyde Park may have been killed by the virus last week, but tests are pending.

Published by New York Daily News on August 28, 2008.

Osam Naveed and his 8-year-old sister, Iman, had grabbed a late breakfast at a nearby sandwich shop and were pedaling home on Hillside Avenue when they crossed Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park at around 1 p.m., authorities said.

Published by New York Post on August 26, 2008.

The neighborhoods that counted the most conditions last month range from leafy Bellerose, Queens, to boisterous Inwood, Manhattan. Those with the fewest included midtown and Gramercy Park in Manhattan; Crown Heights in Brooklyn; Kingsbridge and Riverdale in the Bronx and Astoria in Queens.

Published by New York Daily News on August 24, 2008.

A woman at Bremner's family's home in Bayside hung up on a reporter, refusing comment.

Published by amNY.com on August 20, 2008.

In Floral Park, Queens, Queens County Farm is set to release its first "estate grown" merlot this autumn from an acre and a half of vines.

Published by New York Sun on August 13, 2008.

Police from the 111th Precinct, located in the Bayside neighborhood, responded to a report of gunshots heard by a neighbor, a police spokeswoman said. There was no evidence that the gunshots were related to Mr. Camacho's work in the courts.

Published by New York Sun on August 13, 2008.

Police from the 111th Precinct, located in the Bayside neighborhood, responded to a report of gunshots heard by a neighbor, a police spokeswoman said. There was no evidence that the gunshots were related to Mr. Camacho's work in the courts.

Published by New York Sun on August 13, 2008.

A group of residents in Douglaston, Queens, have been swimming at Douglas Manor Beach for more than 50 years, but lately their beloved waters have drawn concern.

Published by New York Times on August 12, 2008.

One official said the judge’s house is in the Bayside neighborhood.

Published by New York Times on August 12, 2008.

This summer, the city’s Health Department has identified the beach as having the highest levels of pollution in the city, specifically fecal bacteria counts, which spike after heavy rains cause the city’s sewer system – feces and all – to overflow directly into these waters, posing a serious health risk.

Published by New York Times on August 11, 2008.

King, who lives at the Immaculate Conception Center for retired priests in Queens, has heard nonstop from his fellow friends of the cloth urging him to see the religious value in turning 88 years old on 8-8-08 - or to at least cash in on it.

Published by New York Daily News on August 8, 2008.

Denadjae Combs doesn't mind a hectic work travel schedule that can take her to four different places across the country in about a month's time. What does wear on the event planner's patience is her 2½ hour commute each way between her family's Bayside home and her company's East Norwalk, Conn., headquarters.

Published by amNY.com on June 29, 2008.

It's "game over" for six teens who were inspired by a violent video game to go on a crime spree early Thursday, police said. Three of the youths mugged a man in the parking lot of a New Hyde Park supermarket late Wednesday, Nassau County cops said.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

Shortly thereafter, the same three individuals -- Dyland Laird, 17, of Mass., Gurnoor Singh, 14, of New Hyde Park, and Samuel Philip, 16, of New Hyde Park -- were joined by three others and armed themselves with bats and a crowbar, police said.

Published by WNBC on June 26, 2008.

Nassau County police cops have arrested six teens for robbing a man at a supermarket on Tuesday in New Hyde Park.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 26, 2008.

The youngest suspect is 14-year-old. Four of them are from New Hyde Park; the fifth was visiting from Massachusetts.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 26, 2008.

All four of the original teen plotters were arrested, along with the two youths who joined them, Stephen Attard, 18, of New Hyde Park and Dylan Laird, 17, who was visiting Long Island from Southborough, Mass. They were all charged with first-degree robbery, except for Jaspreet Singh, who was charged with possession of stolen property. The other charges were pending.

Published by New York Post on June 26, 2008.

“I suspect,” Fred Ferretti wrote in a Times book review, “that either Mayor Beame was becoming irked at having people continually call 566-5700 and ask why John Lindsay wasn’t plowing the side streets out in Bellerose, or, he simply wanted a Green Book with his name in gold on the cover, too.”

Published by New York Times on June 19, 2008.

The last time DOH inspected Savoy, which is at 55-15 Little Neck Parkway, was April 2006, a few weeks after Itzkowitz's death.

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

"I'm happy for the people who work here because some of them are really nice," said Ralph Esposito, of Floral Park, on Long Island, who walked over from his job at a nearby bank to place his bets.

Published by SI Live on June 16, 2008.

Tony Avella, the outspoken City Councilman who has never hesitated to criticize Christine Quinn or other colleagues, suffered a nearly unheard of loss today when the Council voted to block a rezoning plan for his Bayside district.

Published by The New York Observer on June 12, 2008.

Based on the receipts they could find, Thompson's auditors said the Merissa Restaurant Corp., which operates Caffe on the Green in Bayside, owes the city $120,607 in fees for nearly $1 million in unreported income during 2006 and 2007.

Published by New York Post on June 12, 2008.

