We got breaking news for you. Our reporter Trone Dowd is on the scene of a water main break in Elmhurst that wrecked havoc on Queens Boulevard and Broadway.We’ll also discuss some of the big news of the week, including a long-awaited honor for

TribCast- Episode 27: Meet The Cops

Oct 16th, 2015 29m 12s

Mayor Bill de Blasio was in Queens this week to meet the new NYPD recruits and things went far more amicably than last time. On the other side of the borough, the second coffee meeting between the cops at the 113th Precinct and South Jamaica re

TribCast Episode 26: We’re Back…Finally (Oct. 9, 2015)

Oct 9th, 2015 28m 17s

The TribCast Returns!Meet the new crew as we discuss some of the biggest stories the Tribune and Press Of Southeast Queens staff covered this week including a Queens Library system on the rebound; Uber’s growing popularity in Southeast Queens;

TribCast Episode 25- This Is Only A Test

Apr 27th, 2015 34m 37s

As students all over Queens take their state standardized tests, we discuss the few who aren’t because their parents opted out, why they choose to, and what affect that might have on education policy, if any. The Main Street bus lane is dead, b

TribCast Episode 24- We Get Around

Apr 17th, 2015 31m 10s

The TribCast crew will tell you this week why it may be harder to find a parking spot in the future, but maybe easier to find affordable housing. We will also discuss what’s going on with Community Board 9 and why, maybe, Borough President Meli

Episode 23- Census’ Sense of Queens

Apr 10th, 2015 31m 34s

Queens lost a key leader this week when Jack Friedman, executive director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce and longtime civic leader passed away suddenly Thursday.Also this week, the Trib crew discusses recent Census numbers that show Queens

TribCast Episode 22- The Mets, and all their neighbors

Apr 3rd, 2015 34m 48s

March went out like a lion on the news front in Queens. Willets Point business owners reached a settlement with the city for their move to the Bronx in preparation for a massive redevelopment of the area next to Citi Field, but some are not par

Episode 21- Queens has questions, we (might) have answers

Mar 27th, 2015 32m 41s

The news in Queens has been as erratic as the weather. The Tribune reporting staff take you through the last week’s top news stories including the DOT’s ambitious plan to create faster bus service on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards, but will

Tribcast Episode 20- Spring has (kinda) sprung

Mar 20th, 2015 33m 22s

As winter (very gradually) turns into Spring, join the Queens Tribune crew as we discuss the annual New York political rite of spring- state budget negotiations and how education has become the nucleus of this year’s debate. We’ll explore propo

Tribcast Episode 19 – Ides of March

Mar 13th, 2015 27m 21s

Winter is fading and spring is coming. Time to get outside! Joined by new Editor-in-Chief Domenick Rafter, the Tribune news crew discusses the friction in South Richmond Hill’s Hindu community that led to the Phagwah Parade, the Hindu celebrati

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