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Storm Protection Measures Going Up Along Part Of Far Rockaway

The storm barrier of more than 7,500 bags filled with 20,000 tons of sand will stretch from Beach 55th Street to Beach 149th Street when the dune construction project begins next month.

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Nursing home director Juliet Clifford. (Credit CBS 2)

Queens Nursing Home Director Faces Charges In Connection With Resident’s Disappearance

Juliet Clifford, the Director of Bishop Charles Waldo Maclean Nursing Home has been accused of falsifying records to hide the disappearance of Alan Frazer.

2013/06/08

Post-Sandy Pen Pals From Connecticut, Queens Meet For The First Time

There is nothing better than kids helping kids, and for months, fifth graders from Connecticut have been helping a school in Far Rockaway hit by Superstorm Sandy.

2013/05/29

Supplies bound for Oklahoma are loaded into a trailer in Island Park, N.Y. - May 28, 2013 (credit: Mike Xirinachs / WCBS 880)

Sandy-Ravaged L.I. Community Sends Aid To Tornado-Ravaged Oklahoma

In just a few short days, Sandy-ravaged Island Park residents raised thousands of dollars in supplies for Oklahoma tornado victims.

2013/05/28

Mets Offer Free Tickets, Perks For Volunteer Efforts

The New York Mets have teamed with the charity New York Cares to reward people with free tickets in exchange for volunteer efforts.

2013/05/25

A protest in Manhattan about housing for Sandy refugees - April 23, 2013 (credit: Paul Murnane / WCBS 880)

Sandy Refugees In NYC Protest End Of Housing Program

A program that houses those left homeless by superstorm sandy will wind down on April 30 and that has prompted a small protest outside city offices in downtown Manhattan.

2013/04/23

City Officials, Homeless Advocates Call For More Affordable Housing To Accommodate Displaced Sandy Victims

Superstorm Sandy significantly worsened the city’s affordable housing crisis, according to Brooklyn City Councilman Brad Lander.

2013/02/26

Glam Team Takeover Helps Woman Who Lost Business To Sandy

Our Glam Team Takeover continued this morning with another Sandy victim, but one who not only lost her home, but her business in the storm, and that was only the beginning.

2013/02/20

Police said the student brought this .22 caliber handgun to school. Authorities also recovered a flare gun at the scene. (credit: DCPI)

Police: Mother Of Queens Boy Who Brought Gun To School Arrested

Deborah Farley, 53, was arrested Friday on criminal possession of a weapon, endangering the welfare of a child and other charges.

2013/01/18

Police: 7-Year-Old Brings Gun To Wave Preparatory Academy In Far Rockaway

The incident happened Thursday at the P.S. 215Q campus at Wave Preparatory Academy in Far Rockaway, the Department of Education said.

2013/01/17

Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick, joined by Sen. Charles Schumer, announces $10 million relief effort for families impacted by Sandy Jan. 10, 2013 (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

Cantor Fitzgerald Announces $10 Million Relief Effort For Sandy Victims

The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund plans to hand out $1,000 to every family in 19 schools, located in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Long Island and New Jersey.

2013/01/10

2 Charged With Teen’s Murder In Far Rockaway

Two suspects were charged Sunday in connection with a shooting this weekend that left a 17-year-old boy dead outside a low-income housing development in Far Rockaway.

2012/12/30