In Queens Village, Edna Tomlinson, 69, a retired nursing aide, was less confident. Her home, bought in the 1970s, was paid for, but the events on Wall Street left her feeling uneasy about the future.

Published by New York Times on September 18, 2008.

Mike Stith, a father of three with another on the way, was with some friends on a Jamaica street early Saturday when the shooter appeared.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 14, 2008.

\A Queens man was killed after a masked shooter came out from behind a car and fired off a series of bullets. Mike Stith, a father of three with another on the way, was with some friends on a Jamaica street early Saturday when the shooter appeared.

Published by WNBC on September 14, 2008.

The state launched the probe in May after The Post reported that MediSys - the parent company of Jamaica, Flushing and Brookdale hospitals - was padding the pockets of top execs without disclosing the pay as required.

Published by New York Post on September 14, 2008.

Mike Stith, 28, was hanging out with friends on a tree-lined street in Jamaica about 4 a.m. Saturday when the shooter emerged from behind a car on 116th Drive.

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

David Rosen, chief executive of Jamaica, Brookdale and Flushing hospitals, is widely believed to be the unnamed hospital executive in the criminal complaint that charges Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio solicited payments in return for helping win more money from the state.

Published by Crain's New York Business on September 12, 2008.

The NYPD said it does not think the attack is related to the other rape patterns in Jamaica Springfield Gardens and St. Albans sections of Queens.

Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

Martha Espinoza bought her house in Jamaica in Jan. 2005 and she quickly found an assortment of problems.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 4, 2008.

The NYPD said it does not think the attack is related to the other rape patterns in Jamaica Springfield Gardens and St. Albans sections of Queens.

Published by WNBC on September 4, 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.

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.

A Queens Village man serving in Iraq has died, the Department of Defense confirmed yesterday.

Published by amNY.com on September 2, 2008.

The stores served mostly minority customers: Caribbeans and African-Americans in Brooklyn and Jamaica, Queens, and Puerto Ricans and blacks in the Bronx. (By the early 1980s, some Koreans had begun to set up produce stores in upper-middle-class neighborhoods in Manhattan and Queens and suburban communities on Long Island and upstate.)

Published by New York Times on September 2, 2008.

Spc. Jorge Nieve, 26, of Queens Village, was driving on a road near the northern city of Mosul last Thursday when the vehicle careened off the precipice, his family said.

Published by New York Post on September 2, 2008.

The Department of Defense announced Monday the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Jorge L. Feliz Nieve, 26, of Queens Village, N.Y., died on Aug. 28 of injuries suffered in a vehicle incident in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas. The incident is under investigation.

Published by WNBC on September 1, 2008.

Kelly Kelson, a 35-year veteran of the NYPD with many past awards and honors, surrendered at the stationhouse in Queens Village Thursday afternoon after bank surveillance photos of the hold ups were released to the media, law enforcement sources said.

Published by WNBC on August 29, 2008.

The kids won a bet to read twice as many books as last summer so a New York City librarian did what she promised -- she cut off her hair. Sueli Zaqem made the bet with the children in her summer reading program at the Hollis, Queens, library.

Published by WNBC on August 29, 2008.

The bandit is also a suspect in two robberies in July of Chase branches in St. Albans and Flushing, both in Queens.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 28, 2008.

Nassau police have declined to reveal how much money he has stolen in order to discourage copycats. The bandit is also a suspect in two robberies in July of Chase branches in St. Albans and Flushing, both in Queens.

Published by WNBC on August 28, 2008.

Savicki, 38, said his former girlfriend didn't know anyone in New York but decided to come here because she had read about a shelter called Dove House in Jamaica, Queens, that would give her a bed and provide her with welfare benefits.

Published by New York Post on August 27, 2008.

Toemirin Wongsonadi, 56, of Jamaica, took advantage of his day job hauling bags of money from Queens businesses to the central safe for Dunbar Armored, prosecutors said.

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

New playgrounds are also set to open this fall at PS 12, on 72nd St. in Woodside; PS 134 at 109th Ave. and 203rd St. in Hollis; and PS 153, on 60th Lane in Maspeth.

Published by New York Daily News on August 21, 2008.

A seemingly simple bus ride has been a frightening trip in places like Jamaica and Springfield Gardens, Queens, where two rapists have been targeting women at bus stops for months.

Published by WNBC on August 19, 2008.

The person the police are questioning is just 15-years-old. The teenage boy was identified by one woman and he has been transferred from the 113 pct in Jamaica to the Special Victims Unit in Forest Hills for possible lineups and more witness identifications, according to police.

Published by WNBC on August 19, 2008.

“We're like sitting ducks,” Gillian Eversley, who lives in St. Albans, said last week. "They're predators and they've been getting away with it.”Police have stepped up their presence in the area and distributed sketches in hopes of catching both rape suspects.

Published by WNBC on August 19, 2008.

Police have been searching for two men behind 14 attacks since November in Jamaica, Saint Albans, and Springfield Gardens.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 19, 2008.

Police have been searching for two men behind 14 attacks since November in Jamaica, Saint Albans, and Springfield Gardens.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 19, 2008.

