April 19, 2021 By Christian Murray Costa Constantinides, who represented Astoria in the City Council until earlier this month, shared a message on twitter this afternoon that his wife has passed away. Constantinides said that his wife, Lori, died Monday morning. “My wife Lori went home this morning after a long illness battling kidney failure… Read more »
April 19, 2021 By Christina Santucci A pair of Queens City Council candidates are holding a vigil Monday evening in Sunnyside in honor of four members of the Sikh religious community who were killed in the FedEx facility shooting in Indianapolis Thursday. The remembrance – organized by Amit S. Bagga and Hailie Kim – is… Read more »
April 19, 2021 By Christina Santucci More than 100 families displaced by an eight-alarm fire in Jackson Heights earlier this month will be able to stay in emergency lodging until June 20, the mayor announced Friday. “The city will provide Queens families displaced from this month’s fire with an extra two months of temporary housing… Read more »
April 19, 2021 By Ryan Songalia A man was fatally shot while sitting inside his SUV in Astoria late Sunday night, police said. Police responded to a 911 call shortly after 10 p.m. and found a 22-year-old man sitting in the driver’s seat of a late model Range Rover with a gunshot wound to his… Read more »
April 19, 2021 By Christina Santucci Emergency medical technicians jumped into the East River Saturday afternoon to rescue a person, who was clinging to a bulkhead in the water. The rescue took place at around 4:30 p.m. near the Astoria ferry stop, and videos on the Citizen app show emergency responders in the area. EMTs… Read more »
April 19, 2021 By Christina Santucci A 32-year-old Long Island City man is facing hate crime and harassment charges after he allegedly threatened an Asian police officer—who was working undercover—at a Dutch Kills subway station, the NYPD said. Ricardo Hernandez was arrested at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday on the N subway platform at 31st Street… Read more »
April 19, 2021 By Christina Santucci New Yorkers 50 and older no longer need an appointment to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at multiple city-run sites – including seven locations in Queens. The mayor announced the expansion to walk-in vaccinations on Saturday – the first day that the new guidelines were put into place. Previously the… Read more »
April 17, 2021 By Ryan Songalia City Councilmember Daniel Dromm introduced a resolution Tuesday that calls on the state to pass legislation that would protect low-income disabled residents against rent increases–no matter their immigration status. The resolution, introduced in the Immigration Committee, aims to tell Albany that the New York City council believes that all… Read more »
April 16, 2021 By Christian Murray The Queens Public Library announced Thursday that it will be reopening five additional branches for “to-go” service Wednesday. The library system currently has 34 branches open for to-got service and after Wednesday it will have 39 up and running. The branches to be added include Woodside, Baisley Park, Douglaston,… Read more »
April 16, 2021 By Christian Murray The police have arrested a Forest Hills man who allegedly scrawled a swastika next to a Rego Park synagogue in February. Ramtin Rabenou, 41, a resident of the Parker Towers complex at 104-20 Queens Blvd., allegedly drew the swastika with a black marker across a “public property” sign affixed… Read more »