"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.

And so fans like 27-year-old Blair Blanchard, a freelance writer who lives in Greenpoint, has made T-shirts that say “I

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

The store, Alphabeta in Greenpoint, proudly embraces graffiti culture and even offers artists a space for their work. But any mention of graffiti among some New Yorkers conjures searing images of a city in economic and social despair. A store that glorifies graffiti, says Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., (D- Astoria), is the equivalent of creating a criminal supply shop.

Published by amNY.com 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.

Consolidations among New York cultural institutions aren't unusual. The Museum of Modern Art and PS 1 joined forces years ago, but both are in contemporary art business.

Published by SI Live on June 28, 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.

In Greenpoint, the population is diversifying, as these intriguing and affordable restaurants show.

Published by New York Times on June 28, 2008.

The duo, described as two men between the ages of 17 and 19, hit three stores in Crown Heights and one in Greenpoint so far.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 27, 2008.

The half-hour show, starting at 9:25 pm, will launch over 35,000 fireworks from two locations, on the East River between 10th and 24th streets, and at South Street Seaport. Anywhere along Brooklyn’s shores with a good view of the East River between Houston and 42nd streets — ideally, Williamsburg or Greenpoint — will be a great spot to watch fireworks.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

The place: Coco Roco on Smith Street. The time: Tuesday night. The event: A fundraiser for Simon’s run to succeed Councilman David Yassky (D–Brooklyn Heights). The problem: Distinguishing yourself from at least five other declared candidates in an election that isn’t even until 2009 for a district that sprawls from Greenpoint to Park Slope.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

"We should be in the top two or three" of states. "Something has to be done about it,"said Kalpana Patel, president of her own firm, UCI, an information technology services company based in Long Island City and the incoming president of the Long Island chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners.

Published by amNY.com on June 26, 2008.

Elie Granger, 46, was busted two days after allegedly pedaling up to a Queensbridge mom walking with her 13-year-old daughter Sunday and plunging a knife into the woman's chest, prosecutors said.

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

It’s green, it’s playful, and it gives Jackson Heights another bit of distinctive charm.

Published by amNY.com on June 25, 2008.

More than 300 million vehicles a year use its bridges and tunnels, which include the Triborough and Verrazano-Narrows bridges and the Brooklyn Battery and Queens Midtown tunnels.

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

According to a representative of the MTA that attended this evening's Community Board 8 meeting the subway will NOT stop on Roosevelt Island (also Lex/63rd and 21st St. / Queensbridge) in one direction on the following Summer weekends...

Published by Roosevelt Island 360 on June 25, 2008.

Eduarda Oliva, 37, was walking with her daughter along Queens Plaza North near 22nd St. in Queensbridge just before 10 a.m. when she was attacked in front of the terrified teen, cops said.

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

The diverse district also includes Park Slope, Greenpoint, DUMBO, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights and Boerum Hill.

Published by New York Post on June 23, 2008.

More than 100 relatives and friends crowded into Pujdak's former Greenpoint firehouse to join Mayor Bloomberg and top FDNY brass, who unveiled a memorial plaque honoring Pujdak.

Published by New York Daily News on June 23, 2008.

Valera Global Inc., a luxury car service based in Long Island City, Queens, recently added its second 5% fuel surcharge in a year. "We are very sensitive to fuel prices because they greatly affect our margin," says Robert Mackasek, the company's chief executive.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 22, 2008.

Ms. Zalka graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia in February, and started working as an assistant account executive for an advertising agency in SoHo in March. To ease the transition to working straight through the summer, she is planning to go to “some kind of beach” every weekend, and spent a recent Sunday at Water Taxi Beach, a tiny faux beach in Queens that is separated from the East River by a chain-link fence.

Published by New York Times on June 21, 2008.

While their grief remains sometimes overwhelming, Pujdak's parents have been comforted by a tremendous outpouring of support from the Greenpoint community in which they have lived for decades and from their son's colleagues in Ladder 146.

Published by New York Daily News 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.

Fifty two years ago this weekend, June 22nd, ferry service from East 78th Street to Roosevelt Island, then Welfare Island, was discontinued due to in major part to the opening, in 1955, of the lift bridge connecting the island to Long Island City. The end of service marked the end of twenty-one years of service connecting the island to Manhattan by water.

Published by Roosevelt Island 360 on June 20, 2008.

The JetBlue flight was diverted to Denver Tuesday, and Christina Szele, 35, of Woodside, was arrested by the feds and charged with assault and interference with flight attendants.

Published by New York Post on June 20, 2008.

Christina Elizabeth Szele, 35, of Woodside was advised Wednesday in U.S. District Court of charges of assault and interference with flight attendants.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 20, 2008.

In another, the company did tests for asbestos at LaGuardia Community College in 2000 and certified that a building there was clean, but later tests found that there was asbestos present, the investigator said.

