Nov. 16, 2021 By Allie Griffin The Queens borough president has launched a new initiative to educate high schoolers about city government and the importance of civic engagement. The borough president’s office is sending in staff into Queens high schools to teach students about the role city officials and elected leaders play in local government,… Read more »
Nov. 16, 2021 By Allie Griffin A private Greek Orthodox school in Astoria closed its buildings for the week on Monday after one staff member and two students tested positive for COVID-19. Saint Demetrios School — which includes a high school, middle and elementary school — has switched to remote learning for all students through… Read more »
Nov. 16, 2021 By Allie Griffin A group of Queens politicians and lawmakers are calling on the Queens district attorney to drop all charges against a man who was arrested for murder when he was 15-years-old and is now facing a retrial after his 2018 conviction was overturned last year. The local pols penned a… Read more »
Nov. 15, 2021 By Allie Griffin A man struck a police officer with his car as the officer and his partner attempted to pull him over in Long Island City over the weekend. The two officers attempted to conduct a car stop at around 12:20 p.m. Saturday, when the man—who was driving a white Mercedes… Read more »
Nov. 15, 2021 By Allie Griffin 7 trains were running with delays in both directions Monday morning after a man was fatally struck by a train at Grand Central Station. Initially, 7 train service was suspended at 6:15 a.m. between Hunters Point Av and 34 St-Hudson Yards stations as emergency teams responded to the incident,… Read more »
Nov. 12, 2021 By Allie Griffin The iconic Kaufman Astoria Studios has been sold to venture capital firms Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management. Kaufman Astoria Studios, which opened in 1920 and was the original home of Paramount Pictures, was sold for an undisclosed amount. However, the company was previously weighing bids that… Read more »
Nov. 12, 2021 By Allie Griffin A newly-appointed principal at a Sunnyside middle school found a cache of knives and at least one gun in an office safe, where prior administrators apparently stashed the weapons instead of reporting them. Principal Matthew Borelli opened a safe in the same office of his predecessor, Judy Mittler, at… Read more »
Nov. 10, 2021 By Allie Griffin The city has completed its goal to construct 50 soccer pitches throughout the five boroughs in five years, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday. The 50th mini-pitch was recently completed in Manhattan, marking the final soccer field built in the city through a $3 million initiative aimed at expanding… Read more »
Nov. 10, 2021 By Allie Griffin The city shut down an Astoria public school for 10 days due to a COVID-19 outbreak among students and teachers. The Department of Education closed the doors of P.S. 166 The Henry Gradstein School beginning Wednesday after 25 positive cases were reported in the last seven days. All classes are… Read more »
Nov. 9, 2021 By Allie Griffin Xi’an Famous Foods, a popular Chinese restaurant chain, will open a new location in a Flushing mega-development next year. The acclaimed chain, which was originally founded in Flushing, will open its fourth Queens outpost in the Tangram, a 1.2-million-square-foot mixed-use development on the corner of College Point Boulevard and… Read more »