On August 1, the predator targeted an 18-year-old woman near 145th Street in Jamaica.

Published by WNBC on August 17, 2008.

Police say the shots were fired on 196th Street in the St. Albans section of Queens just after 2:15 a.m. The suspect, a female off-duty corrections officer, allegedly fled the scene.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 14, 2008.

Pedro Ayala, 21, asked Veronica Rivera, the mother of his 6-month-old son, to bring the child to his Jamaica, Queens, apartment Monday night because he had time off from his job at a bowling alley, Rivera's mother, Lucy Suarez, said.

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

Then there was Rich, of Jamaica, Queens, who graduated from the U.S. Recovery Bureau in spite of a 1995 sodomy arrest.

Published by New York Daily News on August 12, 2008.

To date, that agenda has focused around rezonings of areas such as Manhattan’s far West Side, Jamaica and the Williamsburg/Greenpoint waterfront, where the city allows private landowners to develop thousands of housing units and millions of feet of office space.

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

The 2000 Census showed that Hartford had a West Indian population of about 10,000, with more than 8,000 of those from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.

Published by New York Times on August 10, 2008.

According to a report by research firm PropertyShark, the five New York City ZIP codes with the most July foreclosures were all in Queens, with the top four all in the neighborhoods of Jamaica, South Jamaica, Hollis and St. Albans. A total of 56 homes entered foreclosure last month in those neighborhoods.

Published by The New York Observer on August 7, 2008.

According to a report by research firm PropertyShark, the five New York City ZIP codes with the most July foreclosures were all in Queens, with the top four all in the neighborhoods of Jamaica, South Jamaica, Hollis and St. Albans. A total of 56 homes entered foreclosure last month in those neighborhoods.

Published by The New York Observer on August 7, 2008.

According to a report by research firm PropertyShark, the five New York City ZIP codes with the most July foreclosures were all in Queens, with the top four all in the neighborhoods of Jamaica, South Jamaica, Hollis and St. Albans. A total of 56 homes entered foreclosure last month in those neighborhoods.

Published by The New York Observer on August 7, 2008.

A developing story in Queens where police are searching for a possible suspect wanted in a series of sexual assaults.

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

The victim bravely fought off her attacker on 145th St. in Jamaica about 12:20 a.m. Friday. The man slashed her in the hand and knocked her to the ground before he ran off, police said.

Published by New York Daily News on August 2, 2008.

The investigation also netted retired city Correction Officer Adolph Porter, 48, who was caught July 17 with a stash of cocaine, a shotgun and his off-duty 9-mm. pistol inside his Jamaica home, prosecutors said.

Published by New York Daily News on July 30, 2008.

Authorities say 27-year-old Joscelyn Francis was shot early Sunday morning as he left the barbeque in Jamaica.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 28, 2008.

An angry gunman shot Francis, 27, execution-style early Sunday morning as the doting dad left a barbecue in Jamaica, Queens, cops said.

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

Police are searching for a man who tried to attack a woman in Jamaica, Queens early Monday. The woman was able to fight the man off, police said. The incident happened on Lakewood Avenue, police said.

Published by WNBC on July 28, 2008.

Councilman James Gennaro (D- Fresh Meadows) and a Queens mother called for a protected bike lane on Queens Boulevard at a rally held on the spot where 22-year-old bicyclist Asif Rahman, of Jamaica, was fatally struck in February. A protected lane would physically separate the several lanes of traffic with a lane of parked cars or other barriers.

Published by amNY.com on July 27, 2008.

Plans to build a $260 million wholesale merchandise mart cater-corner from the Air Train station in Jamaica were scuttled when the co-developer pulled out.

Published by New York Times on July 26, 2008.

A body that washed up on Rockaway Beach yesterday may be that of Tiara Coaxum, a 16-year-old girl from Jamaica, Queens, who was pulled under while swimming with a friend on Friday.

Published by New York Sun on July 24, 2008.

A 911 caller who spotted two men with guns led detectives to the detached garage on Hannibal Street in St. Albans at about 11 a.m.

Published by New York Post on July 23, 2008.

Opponents pointed to several incidents in which rescues were botched under the new system. In February, when the program was being tested in Queens, an 87-year-old woman died because the department dispatched an inadequate number of trucks, according to union officials. A firefighter was hospitalized a day later after his team was initially sent to the wrong street in Jamaica, they said.

Published by New York Sun on July 23, 2008.

The search for the teen, identified in published reports as Tiara Coaxum, 16, of Jamaica, began soon after she and another 16-year-old girl went swimming near Beach 116th Street about 3 p.m. Friday.

Published by amNY.com on July 20, 2008.

Kevin Joseph, a pastor at a church in Jamaica, Queens, turned in a .22-caliber pistol that his mother brought with her when she moved to New York from Florida.

Published by New York Times on July 20, 2008.

Detective Ivan Davison, 44, was initially placed on modified duty following the 2 a.m. Sunday shooting in St. Albans, Queens.

Published by New York Post on July 18, 2008.