Published by New York Times on June 20, 2008.

A man and his dog on their morning walk were mauled Thursday by two loose pitbulls roaming their Queens neighborhood. Joshua Rosenblatt , 44, and his 1-year-old Chow mutt, Fifi Bear , had walked less than a block from his Astoria home when they encountered the two beasts, both of which had collars, Rosenblatt said.

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

Online grocer FreshDirect is losing its chief executive. After four years with the Long Island City-based company, Steve Michaelson is leaving to become chief marketing officer of Minneapolis-based Supervalu supermarkets.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 19, 2008.

"I've been in New York a long time and there's always a neighborhood where people move to -- a Williamsburg or a Long Island City, and it seemed like Mott Haven was going to be the next place. I don't know if that is still going to happen."

Published by amNY.com on June 18, 2008.

The district, which includes Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO, is currently represented by term-limited David Yassky.

Published by The New York Observer on June 17, 2008.

Queens Pride, which took place on June 1, also emerged from police inaction. The first march, in 1993, was a response to the brutal murder of Jackson Heights resident Julio Rivera by members of a skinhead gang.

Published by Village Voice on June 17, 2008.

LaGuardia Community College is holding a series of events featuring Vallone on July 15, 22 and 29, beginning at 6 p.m. and running until 9:30 (late!).

Published by The New York Observer 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.

"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.

In Jackson Heights, neighbors had to deal with rushing waters that flooded out of basements.

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

A tractor-trailer accident has brought westbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway traffic to a standstill. All lanes are closed while authorities clear a possible fuel spill before the Kosciuszko Bridge.

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

On Tuesday, the festival travels from the Water Taxi Beach to the parking lot adjacent to Grimaldi's Pizzeria in Brooklyn (19 Old Fulton St. at Doughty Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, 718-858-4300) for a pizza-themed movie night.

Published by New York Sun on June 13, 2008.

"I was really stunned; I thought, this is so racist," said a Sunnyside resident who noticed the bill in her wallet when she was out to lunch with friends last week, musing it could have come from any number of shops or a nursing home where she had made change.

Published by SI Live on June 13, 2008.

The Greenpoint kickball hero arrested last month for toting a buccaneer’s sword through a Macy’s department store made his triumphant return to McCarren Park on Sunday, leading his team to a rare victory.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 13, 2008.

Greenpoint: Our favorite neighborhood blogger is trying to raise cash for youth basketball players who can’t afford to pay $20 an hour to practice in the gym of the soon-to-close St. Cecilia’s School. Donations can be made at www.greenpointers.blogspot.com. …

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 13, 2008.

If Ridgewood, Queens, were in Brooklyn, the homes would cost double the price. Between 35 minutes and an hour from 14th St. in Manhattan, this neighborhood combines the diversity of Greenpoint with the pin-drop-quiet leafy streets of Queens.

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

Based on the below statistics it appears that Roosevelt Island residents have not been taking advantage of or see the benefit of taking the Red Bus during the morning rush hour periods, to Queens Plaza or during non-rush periods into Manhattan directly.

Published by Roosevelt Island 360 on June 12, 2008.

I saw that dozens of customers were without power in Maspeth, but then wondered about who was the single customer who had no electricity in Borough Hall.

Published by New York Times on June 12, 2008.

Both buildings are in Greenpoint, a neighborhood historically known for its large Polish immigrant community but now associated with the forces of gentrification.

Published by New York Times on June 12, 2008.

RIOC President Steve Shane announced yesterday that RIOC decided to provide off hour service directly to 60th Street in Manhattan in addition to rush hour service to Queens Plaza. Just as the Roosevelt Islander applauded RIOC yesterday for this decision I too thank Mr. Shane for this added service as I am sure it will be an aid to residents who find the stairs at both the Queens Plaza and Lex / 63rd Street subway stations too much too handle.

Published by Roosevelt Island 360 on June 11, 2008.

Con Edison reports that towns in Westchester Country are the hardest-hit with power problems, with similar woes in Maspeth, Queens, and the Riverdale and Laconia sections of the Bronx.

Published by New York Times on June 11, 2008.

(2) Take the Queens bound F, now running on the V Line, to Queens Plaza. Transfer from the subway to a Roosevelt Island bound Q102 Queens Bus.

Published by Roosevelt Island 360 on June 10, 2008.

Tomorrow in Long Island City, Councilman Hiram Monserrate will be endorsed by two unions, the latest in a string of endorsements Monserrate has been racking up as he prepares to challenge State Senator John Sabini.

Published by The New York Observer on June 10, 2008.

Mr. Lowenhaupt was on Community Board 3 in Queens — which includes Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst and Corona — when the board passed a resolution in support of .nyc in 2001. “A year and a half ago, I decided that no one else as been really doing it,” he said.

Published by New York Times on June 9, 2008.