Flushing construction worker Raymond Chen, sitting in the Chinese cafe, said he plans to root for the Baltimore native while revisiting his family heritage.

Published by New York Daily News on August 15, 2008.

As all of our farmers come from within 250 miles, our region’s climate means that over half of our markets close when local fields are covered in snow. Yes the Bronx Borough Hall Greenmarket ceases to operate after Thanksgiving, but so do markets in the Upper East Side, Carroll Gardens and Murray Hill.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

Councilman John Liu, who represents Flushing, the city's largest Asian community, is irate.

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

HANDHELD FOOD Pita Joe (2 W. 14th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-627-7877) is scheduled to open today, serving kosher chicken schnitzel, falafel with organic hummus, and a variety of different lemonades. Erez Cohen, who also is the executive chef and owner of Delectica in Murray Hill, is in charge of the food.

Published by New York Sun on August 13, 2008.

Nearby in the Beechhurst section, several trees fell knocking down power lines and blocking streets.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 12, 2008.

On Friday, with negotiations dragging past the contract deadline, Verizon’s two main unions — the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers — had set a strike deadline for Monday. The two unions had originally threatened a strike for Aug. 3, but postponed any job action because the talks were making progress.

Published by New York Times on August 10, 2008.

The New York State Board of Elections has ruled that Jun Policarpio, a Queens congressional candidate accused of forging petition signatures, will not be allowed on the Republican ballot.

Published by New York Sun on August 8, 2008.

...inflammation of the veins. He passed away at his home, a 12-room apartment at 1120 Fifth Avenue on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 93rd St. On the evening of January...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 5, 2008.

“The Albert Einstein students did the exact same thing that we did,” Ms. Golia said of her stint at Flushing Hospital Medical Center last year. “We were standing next to each other on ward rounds, presenting patients together at clinic and presenting cases to each other. We had the same supervisors.”

Published by New York Times on August 5, 2008.

Located at the corner of 131st Street and 11th Avenue in Queens 100,000 square foot, four-floor facility is similar to bathhouses in Asia, and offers a number of indoor and outdoor pools, restaurants, sleeping areas, hot and cold saunas.

Published by NY1 on August 5, 2008.

The commercials are certainly obnoxious, but not racist, said Democratic City Councilman John Liu, who represents Flushing, a neighborhood with a large Asian population.

Published by amNY.com on August 5, 2008.

The Economic Development Corp. has run into problems with the site in College Point where it planned to relocate Sambucci Bros. Inc. Salvage, an auto parts business that sprawls across 52,000 square feet, according to one of the salvage yard’s owners.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 4, 2008.

Last year, poet and fiction writer Georgia Shreve bought two penthouse units at the building for $11.65 million, after selling her 1060 Fifth Avenue co-op for a then-record $46 million.

Published by The Real Deal on August 4, 2008.

"I think she needs to focus on tax issues. I think education particularly in New York City is very critical," said Eliame Hughes of Murray Hill.

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

These three disparate characters are part of a ragtag crew that cycles through the worn one-bedroom Murray Hill walk-up where Elizabeth Goodyear, who recently celebrated her 101st birthday, is confined, after two knee operations.

Published by New York Times on July 31, 2008.

Mr. Dines, who for five years sold his meat at Greenmarkets in Jackson Heights in Queens; Cortelyou, Fort Greene and Greenpoint in Brooklyn; and Murray Hill, West 97th Street, Tompkins Square, TriBeCa and Union Square in Manhattan, admitted he had on occasion sold meat he had bought from others and has placed his animals in other farms or facilities to be raised.

Published by New York Times on July 30, 2008.

Residents in Queens are growing more and more frustrated each day they are shut out of their building. Last week, an explosion at the building in Flushing damaged dozens of apartments. Since then, many people haven't been allowed back in, even to get their medicines.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 30, 2008.

1 p.m. Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and State Senator Frank Padavan discuss shortage of skilled auto technicians; Center for Automotive Education & Training, 15-30 Petracca Place, Whitestone.

Published by The New York Observer on July 29, 2008.

...were writer Georgia Shreve's two-floor $46 million spread, and the Rockefeller triplex at 834 Fifth Avenue that Rupert Murdoch bought for $44 million...

Published by The New York Observer on July 28, 2008.

The previous co-op record holders were writer Georgia Shreve's two-floor $46 million spread, and the Rockefeller triplex at 834 Fifth Avenue that Rupert Murdoch bought for $44 million.

Published by The New York Observer on July 28, 2008.

My own loss of innocence, though, was probably more attributable to the good times I enjoyed with various high school and college girlfriends during what must have been a dozen visits to Flushing Meadows over the next two years.

Published by New York Times on July 27, 2008.

Deserved or no, the mere mention of Con Ed elicits scowls and muttered curses, as if the two syllables constituted a distillation of overcharging and arrogance, not to mention blackouts, steam pipe blasts and now a gas explosion at an apartment building in Flushing.

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

A massive building explosion in Flushing, Queens has left dozens of people homeless.

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

"We are homeless now," said her husband, Arun Sachdeva, who detailed his wife's sleepless night. The family's apartment was one of 37 still vacant as the investigation into Friday's explosion in Flushing continued.

Published by New York Daily News on July 26, 2008.

