The preschooler, Jay Morales, was angry about being punished, and told a neighborhood child, "I'm going to burn down the house and kill my grandmother today," the sources said. The boy went to the Bushwick home of his grandmother, Nancy Herrera on Sunday morning.

Published by New York Post on July 8, 2008.

Three people, including a 5-year-old boy, were hurt in an apartment fire in Brooklyn Monday. The flames broke out just after 3 p.m. in a multi-unit building on Knickerbocker Avenue in the Bushwick section.

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

A 5-year-old was critically injured in a Brooklyn fire he set Monday as revenge for being punished by his grandmother, police and fire sources said. Jay (Tito) Morales suffered third-degree burns to 70% of his body after he used a lighter to ignite the curtains in Nancy Herrera's Bushwick home, fire sources said. Herrera, 63, suffered minor injuries.

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

The Fire Department of New York says the blaze at the three-story building on Knickerbocker Avenue in the Bushwick section broke out about 3 p.m. Monday.

Published by WNBC on July 8, 2008.

Family members were too distraught to speak at the boy's Ridgewood home and a man who answered the phone at the 136th Street house declined to comment.

Published by New York Post on July 6, 2008.

George, stationed at Fort Dix in New Jersey, served seven years in the Army but on weekends would go home to Cypress Hills to see his son, 7, and daughter, 5.

Published by New York Post on July 6, 2008.

Nowhere has their love of big homes been on more opulent display than in a section of Forest Hills known as Cord Meyer, an upper middle class neighborhood long cherished by its residents for its tranquillity and architectural charm.

Published by New York Times on July 4, 2008.

"I been harassed so much, I'm selling my business," said Espinoza, owner of Delicias de Mi Tierra on 91st Place in Elmhurst.

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

Neighborhoods with the greatest number of cases included Borough Park, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Williamsburg, Bushwick, Greenpoint and East New York.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

“The strike was a surprise because it seemed that the negotiations were going well until the 11th hour and then it fell apart,” said John Quadrozzi, president of the Quadrozzi Concrete Corporation, which has 50 trucks and calls itself the city’s largest concrete company.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

The 52-year-old victim claims Dennis Gallagher raped and assaulted her in a local bar last year. Gallagher pleaded guilty to a lesser sex-abuse charge and resigned in return for no jail time. But the victim said last night, "It's not enough. He got away with a ticket." Gallagher, a Republican from Middle Village, said he'd be vindicated.

Published by New York Post on July 1, 2008.

The three undercover cops - Henry Tavarez, Steven Anderson and Alan Figueroa - could be hit with perjury, official misconduct and filing false documents charges stemming from the Jan. 4 incident inside Club Delicioso, sources said. Video footage from the Elmhurst club exonerated the four men arrested and contradicted the officers' claims that they had purchased two bags of cocaine from the quartet.

Published by New York Post on June 29, 2008.

The latest flap to hit the Organized Crime Control Bureau - revealed in The Post today - involves a botched "buy-and-bust" operation on Jan. 4 in which undercover officers allegedly framed two brothers and their friends at Elmhurst bar and restaurant Club Delicioso.

Published by New York Post on June 28, 2008.

Rizzuto grew up in nearby Glendale but played baseball in Richmond Hill as a high school student. Famous residents of Richmond Hill have included Jack Kerouac, Jacob A. Riis and the Marx Brothers.

Published by New York Times on June 27, 2008.

Park officials say "The Scooter" grew up in nearby Glendale, Queens, and played high school baseball in Richmond Hill.

Published by amNY.com on June 27, 2008.

Brown says the two women stole the identities of the married couple by asking the postal service to forward the couple's mail back to their old address in Rego Park, Queens. The DA says they then opened numerous credit card accounts in the couple's name between January 2008 and June 2008.

Published by amNY.com on June 27, 2008.

Agnes Bermudez, 48, a former stock trader, remains in critical condition at Jacobi Hospital's burn unit - and hasn't been able to talk with police and fire officials investigating the inferno that ripped through a Middle Village building last Sunday.

Published by New York Post on June 21, 2008.

Time has taken its toll on the funeral market in Elmhurst, Queens, snatching up mortuaries in the community.

Published by New York Times on June 21, 2008.

Back in April, as I was trying to figure out how the hell to get out to Glendale for my interview with the Cash Giveaway King of Queens, Damon Hemmerdinger, development director for the Shops at Atlas Park, I asked his rep...

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

On Sunday, he was heard arguing with a woman shortly before the blaze broke out at the three-story building at 69th Street and Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Village.

Published by New York Times on June 20, 2008.

That’s for sure. Teen Spirit has been pretty scarce around here lately. He goes off to “Eric’s house” on weekend nights, when he’s not at band practice, at a show somewhere in Bushwick, Williamsburg or Fort Greene, or hanging out with friends in Brooklyn Heights.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 20, 2008.

With help of the public, police hope to apprehend the two men they believe are responsible for a string of burglaries in the Forest Hills neighborhood.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 20, 2008.

Investigators believe Agnes Bermudez doused her boyfriend William Salazar with carpet cleaner while he slept and set him on fire Sunday morning.Salazar, 31 died from his injuries on Thursday while Bermudez remained hospitalized Friday.Three other people -- a married couple and their son -- were killed in the blaze.

