The overflow was reported around noon near the 5200 block of Lone Oak Road. The overflow was caused by a sewer line blockage. City utility crews were immediately dispatched to the location and ...

A New York City Council member wants to “beautify ... but it was because the sewer was plugged up with garbage,” said Marisol Guzman Feliz, 38, a worker at a clothing store.

But what happens to once-thriving freshwater ecosystems when the rivers they depend on are entombed in sewer pipes beneath ... the Queens neighborhood of New York City fell prey to expanding ...