http://1010wins.com The most recent stories from Queens. Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:16:23 EDT en-us A Queens driver has been arrested on vehicular manslaughter charges after crashing into a storefront, killing two of his passengers. Sat, 5 Jul 2008 20:33:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2370971 For the third time in as many days, someone has died in a pool in our area. Police say an 8-year-old boy who drowned at a Fourth of July party in Flushing, Queens may have had a seizure while swimming. On Thursday, a Long Island nanny died while saving a 3-year-old boy who slipped into a pool in Syosset. A 2-year old drowned in a pool in Central Islip on Wednesday night. Sat, 5 Jul 2008 19:15:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2370100 A man was beaten by at least six others in Queens early Friday morning, police said. The 22-year-old victim was taken to Elmhurt Hospital and is listed in critical condition, police said. Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:17:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2368334 Connecticut baseball fans are not fickle, but for the first time in five years the Red Sox have edged the Yankees in a poll of fan popularity. The Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows that 41 percent back Boston while 40 percent support the New York Yankees. Thu, 3 Jul 2008 07:44:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2363110 Bloomberg's plan to reduce car traffic by charging drivers a fee to enter Manhattan died in Albany. But soaring gas prices and higher tolls are now having the same effect. With gasoline at more than $4 a gallon, fewer people are driving into the city. Thu, 3 Jul 2008 07:27:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2363007 The alleged operator of a $16 million smuggling and counterfeiting business has been arrested, and truckloads of knockoffs have been seized, prosecutors said. Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:01:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2357511 A spokesman for a union representing nearly 9,000 utility workers says they have reached a tentative agreement with Consolidated Edison at a meeting in Manhattan. Utility Workers Union of America Local 1-2 spokesman Joe Flaherty says the two sides are reviewing a memorandum of understanding after negotiations that lasted through early Wednesday morning.<br /> <a href="http://player.cbsradio.com/player/CBSRadio_Player.html?id=90&amp;onestat=wins">LISTEN NOW to 1010 WINS</a> Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:19:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2350835 A Queens jury has awarded $19.6 million to a couple whose baby was brain damaged at birth. The jury awarded the money to 47-year-old Eun Sook Maing and her 57-year-old postal worker husband, Soo Maing. Tue, 1 Jul 2008 18:42:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2350671 Construction codes revamped for the first time in four decades went into effect Tuesday and will increase penalties for some safety violations at building sites. Tue, 1 Jul 2008 17:14:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2350334 An Iraq war veteran who worked for the Drug Enforcement Administration has been arrested during an Internet sex sting. The defendant, Richard Luttman, is accused of sending instant messages to an NYPD vice detective, Queens District Attorney RichardA. Brown said. (<em>Photo courtesy the </em><a href="http://www.queenscourier.com/"><em>Queens Courier</em></a>)<br /> <a href="http://player.cbsradio.com/player/CBSRadio_Player.html?id=90&amp;onestat=wins">LISTEN NOW to 1010 WINS</a><br /> <br /> Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:46:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2349854 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 07:49:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2343069 New York City has 276 new firefighters. The new graduates include 35 members of the military -- including Probationary Firefighter Christopher Little, who is currently serving his second mission with the Marines in Iraq. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:26:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2342236 The Sikh community in protesting an attack on a 12-year-old girl who had her long hair cut off by a fellow student. The June 9 incident at Public School 219 in Flushing is the third incident in two months targeting a Sikh student in Queens. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:35:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2341354 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:38:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2337051 A Queens man who spent about 13 years behind bars has had his murder conviction tossed out after his lawyers obtained a confession from another man. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:49:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2336044 A livery cab driver has been arrested and charged with stealing credit card information from dozens of his passengers. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:23:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2334169 Phil Rizzuto played high school baseball in Richmond Hill, and now a park there is renamed in his honor. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:26:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2331559 They carried commuters across New York City for 40 years, but in less than two hours Thursday, 44 subway cars from the Big Apple were sunk off the Virginia coast, becoming part of a large artificial fishing reef. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:05:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2330695 Prosecutors say last week the 58-year-old teacher at P.S. 54 punched the boy in the head and put him in a choke hold before pushing him into a table. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:02:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2330264 A taxpayer group is asking a judge for court inquiry into the New York City Council's allocation of public money to non-existent organizations. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:08:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2323716 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said today's U.S. Supreme Court decision will help mayors keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:23:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2323551 Gov. David Paterson has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff on government buildings across New York state on Sunday in honor of three Army National Guardmen killed in Afghanistan. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:46:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2322272 Some 9,000 Consolidated Edison workers are threatening to go on strike starting Sunday if negotiations with the utility don't improve. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:38:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2322225 A 39-year-old man&nbsp;has been charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon&nbsp;in connection with&nbsp;last night's fatal stabbing of 15-year-old Keyanna Jones&nbsp;in&nbsp;Springfield Gardens, Queens, police said.<br /> <a href="http://www.1010wins.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&amp;audioId=2706740">1010 WINS AUDIO: Carol D'Auria reports</a><br /> <a href="http://player.play.it/player/player.html?id=90&amp;onestat=wins">LISTEN NOW to 1010 WINS</a> Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:26:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2322167 Metropolitan Transportation Authority board members have voted to give up their free rides through the agency's tolls and transit system. The perk has drawn fire amid a financial crunch at the nation's largest mass-transportation agency. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:59:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2316113 The men and women who keep New York City clean just got a bit cooler: They are now allowed to wear shorts. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:18:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2315961 A judge has upheld the extradition of three men charged with plotting to attack New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:56:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2315174 Police have arrested a man in connection with Sunday's stabbing in Queens that involved an attacker on a bicycle. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:07:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2309308 Republican Anthony Como has won a special election for a City Council seat representing parts of Queens. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:02:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2309002 Police are on the hunt for a man who stabbed a 37-year-old woman in Queens. It happened just before 10a.m Sunday., as the woman was walking with her 13-year-old daughter near Queens Plaza North and 22nd Street in Long Island City. A man in his thirties rode up to the woman on a bicycle, got off the bike, and then stabbed her once in the chest, police said.&nbsp; P<i>hoto by 1010 WINS reporter Glenn Schuck.</i> Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:02:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2296998 New York City Transit wants to catch graffiti artists in the act -- and on camera. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:15:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=1966015