May 13, 2021 By Allie Griffin The final stretch of the Queens Boulevard redesign will be completed before the end of the year, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. The Department of Transportation (DOT) will finish the fourth and final phase of the redesign in November — about three years behind schedule. