March 10, 2022 Sponsored Story By Atty. Jeffrey Hoffman *Jeffrey Hoffman is a licensed attorney in New York with over a decade of experience assisting clients ranging from large corporations to sole proprietorships. His practice focuses on advising clients in business negotiations and term sheet / contract drafting as well as securing licenses / permits… Read more »
March 9, 2022 Sponsored Story A new eyecare store has opened in the Court Square section of Long Island City that offers everything from routine eye examinations to designer frames. L EYE C OPTICS, located at 21-36 44th Drive, opened in January and is owned by Bryan Arango, a long-time optician, and his business partner… Read more »
March 8, 2022 By Christian Murray The Flushing branch of the Queens Public Library is scheduled to reopen in April after being closed since March 2020. The branch closed along with the rest of the library system at the start of COVID-19 but has not fully reopened since—due to a faulty HVAC system and the… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on March 7, 2022 at 8:14 p.m. By Gabriel Sandoval, THE CITY Dozens of Jackson Heights tenants, still displaced nearly a year after blaze, say the NYPD won’t allow them to report their belongings stolen — and demand justice. Dozens of tenants displaced by a massive fire… Read more »
March 7, 2022 By Christian Murray Elected officials, subway riders and disability rights activists gathered at a subway station in Rego Park Friday to call on New York State to allocate federal infrastructure funds toward the construction of elevators at MTA and LIRR stations. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, Rep. Grace Meng, and disability rights activists… Read more »
March 7, 2022 By Christian Murray A 28-year-old man was seriously injured after being shot while driving along the Jackie Robinson Parkway Saturday morning in an apparent road-rage incident. The shooter had allegedly cut the victim off while driving westbound on the parkway near Metropolitan Avenue (exit 6) in Forest Hills at around 7:35 a.m.,… Read more »
March 7, 2022 By Christian Murray A 37-year-old man who was coming to the aid of a woman who was being robbed inside of the Court Square station Thursday was slashed with a sharp object, police said. The incident took place at around 7:30 a.m. when a woman snatched a female rider’s cellphone and then… Read more »
March 7, 2022 By Christian Murray A motorcyclist is in critical condition and his passenger is in stable condition after crashing into a vehicle that was making an illegal U-turn in Jackson Heights Sunday evening. The motorcycle, driven by a 30-year-old man, collided with a vehicle that was making an illegal U-Turn in the vicinity… Read more »
March 4, 2022 By Christian Murray Armed robberies, vicious assaults and hate crimes have become all too common in New York City in recent months and the borough of Queens is no exception. There have been brutal attacks at subway stations, shootings at NYCHA complexes, to a rash of anti-Asian hate crimes. For the year-to-date… Read more »
This article was originally published by Chalkbeat New York on March. 2, 2022, BY Christina Veiga In his first major policy speech to education department brass, New York City schools Chancellor David Banks offered sharp criticism of the system he inherited. His Wednesday address acknowledged sharp enrollment declines, lingering concerns over school safety both from… Read more »