This article was originally published by The CITY on JUL 19, 2021, 10:07PM EDT BY Samantha Maldonado Under the new ranked choice voting system, New Yorkers got to cast ballots for their top five choices for mayor and other municipal offices in last month’s primary. When it came to whether the new system worked, supporters and… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Christian Murray The building that houses the Flushing branch of the Queens Public Library will be closing due to a failure of the HVAC system. The branch, located at 41-17 Main St., has been used in recent months by the city as a vaccination site—with library service being closed. The vaccination… Read more »
July 19, 2021 Staff Report State energy regulators gave Con Edison and partner 174 Power Global approval last week to place a large battery system at the site of a former fossil fuel plant near the East River in Astoria. The approval by the New York State Public Service Commission is an important step in… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Christian Murray The police are looking for three suspects who robbed two men in separate incidents in Corona earlier this month. The three men approached a 57-year-old who was walking in the vicinity of 99th Street and 38th Avenue at around 5 a.m. on July 3 and demanded money. When the… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Christian Murray Police are looking for a knife-wielding man who allegedly tried to rob a 7-Eleven on Northern Boulevard early Sunday morning. The man entered the 34-17 Northern Blvd. store at around 6:30 a.m. and allegedly demanded money from a 39-year-old female employee. The employee refused to provide the cash and… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Christian Murray A Brooklyn man was fatally struck by a motorist while lying in the middle of a Ridgewood crosswalk early Sunday morning, police said. Jose Luis Flores-Sanchez, 29, was hit at around 2:35 a.m. while he was lying in the intersection at the corner of Menahan Street and Cypress Avenue,… Read more »
July 15, 2021 By Christian Murray A 29-year-man was indicted by a Queens grand jury Thursday on murder charges in the shooting death of a 10-year-old Far Rockaway boy. Jovan Young, 29, has been charged with murder in the second degree and other charges in the fatal shooting of 10-year-old Justin Wallace on the evening… Read more »
This article was originally published by The City on JUL 13, 2021, 8:07PM EDT BY ALLISON DIKANOVIC New York was one of the last states in the country to launch a COVID rent relief program with money from the federal government this spring. And the funds have yet to start flowing. Just to recap: In… Read more »
July 15, 2021 By Christian Murray State Sen. John Liu and several Queens officials held a press conference in Bellerose Tuesday to call on the city to repair sidewalks that were damaged about a year ago by Tropical Storm Isaias. Liu, joined by community leaders and residents of northeast Queens, urged City Hall to fix… Read more »
July 14, 2021 By Christian Murray The police are looking for three females wanted for robbing two cell phone stores in Corona on Monday. The first incident took place at around 5:15 p.m. inside Boost Mobile, located at 103-19 39th Ave., when the women entered the store and asked an employee to see an iPhone… Read more »