http://www.mail.com/locations/23812-queens.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/23812-queens.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073304-ex-lawmaker-to-sentenced-nyc-fraud-case.html NEW YORK (AP) — A 74-year-old former New York State lawmaker who secretly recorded other politicians in a bid for leniency for her role in a corruption scandal faces up to two years in prison after she pleaded guilty to embezzling money. Shirley Huntley is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in Brooklyn federal court after pleading guilty to mail fraud con... Thu, 09 May 2013 15:00:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073304-ex-lawmaker-to-sentenced-nyc-fraud-case.html 2013-05-09T15:00:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2061926-nyc-to-add-640k-people-to-evacuation-zones.html NEW YORK (AP) — Hurricane evacuation areas would encompass 640,000 more city residents, and the number of zones would double, under plans disclosed Friday. Details on the new zones won't be released until June, but the changes could mean neighborhoods around the city might newly be told to clear out ahead of future storms, even as the city grapples with f... Fri, 03 May 2013 22:46:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2061926-nyc-to-add-640k-people-to-evacuation-zones.html 2013-05-03T22:46:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1996746-corruption-case-reverberates-nyc-to-albany.html NEW YORK (AP) — It's a case that smacks of small-time corruption, with allegations of cash payoffs in parked cars. But the charges a Democratic state senator schemed to bribe his way into the GOP race for New York City mayor are playing out on a big political stage. The case has already created political quicksand for Republicans just as the mayoral race ... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:09:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1996746-corruption-case-reverberates-nyc-to-albany.html 2013-04-04T07:09:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1994694-lawmaker-accused-bribes-nyc-mayor-race-plot.html NEW YORK (AP) — For the politically ambitious, running as a Republican is sometimes the best way a Democrat can increase his electoral odds in New York City's crowded mayoral race. Now, a federal prosecutor says one Democratic state lawmaker went too far by offering GOP bosses bribes in order to get on their ballot. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Tuesda... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:38:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1994694-lawmaker-accused-bribes-nyc-mayor-race-plot.html 2013-04-03T07:38:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1962662-nyc-plan-would-tobacco-products-sight.html NEW YORK (AP) — Cigarettes would have to be kept out of sight in New York City stores under a first-in-the-nation plan unveiled by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday, igniting complaints from retailers and smokers who said they've had enough with the city's crackdowns. Shops from corner stores to supermarkets would have to keep tobacco products in cabinets... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:15:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1962662-nyc-plan-would-tobacco-products-sight.html 2013-03-19T01:15:36Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1891438-corona-bud-revise-deal-to-appease-regulators.html NEW YORK (AP) — Anheuser-Busch InBev changed the terms of its proposed $20.1 billion acquisition of Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo Thursday in an attempt to push through a deal that federal regulators say will kill competition. AB InBev is willing to sell Modelo's Piedras Negras brewery and give perpetual rights for Corona and the Modelo brands in the U.S. t... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:48:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1891438-corona-bud-revise-deal-to-appease-regulators.html 2013-02-14T22:48:19Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1879434-sandy-easterners-minds-snow-falls.html NEW YORK (AP) — For many in the Northeast, the warnings were eerily familiar: Stock up on food and water. Stay off the roads. Be prepared to lose power. The snowstorm sweeping through the region brought with it echoes of Superstorm Sandy, if not in intensity, in the dread of residents waiting to see what a new storm would bring. The snowy, windy system th... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 07:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1879434-sandy-easterners-minds-snow-falls.html 2013-02-09T07:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1874272-york-expanding-nations-biggest-transit-hub.html NEW YORK (AP) — Sixteen stories below Grand Central Terminal, an army of workers is blasting through bedrock to create a new commuter rail concourse with more floor space than New Orleans' Superdome, just one of three audacious projects going on beneath New York City's streets to expand what's already the nation's biggest mass transit system. But even wit... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1874272-york-expanding-nations-biggest-transit-hub.html 2013-02-07T15:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1859416-constellation-sinks-us-sues-to-block-beer-deal.html NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Constellation Brands sank Thursday after the U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit challenging Anheuser-Busch InBev's proposed $20.1 billion purchase of Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo, which harms chances of a related Constellation deal. The Anheuser-Busch InBev acquisition of Modelo would unite ownership of popular bee... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1859416-constellation-sinks-us-sues-to-block-beer-deal.html 2013-01-31T16:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1857288-operator-contractor-cited-nyc-crane-collapse.html NEW YORK (AP) — A crane operator and a contractor didn't inspect equipment, failed to take proper precautions and ran the rig unsafely before it collapsed while building a New York City apartment tower and injured seven construction workers, officials said Wednesday. Crane operator Paul Geer and contractor Cross Country Construction LLC have each been cit... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1857288-operator-contractor-cited-nyc-crane-collapse.html 2013-01-30T22:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1854494-3-months-sandy-victims-waiting-relief.html NEW YORK (AP) — Devon Lawrence neatly stacked bricks on the gas burner of his kitchen stove and turned up the blue flame, creating a sort of radiator that warmed the ice-cold room. His two-story house in the Far Rockaway section of Queens hasn't had working heat since Superstorm Sandy's floodwaters destroyed the oil burner in the basement. Now mold is gro... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1854494-3-months-sandy-victims-waiting-relief.html 2013-01-29T21:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1851832-35000-nyc-area-buildings-flood-zones.html NEW YORK (AP) — Twice as many homes and businesses in and near the city would be in flood zones under new maps that may force more property-owners to buy flood insurance, complicate post-Superstorm Sandy rebuilding for some and confront others with the choice of building higher or paying considerably more for insurance. The revised maps released by the Fe... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1851832-35000-nyc-area-buildings-flood-zones.html 2013-01-28T19:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1810806-nyc-firm-hit-hard-911-10m-sandy-aid.html NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of New Yorkers from a neighborhood ravaged by Superstorm Sandy lined up in a school auditorium Thursday to receive $1,000 debit cards from a financial services firm that lost hundreds of employees in the Sept. 11 terror attacks. "This is such a help to my little son who is emotionally challenged and lost everything," said Debbie Tor... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1810806-nyc-firm-hit-hard-911-10m-sandy-aid.html 2013-01-10T18:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1809442-nyc-crane-collapses-construction-site-7-hurt.html NEW YORK (AP) — With the popping of cables and the snapping of metal, a crane collapsed onto a building under construction near the East River waterfront Wednesday, injuring seven people, three of whom needed to be extricated from underneath the fallen machinery. The red crane toppled around 2:30 p.m., sprawling across the metal scaffolding and wood plank... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1809442-nyc-crane-collapses-construction-site-7-hurt.html 2013-01-09T23:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1809458-qa-with-4-nods-rapper-nas-aims-grammy-gold.html NEW YORK (AP) — When a teenage Nas opted out of street hustling to chase his musical dream, those around him found it amusing. "When I chose to get in rap, my friends chose to do other things and not all great things. They chose to be in the streets and kind of laughed at me in a way about taking rap so seriously," said the rapper, who hails from the New ... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1809458-qa-with-4-nods-rapper-nas-aims-grammy-gold.html 2013-01-09T19:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1800422-ny-homes-elderly-under-scrutiny-sandy.html NEW YORK (AP) — A nursing home and an assisted living facility are under scrutiny by state officials and an advocacy group after The Associated Press disclosed that hundreds of elderly and disabled people forced to evacuate by Superstorm Sandy were still sleeping on cots in cramped and sometimes oppressive conditions almost two months later. New York's at... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1800422-ny-homes-elderly-under-scrutiny-sandy.html 2013-01-04T21:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1792790-suspect-nyc-subway-death-arrested.html NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a woman accused of shoving a man to his death in front of a subway train called police several times in the past five years because she had not been taking prescribed medication and was difficult to deal with, authorities said Monday. Erika Menendez, 31, was being held without bail on a murder charge in the death of Sunando S... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1792790-suspect-nyc-subway-death-arrested.html 2012-12-31T23:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1793278-money-sandy-relief-concert-to-work.html NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the biggest names in rock 'n' roll were on the bill for the nationally televised "12-12-12" concert benefiting victims of Superstorm Sandy, but the charity in charge of distributing donations has been thinking small when it comes to doling out the $50 million-plus raised by Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones and other stars. ... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1793278-money-sandy-relief-concert-to-work.html 2012-12-31T16:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1791980-psychiatric-test-suspect-nyc-subway-death.html NEW YORK (AP) — A woman accused of shoving a man to his death in front of a subway train because she believed he was Muslim laughed and smiled during a court hearing where she was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Erika Menendez was charged Saturday night with murder as a hate crime after she told police she spontaneously pushed Sunando Sen, ac... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 05:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1791980-psychiatric-test-suspect-nyc-subway-death.html 2012-12-31T05:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1791254-woman-charged-with-murder-ny-subway-shove-death.html NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who told police she shoved a man to his death off a subway platform into the path of a train because she has hated Muslims since Sept. 11 and thought he was one was charged Saturday with murder as a hate crime, prosecutors said. Erika Menendez was charged in the death of Sunando Sen, who was crushed by a 7 train in Queens on Thursd... Sun, 30 Dec 2012 01:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1791254-woman-charged-with-murder-ny-subway-shove-death.html 2012-12-30T01:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1789640-mayor-2-ny-subway-push-deaths-perspective.html NEW YORK (AP) — For New York City, it wasn't an unusual sight: a possibly mentally ill woman pacing and mumbling to herself on an elevated subway station platform. The woman eventually took a seat on a bench Thursday night, witnesses later said. Then, without any warning or provocation, she sprang up and used both hands to shove a man into the path of an ... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1789640-mayor-2-ny-subway-push-deaths-perspective.html 2012-12-29T00:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1787280-grim-limbo-nycs-nursing-evacuees.html NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of elderly and disabled New Yorkers who were hurriedly evacuated from seaside nursing homes and assisted living residences after Superstorm Sandy are still in a grim limbo two months later, sleeping on cots in temporary quarters without such comforts as private bathrooms or even regular changes of clothes. Their plight can be seen... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1787280-grim-limbo-nycs-nursing-evacuees.html 2012-12-26T16:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1785520-ny-surfer-who-survived-sandy-drowns-puerto-rico.html NEW YORK (AP) — A lifeguard widely praised as a hero after Superstorm Sandy for rescuing neighbors endangered by rolling floodwaters and a fire that destroyed several homes in a small community where grief has been a frequent visitor has died in a surfing accident in Puerto Rico. The death of 23-year-old Dylan Smith on Sunday brought sadness again to resi... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1785520-ny-surfer-who-survived-sandy-drowns-puerto-rico.html 2012-12-24T21:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1780872-sandy-claus-delivers-toys-to-storm-stricken-kids.html NEW YORK (AP) — From his toy-cluttered Brooklyn apartment, the man in the red suit was making his list and checking it twice. But he made no distinction between naughty or nice: Every child on it would receive a gift from this Santa Claus. For the children whose toys floated away during Superstorm Sandy, Michael Sciaraffo is playing the role of a real-lif... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1780872-sandy-claus-delivers-toys-to-storm-stricken-kids.html 2012-12-21T13:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763232-2-sought-killing-la-man-central-park.html NEW YORK (AP) — Police on Thursday continued an aggressive manhunt for a gunman and a getaway driver who ambushed and killed a Los Angeles man in midtown Manhattan, saying they're following multiple leads and have searched the victim's home for clues. The push came amid published reports that the New York Police Department had identified the driver. Offic... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763232-2-sought-killing-la-man-central-park.html 2012-12-13T23:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1758664-police-suspect-la-man-was-lured-nyc-ambush.html NEW YORK (AP) — Someone wanted Brandon Lincoln Woodard dead — bad enough to apparently lure him to a midtown Manhattan block for what looked like a professional hit. But who shot Woodard in the back of the head and why remained a mystery on Tuesday as police studied security videotape of the unidentified gunman and delved into Woodard's checkered past for... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1758664-police-suspect-la-man-was-lured-nyc-ambush.html 2012-12-12T04:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753026-ny-ignored-reports-warning-superstorm.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More than three decades before Superstorm Sandy, a state law and a series of legislative reports began warning New York politicians to prepare for a storm of historic proportions, spelling out scenarios eerily similar to what actually happened: a towering storm surge; overwhelming flooding; swamped subway lines; widespread power outages. The Rockaway peni... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753026-ny-ignored-reports-warning-superstorm.html 2012-12-08T20:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1744024-ny-subway-victims-daughter-whats-done.html NEW YORK (AP) — The daughter of a man pushed in front of a subway train and photographed a split-second before his death said Wednesday after a suspect was arrested that it "would have been great" if someone had helped her father up but "what's done is done." A freelance photographer for the New York Post was waiting for a train Monday afternoon when he s... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1744024-ny-subway-victims-daughter-whats-done.html 2012-12-06T06:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1741468-sandy-nyc-pins-housing-hope-repairs.html NEW YORK (AP) — Facing Superstorm Sandy's daunting toll of wreckage and displacement in the nation's largest city, officials have put much of their hopes and hundreds of millions of dollars into jump-starting repairs to make homes livable. Federal and city officials see the strategy — focusing on getting people back into their own homes, not temporary hou... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1741468-sandy-nyc-pins-housing-hope-repairs.html 2012-12-04T19:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1718068-sandy-victims-cheered-nycs-thanksgiving-parade.html NEW YORK (AP) — Victims of Superstorm Sandy in New York and elsewhere in the Northeast were comforted Thursday by kinder weather, free holiday meals and — for some — front row seats to the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. "It means a lot," said Karen Panetta, of the hard-hit Broad Channel section of Queens, as she sat in a special viewing section se... Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1718068-sandy-victims-cheered-nycs-thanksgiving-parade.html 2012-11-23T00:47:00Z