Published by WNBC on June 20, 2008.

One photo shows one of the men walking away with a television that was stolen from an apartment in Forest Hills. Police said that man is the same man who broke into four other apartments in the neighborhood in the last few weeks.

Published by WNBC on June 20, 2008.

Bermudez, a 48-year-old former stock trader, has been in critical condition at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx since running out of Salazar's Middle Village apartment engulfed in flames.

Published by New York Daily News on June 20, 2008.

Councilman John Liu said the MTA should formulate a new procedure for public input to determine bus routes, citing the controversial effort to extend lines to The Shops at Atlas Park.

Published by New York Post on June 20, 2008.

Police say a girlfriend with a grudge may be behind a deadly fire in Queens that broke out in a Middle Village apartment building on Sunday.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 20, 2008.

Dennis Rivera's family filed suit against the Department of Education, the NYPD and the city over the 5-year-old's treatment at Public School 81 in Ridgewood.

Published by New York Daily News on June 19, 2008.

Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe testified this morning before the City Council's Committee on Parks and Recreation about the plan to develop the Ridgewood Resevoir in Queens into a public park.

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

Borukhova is charged with murder for allegedly hiring a relative to shoot Forest Hills orthodontist Daniel Malakov last October.

Published by New York Post on June 19, 2008.

Observer intern Bharat Ayyar reports that at this morning's City Council hearing on the development of the abandoned Ridgewood Reservoir, Bill Thompson, Adrian Benepe and Helen Marshall pushed to keep the area wild.

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

Borukhova had just lost a bitter custody battle over Michelle when Daniel Malakov was shot in October 2007 at a Forest Hills playground.

Published by New York Daily News on June 19, 2008.

Friends and family mourned a makeup artist killed on Sunday when a suspicious fire engulfed her Jackson Heights home.

Published by New York Times on June 18, 2008.

The horrific blaze, which killed three family members living in the Middle Village building, likely began inside the second-floor apartment near the front door, said a utility inspector.

Published by New York Post on June 18, 2008.

The deaths of three relatives in a horrific Queens fire were labeled homicides, a published report said. The Daily News reports that investigators have labeled the Sunday's fast-moving blaze in Middle Village arson.

Published by WNBC on June 17, 2008.

Her husband, Heriberto Garcia-Vera, 68, was found dead of smoke inhalation in the third-floor apartment they shared on 69th St. in Middle Village.

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

"This has turned into a homicide investigation," Fire Marshal Commander William Law said at the scene in Middle Village at 69th Street and Metropolitan Avenue.

Published by New York Post on June 17, 2008.

Three people died and several others were injured when a fire ripped through a building in Middle Village, Queens, and forced people to jump from their windows.

Published by New York Times on June 16, 2008.

He said the family had just recently moved into the building in Middle Village from Richmond Hill.

Published by New York Daily News on June 16, 2008.

Fire marshals said arson may be to blame for Sunday's fatal fire in the Middle Village section of Queens.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 16, 2008.

Three of the injured were forced to jump out of a window to save their lives.Firefighters said the blaze engulfed a building in Middle Village with a deli on the ground floor and apartments on the second and third floors.The two-alarm fire was reported at about 7:58 a.m., authorities said.

Published by WNBC on June 16, 2008.

Middle Village resident Ray Zerrenner, 50, said the high price of gasoline makes even short trips to Belmont and Aqueduct a hardship.

Published by New York Post on June 16, 2008.

"I'm very happy, I'm very excited. I'm the happiest guy at O'Neil's!" said Brian Lassey, 31, a Con Edison worker playing the ponies at O'Neil's restaurant in Maspeth, which doubles as an OTB parlor.

Published by New York Post on June 16, 2008.

Fire department officials said the blaze began around 7:30 a.m. The two-alarm fire likely started in the stairwell on the first floor, but quickly spread to the rest of the three-story building at 66-76 69th St. in Middle Village.

Published by New York Sun on June 16, 2008.

Middle Village resident Ray Zerrenner, 50, said the high price of gasoline makes even short trips to Belmont and Aqueduct a hardship.

Published by New York Post on June 16, 2008.

Heriberto Garcia-Vera, 68, was found dead of smoke inhalation in his family's third-floor apartment at Metropolitan Avenue and 69th Street in Middle Village. His 48-year-old wife, Flor Sandoval, and 20-year-old son, Felipe Garcia, died hours later at Elmhurst Hospital.

Published by New York Post on June 16, 2008.

"I'm very happy. I'm very excited. I'm the happiest guy!'' said Brian Lassey, 31, a Con Edison worker playing the ponies in Maspeth.

Published by New York Post on June 16, 2008.

The fire was located at a three-story building at 66-67 69th Street.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 15, 2008.

"[It was] amazing. A wall of wind, hail, and rain - it just came by. We ran around closing windows. People were panicking. It was just unbelievable. I never saw anything like it. We looked outside there were trees falling all over," said an overwhelmed Forest Hills resident Richard Karsten. Nearly 2.5 inches of rain were recorded in Forest Hills on Saturday.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 15, 2008.

Firefighters say the blaze happened in a building in Middle Village with a deli on the ground floor and apartments on the second and third floors.

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