Former City Councilman Tony Avella (l.) is joined by loved ones of Capt. James Corrigan during a moment of silence at an event held last year to commemorate firefighters and civilians killed Sept. 11, 2001.

Court gives OK to 9/11 hero listing

A Queens Supreme Court judge ruled this week that retired Little Neck Capt. James Corrigan should be listed alongside his fellow firefighters with whom he died Sept. 11, 2001, at a Ground Zero memorial.

Marie Corrigan, the firefighter’s widow, filed a suit in April against the city Fire Department and National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center. The FDNY had refused to place her husband’s name with other firefighters’ names on memorials because he was not recognized as being on active duty at the time of the terrorist attacks.

Marie Corrigan’s suit contended that state law reinstated him to active duty Sept. 11. On Monday, Queens Supreme Court Judge Augustus...

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Unpopular Floral Park hall lands license to serve alcohol

A controversial catering hall in Floral Park that has drawn the ire of neighbors for its customers’ rowdy antics was granted a liquor license, prompting outrage from elected officials.

Mysterious dogs sent on wild goose chase at Fort Totten

Dogs made of bark that cannot bite have been popping up around Fort Totten to scare off gaggles of geese, but no city agency has yet to come forward to take credit for placing the pretend pooches at the historic fort.

Family of Taconic crash mom cuts deal for movie: NY Post

The family of the mother who killed eight people, including herself, her daughter and her three young Floral Park, L.I., nieces in the wrong-way Taconic Parkway accident last year just inked a deal with a movie company that plans to exhume her body to determine if a stroke led to the crash, the New York Post reported.

St. Mary's Hospital to expand

St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Bayside is embarking on a $114 million expansion the facility said will move its patients into more modern quarters and cut down on their hospital stays.

MTA elevators, escalators need repair: Liu

City Comptroller John Liu said his agency has issued recommendations to the MTA after an audit found transit officials have grown lax in maintenance and safety oversight of subway elevators and escalators.

Gennaro bill slated to clean Queens air

A bill sponsored by City Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) and slated to pass the Council Thursday is expected to reduce air pollution, promote the use of alternative fuels and create green jobs in the city, Gennaro and Mayor Michael Bloomberg said this week.

Mayor, DMC take stand on caregiver abuse

The recent killings of children by caregivers in Queens and throughout the city prompted Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Hollis hip-hop artist Darryl McDaniels and a bevy of other officials to launch a citywide campaign in Forest Hills last week urging parents to be cautious about those looking after their little ones.

Astorians discuss waterfront improvements

For more than a year, Green Shores NYC has been working to realize its vision of a connected waterfront along the East River from Bowery Bay to Newtown Creek, and last week the organization began to formulate that vision further with the public.

NYPD cracks down on tix fix

The city Police Department has started tracking all parking and traffic tickets issued by police officers through scanners at precincts across the five boroughs in a bid to stop ticket fixing.

Tennis club members weighing sale

West Side Tennis Club members are expected to decide next month whether to sell the club’s stadium, an iconic structure that was home to the US Open for more than 60 years, but which has not been used for decades and which residents said is dilapidated.

Ackerman spends more than he raises in last cycle

U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside) has raised more than $839,000 for his re-election campaign this election cycle and spent more than $864,219, but he is in the green with $1.139 million in cash on hand.

Weiner trumps Turner in fund-raising for 2010

Bob Turner, a Republican from Rockaway Point who is running for U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D-Forest Hills) seat, has raised a little less than $40,000 and has given himself a little more than $50,000 in the last campaign filing period, according to his most recent filing with the Federal Election Commission.

MTA expected to approve 7.5 percent fare increase

First came the eliminated subway lines and diminished bus service, now it’s how much more money is it going to cost New York City’s straphanging millions with the arrival of 2011.

Weprin urges MTA not to fire subway station agents

State Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck), transportation employees and union officials urged the MTA at a news conference in Jamaica Estates last week to retain the hundreds of subway agents whose jobs are in danger of being cut.

New medical center opens at Kennedy Airport

With hundreds of thousands of travelers, airline workers and other visitors using John F. Kennedy International Airport every day, there are countless health risks faced by people at the airport, according to Dr. Manuel Ceja.

Moynihan Station starts construction in October

Work is expected to start in October on the long-delayed project to turn the James Farley Post Office on Manhattan’s West Side into a resplendent successor to Penn Station, the last stop for thousands of Long Island Railroad riders from Queens.

Friedrich attacks Weprin on stop-and-frisk vote

State Assemblyman David Weprin’s (D-Little Neck) vote to deny the city Police Department use of a stop-and-frisk database has come under fire from his primary opponent, Glen Oaks Village President Bob Friedrich, who said the law makes communities less safe.

Slain EMT was 'good kid'

As family and friends laid to rest EMT worker Jason Green, a 32-year-old Ravenswood resident who was shot and killed in front of a Manhattan nightclub, some friends took the time out to defend him Monday from the scandal that had plagued Green for the last eight months.

LIC summer camp puts girls up close to nature, science

For many children, summer camp means playing ball or hiking through the woods on a sunny day, but for Green Girls, participants in a summer program for middle school girls through the City Parks Foundation’s Coastal Classroom, summer camp means seining the East River in Long Island City on a cloudy, drizzly day — and loving every minute of it.

LaGuardia CC cooks present their dishes to the masses

Gilmar Avila, a 6-year-old from Ozone Park darted through the pouring rain at the Jamaica Farmers’ Market last week to stand in line for the raw beet and apple salad about which he could not stop raving.

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