Danielle Woodward is a reporter for Patch in New York City, where she covers all things Queens. She came to Patch from the Traverse City Record-Eagle in Northern Michigan, where she's covered business, features and education news. She's also been a copy editor and producer for the Arizona Republic and has written for the online news site, Addiction Now.
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Spa Castle and its corporate officer were ordered to pay $2.5 million in restitution after pleading guilty to the felony tax fraud charges.
"She's kind of become the neighborhood cat already," said Christina Towne, who rescued Vega hours before the cat was set to be euthanized.
A new interactive map released by the city's Department of Buildings will show you which ones are going up in your neighborhood.
Firefighters responded to the flaming NYPD patrol car early Friday morning.
The Nordic, a Scandinavian-inspired boutique building, features just nine apartments.
More than 20 local artists will show off their work and offer demonstrations at the annual Kew Gardens Outdoor Art Fair on Sept. 9.
The Port Washington LIRR trains, which have been shut down since July for work on Grand Central's tunnel, will resume service on Sept. 4.
Sen. Tony Avella rallied with parents Thursday to save NYC's elite high school admissions test and offer students more help prepping for it.
The thief used his motorcycle helmet as a disguise to rob two Mobile gas stations just hours apart, police said.
A Jamaica business plans to ring in the new school year on Friday with a party and free school supplies for 1,200 Southeast Queens students.
Two lawmakers argue the city's plan to add part-time loading zones on Austin street will wipe out businesses' parking and confuse patrons.
Noise from new flight paths over the area could shave up to a year off residents' lives, according to a recent Columbia University study.
The business owner caught the thief on camera sneaking into the building through a back window, police said.
A man wearing electric blue pajama pants was one of two perps that stole roughly $2,800 from a man in South Ozone Park, police said.
The man admitted to beating his housekeeper and burning her feet with a blow torch because he thought she stole from him on the job.
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng posed a Constitutional amendment that would lower the country's voting age from 18 to 16 years old.
The center on Bell Boulevard will offer an art gallery, a performance space and a video production studio, said founder Gregg Sullivan.
The 95-year-old former camp guard was the only remaining case from the Nazi era being pursued by the U.S. government.
Now is your chance to sound off on the city's subway system and get more details on the plan posed to fix it.
The 12-person "Spanglish Fly" band will shut down 70th Road between Queens Boulevard and Austin Street for a free concert on Thursday.