The Merissa Restaurant Corporation, which operates Caffe on the Green in Bayside, Queens, under a contract with the Parks Department, owes the city $120,607 in fees for nearly $1 million in unreported income during 2006 and 2007, according to an audit by City Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr.

Published by New York Times on June 12, 2008.

Paul Vallone, whose father, Peter F. Vallone, represented a district in Astoria, Queens, for 27 years until his brother Peter F. Vallone Jr. took it over in 2002, is running to represent the Bayside area.

Published by New York Times on June 9, 2008.

"Any site that is operating a high-rise crane with too many violations should be shut down and the individuals hauled off to jail," said Councilman Tony Avella, (D-Bayside). "How stupid are we that we allow this to go on?"

Published by amNY.com on June 9, 2008.

The barrels will be handed out in the lawn-heavy neighborhoods of Rosedale, St. Albans, New Hyde Park and Floral Park.

Published by New York Post on June 6, 2008.

The barrels will be handed out in the lawn-heavy neighborhoods of Rosedale, St. Albans, New Hyde Park and Floral Park.

Published by New York Post on June 6, 2008.

The bandit allegedly hit banks throughout Nassau County, including several in New Hyde Park, Franklin Square and East Meadow.

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

For the record, that's Peter Vallone, Jr. on the left, who's running for Queens borough president; his brother Paul Vallone on the right, who is running for City Council in Bayside; and their father, former Council Speaker Peter Vallone, Sr.

Published by The New York Observer on June 2, 2008.

City Councilman Tony Avella, (D-Bayside) who has made reform of the Department of Buildings a central plank in his 2009 campaign for mayor, said the agency's dual purpose as enforcer of safety and promoter of development left it ill-equipped to handle the current building boom.

Published by amNY.com on June 1, 2008.

Felder is one of a couple of term-limited Council members who have decided to run for State Senate. (Democrats are expected to overcome the Republicans' two-seat majority in the State Senate in November.) In Jackson Heights, Democratic City Councilman Hiram Monserrate has all but declared he will run against Democratic State Senator John Sabini. In Glen Oaks, Democratic City Councilman Jim Gennaro is challenging Republican State Senator Frank Padavan.

Published by The New York Observer on June 1, 2008.

On Thursday, June 5, city public schools will be closed and the Riverdale YM-YWHA will take schoolchildren to Green Meadows Farm in Floral Park, N.Y. to see more than 300 farm animals. Children should bring a brown bag lunch.

Published by Riverdale Press on May 29, 2008.

Mayor Bloomberg marched in the Whitestone parade and another Queens parade in Little Neck and Douglaston.

Published by New York Post on May 27, 2008.

Mayor Bloomberg marched in the Whitestone parade and another Queens parade in Little Neck and Douglaston.

Published by New York Post on May 27, 2008.

Hundreds of veterans and active-duty soldiers were on hand for the memorials, parades, and parties throughout the day. The speaker of the City Council, Christine Quinn, marched in the Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade with her father, Lawrence Quinn, a Navy veteran who served in the Pacific during World War II. State Senator Frank Padavan, a retired Army colonel, marched as well.

Published by New York Sun on May 27, 2008.

Mayor Bloomberg marched in the Whitestone parade and another Queens parade in Little Neck and Douglaston.

Published by New York Post on May 27, 2008.

If the water is too cold at the beach, there is always a parade you can catch. There are so many across the city in all five boroughs. We even boast the nation's largest parade, that is 2:00 this afternoon, the annual Little Neck Douglaston Parade.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 26, 2008.

If the water is too cold at the beach, there is always a parade you can catch. There are so many across the city in all five boroughs. We even boast the nation's largest parade, that is 2:00 this afternoon, the annual Little Neck Douglaston Parade.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 26, 2008.

Two caseworkers from the ACS showed up at Dussack's door in Bayside, Queens, on May 14. The ACS interviewed Karen and her husband, also named Michel, as well as their two children, Michel and his sister, Deborah, 11. They checked the home for smoke and carbon-monoxide detectors and examined the contents of the refrigerator.

Published by New York Post on May 25, 2008.

THE little girl with the pin-straight hair marched frenetically in place while the boy next to her in a blue and yellow striped shirt spun in circles. Heidi Betesh, an energetic dance teacher in black spandex and a wispy up-do, led a simple choreography of wiggles, claps and turns for the group of 25 children, most of them autistic. The performers were not at all nervous, but in the audience there was much anxiety. Even as the children danced at the class, held Tuesday in the airy gymnasium of the Samuel Field Young Man/Young Woman Hebrew Association in Little Neck, Queens, parents worried that the city money that supported the class and other programs for their autistic children might not be renewed for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

Published by New York Times on May 24, 2008.

Want to raise kids in the city? Think about moving to Bayside.

Published by New York Daily News on May 22, 2008.

At the top of the list, Bayside, Queens.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 22, 2008.

The three top communities in the city with the best conditions needed for children to thrive are Tottenville in Staten Island and Bayside and Rego Park/Forest Hills in Queens, according to a new report.

Published by New York Post on May 22, 2008.