Wild video shows fire engulf Queens commercial building
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Wild video shows fire engulf Queens commercial building

Towering flames and thick plumes of smoke engulfed a Queens strip mall early Saturday afternoon.  One firefighter was taken to Northwell Health with minor injuries from battling the two-alarm blaze in the rear of 62-16 Woodhaven Blvd., between 62nd Avenue and 62nd Road, which housed Uzbeki restaurant Taste of Samarkand,…

Kathy Hochul slammed for B election-year ‘slush funds’
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Kathy Hochul slammed for $1B election-year ‘slush funds’

Gov. Kathy Hochul treated herself to nearly $1 billion worth of pork-barrel spending in this year’s state budget — allowing her to freely hand out cash as she runs for election against Republican challenger Lee Zeldin. Hochul and her Democratic allies in the Legislature added the $920 million worth of…