The explosion sent flames shooting into surrounding apartments and spread devastation, prompting the evacuation of scores of Flushing residents.

Published by New York Times on July 26, 2008.

Yet tenants of the Flushing building said they were not surprised when the 4:30 p.m. explosion sent air conditioners tumbling into the courtyard below and shattered windows four stories above.

Published by New York Daily News on July 26, 2008.

The Fire Department says it has not confirmed reports of an explosion at the scene. Debris from the apartments can be seen on fire escapes and around the building in the Flushing neighborhood.

Published by New York Daily News on July 25, 2008.

The Phillies won't leave Flushing tied with the Mets atop the NL East. That much is for sure.

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

Cindy Riveros, 14 months old, bounced off a large rubber ball in the outdoor basement stairwell of her Flushing, Queens, home Wednesday night, her parents said.

Published by New York Post on July 18, 2008.

Police said no criminality was involved. The accident happened at about 6 p.m. Wednesday when Cindy fell from a bedroom window, which apparently had no guards, in Flushing. It was not clear whether the lack of window guards was because the landlord failed to put them up or the family removed them, according to the Post.

Published by WNBC on July 17, 2008.

Cindy Riveros tumbled at 6:03 p.m. from the third-story bedroom window of 134-36 57th St. in Flushing.

Published by New York Post on July 17, 2008.

6:30 p.m. Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe; former Parks Commissioner Henry Stern; Holly Hotchner, Director of the Museum of Art and Design; Alexander Garvin, city planner and President & CEO, Alex Garvin & Associates; and Albert K. Butzel, attorney and former president of Friends of Hudson River Park. speaks at a panel discussion on the battles over development in New York City; Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave.

Published by The New York Observer on July 16, 2008.

Other New York hospitals to earn spots on the list include the Hospital for Special Surgery, which ranked first in orthopedics, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, which ranked second in cancer care. Mount Sinai Medical Center was ranked third in geriatric care.

Published by New York Sun on July 11, 2008.

At the Fifth Avenue Apple store, air-conditioning repair man Matthew Lichtman, 21 of Flushing - who had been camped out since 3 p.m. - said he "gave up happy hour tonight and a gorgeous date for the iPhone."

Published by New York Post on July 11, 2008.

There are a few exceptions, however. The penthouse facing Central Park at 960 Fifth Ave., one of the city's most luxurious apartment buildings, has green awnings over its many windows. On the terraces of the penthouse at 47 E. 87th St., larger awnings are used to shade guests when entertaining. An elegant example of awnings can be found at 29 E. 69th St., where they decorate four floors of the five-story mansion.

Published by New York Sun on July 10, 2008.

An Ottomanelli Brothers New York Grill will open soon at 1325 Fifth Ave. at 111th Street, according to the owners of the family-owned, 100-year-old New York chain, best known for its prime cuts of meat. Brokers said more high-profile eateries will follow now that retail in the area has begun to catch up with the high-end residential properties built during the recent housing boom.

Published by New York Sun on July 10, 2008.

According to a release from the Willets Point Industry and Realty Association, Mr. Ferrer will join local Councilman Hiram Monserrate at the event, where the main Willets Point property owners' group will call for the ouster of the chairman of Queens Community Board 7.

Published by The New York Observer on July 9, 2008.

A $47.5 million co-op listing at 1030 Fifth Avenue could lead to a new city record.

Published by The New York Observer on July 9, 2008.

A $47.5 million co-op listing at 1030 Fifth Avenue could lead to a new city record.

Published by The New York Observer on July 9, 2008.

A Flushing man convicted of shaking, biting and slapping his infant daughter - leaving her unable to stand - was sentenced yesterday to seven years in prison.

Published by New York Post on July 8, 2008.

Nadal might have run all the way to Flushing Meadows, if the U.S. Open started today instead of in August.

Published by New York Daily News on July 7, 2008.

Justine Almonte, who died after falling into the deep end of the pool at the home on 136th Street in Flushing on Friday, is the son of an officer in Brooklyn's 75th Precinct, sources said.

Published by New York Post on July 6, 2008.

Murray Hill, is an enclave generally immune to trends. Like virtually every other neighborhood, though, it always has room for decent new restaurants.

Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

Police say the boy was found unconscious in the pool on 136th Street in Flushing at 7 p.m. Friday.

Published by amNY.com on July 5, 2008.

Sixty years later, these beachheads remain in a few places like Flushing, Queens, where a handful of surviving British war brides meet monthly in a small British veterans hall, lunching on cold cuts and potato chips.

Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

1030 Fifth Avenue

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

In tomorrow's Manhattan Transfers, I write about a seven-bedroom duplex (actually, a "gym/bedroom" makes it eight) that went on the market this month at 1030 Fifth Avenue for $47.5 million, one of the biggest apartment listings ever in New York.

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

A car full of teenagers crashed into a utility pole in Bay Terrace early yesterday morning, leaving one young man fighting for his life.

Published by SI Live on July 1, 2008.

Even if the 1030 Fifth sale turns out to be difficult, too, $47.5 million would be worth the effort: Ms. Fleiss said the apartment was bought for “around $2 million” in the ’80s.

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

The advisory vote by Queens Community Board 7 followed more than five hours of testimony and debate among board members, business owners, city and elected officials, affordable housing activists and union members in a jam-packed, sweltering community room in Flushing.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.