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GRAND SLAM: MLB playoffs is a home run for NYC’s economy
GRAND SLAM: MLB playoffs is a home run for NYC’s economy

Oct. 15, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Having two hometown teams in the MLB playoffs is not just a win for Yankees and Mets fans, but also a home run for NYC’s economy

Some New Yorkers might grimace (no pun intended) at seeing the 7 train packed on Mets game day, or the sidewalks overflowing with people outside Stan’s Sports Bar on River Avenue when the Yankees are at bat. But all of this is good economic news for Big Apple residents, whether they are baseball fans or not, according to local economic and tourism experts.  

In fact, based on research from the NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), both teams are hitting the dollars out of the park for New York.

Richmond Hill man charged with attempted kidnapping after mother foils abduction of 2-year-old daughter: NYPD

A Richmond Hill man was arrested and charged with attempted kidnapping after he allegedly tried to abduct a 2-year-old girl at knifepoint in broad daylight at a laundromat around the corner from his home on 109th Street on Thursday, Oct. 10.

Peter Vonderhofen, 32, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court the following day on a complaint charging him with attempted kidnapping in the second degree, menacing, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon.

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Two robbers sought for targeting a Hillside Avenue cell phone store in Jamaica Hills: NYPD

Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are still looking for two masked men who robbed a cell phone store of cash and merchandise late last month.

The suspect entered the storefront at 159-08 Hillside Avenue in Jamaica Hills at around 8 p.m. on the night of Wednesday, Sept. 25, and approached a 23-year-old woman behind the counter and threatened to harm her if she tried to intervene, police said. They proceeded to remove several iPhones and cash from the register before leaving the store. They were last seen running off northbound on Parsons Boulevard toward Hillcrest High School.

Queens DA paralegal fired after arrest for threatening to bomb Elmhurst migrant shelter

An Elmhurst man was fired from his job as a paralegal at the Queens District Attorney’s office after he was arrested and criminally charged late last month for threatening to bomb a migrant shelter across the street from his home on 77th Street just south of Roosevelt Avenue.

Derek Klever, 27, was arrested by police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst after they executed a search warrant at his apartment at 40-37 77th St. a day after they learned of his plot to bomb the Kamway Lodge, a hostel at 40-36 77th St., that the city converted to temporarily house asylum seekers.

Illegal concert venue operating inside Elmhurst warehouse raided early Saturday morning: NYPD

The NYPD raided an illegal concert venue operating inside a warehouse across Queens Boulevard from the old Pan American Hotel early Saturday morning.

Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst responded to a 911 call of a brawl in front of a commercial business at 79-95 Barnwell Ave. just before 2 a.m. on Oct. 12. Upon arrival, officers did not find anyone fighting at the location but heard loud music emanating from a warehouse at 75-55 Albion Ave.

Bring them home: Presenting the stories of the Oct. 7 hostages

Oct. 14, 2024 amNewYork Metro

On Oct. 7, 2023, our world changed forever. As families in southern Israel celebrated the joyous holiday of Simchat Torah, Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, unleashing a brutal attack that left over 1,200 people dead and 251 taken hostage, nearly all civilians. It was the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.

Sleeping man at Jamaica subway station beaten, slashed and robbed last week: NYPD

Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows and Transit District 20 are looking for two young men who beat, slashed and robbed a 42-year-old man on Hillside Avenue in broad daylight last week.

The victim’s ordeal began when he was sleeping on a bench inside the Sutphin Boulevard F train station just after 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10, when he was awakened by the two suspects who punched him in the head and then forcibly removed his cell phone valued at approximately $500, police said Monday. The man tried to escape his attackers, but they followed him out of the station and again confronted him on the street at the northwest corner of 144th Street and Hillside Avenue.