Aug. 18, 2021 By Christian Murray Police are looking for a suspect who slashed a man across the face with a knife at the Court Square subway station in Long Island City earlier this month. The suspect, according to police, followed a 36-year-old man into an elevator at around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 1… Read more »
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Op-Ed: Why I Oppose Unconstitutional Mandates
Op-Ed By: Marvin Jeffcoat, Candidate for City Council We all need to understand what’s at stake here. To do that we have to understand our Constitutional rights. No emergency ever justifies a suspension of the US Constitution and our Rights! If government were allowed to suspend the Constitution based on emergencies the government would continue… Read more »
Bartlett Dairy Returns Home to Queens, Bringing Back Hundreds of Jobs
Aug. 17, 2021 By Ryan Songalia A dairy company that hails from Queens is returning to the World’s Borough from New Jersey. Bartlett Dairy, a minority-owned family business that was established in Queens in 1963, broke ground Thursday on a 54,000 square foot headquarters and food distribution center. The facility is going up at the… Read more »
Man Robbed at Gunpoint on Astoria Street Early Sunday: NYPD
Aug. 17, 2021 By Christian Murray A man was robbed at gunpoint in Astoria early Sunday morning. Police said that a 39-year-old man was walking in the vicinity of 38th Street and 28th Avenue when two armed men approached him and demanded his property. The suspects took the victim’s jewelry and other personal property and… Read more »
Rally to Bring Attention to Asian Bias Attacks to be Held in Jackson Heights Tuesday
Aug. 17, 2021 By Ryan Songalia A rally will be held Tuesday evening in Jackson Heights for a Filipina nurse who was assaulted in an apparent bias attack while handing out masks on the subway. The event, which is being organized by the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns, will take place at Diversity Plaza at… Read more »
Middle Village Man Who Planned to Storm D.C. With Armed Caravan and Target U.S. Senator Pleads Guilty
Aug. 16, 2021 By Christian Murray A Middle Village man who posted online statements about leading an armed group of “patriots” to Washington and killing a U.S. senator has pleaded guilty to making threats and a weapons charge, federal authorities announced today. Eduard Florea, 41, was busted by the feds after authorities uncovered online statements… Read more »
Filipino Residents Want ‘Little Manila’ to be Incorporated Into One Assembly District, Currently Split Into Three
Aug. 13, 2021 By Ryan Songalia A Filipino advocacy group in Queens will petition redistricting officials in hopes of having the borough’s Filipino community grouped into a single Assembly district to maximize its political voice. Little Manila Queens Bayanihan Arts, which organizes projects for the Filipino community in Woodside, is one of 14 groups comprising… Read more »
Queens Borough President Approves 13-Story Roosevelt Avenue Building Subject to Conditions
Aug. 13, 2021 By Christian Murray A developer’s application to rezone a large piece of property on Roosevelt Avenue received the blessing of the Queens Borough President last month and the project’s fate is expected to be determined by the city council in October. The application calls for the development of a 13 story, 213… Read more »
Van Bramer Ramps Up Street Cleaning Program, Coverage Area Expanded
Aug. 12, 2021 By Christian Murray A dedicated crew of workers will be keeping a long list of streets in western Queens clean stemming from a new allocation of city funds by Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer. Van Bramer said that his office has allocated $270,000 to a non-profit organization that will be bringing on… Read more »
Who is Kathy Hochul? Meet New York’s Incoming, History-Making Governor
This article was originally published by The CITY on Aug 10, 2021, 12:17 PM EDT BY Clifford Michel Shortly after sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo surfaced, his press office stopped regularly publishing the public schedule of his next in line: Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul. The former member of Congress from Buffalo, who had… Read more »