Last February disgraced former Queens Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio was sentenced to six years in prison. At the time of his sentencing he told reporters "I'm 74 years old, how much time have I left?" The answer, it seems, was about eleven months. The Queens Courier reports that Seminerio died earlier today at a correctional facility in North Carolina of undisclosed causes. more ›

The Department of City Planning, under the orders of Bloomberg has discovered that the city's land mass is less than originally thought. After spending months analyzing aerial images the geographer of the department, Michael Miller, reports that the five boroughs contain 304.8 square miles, while for 20 years it's been documented at 322 square miles. more ›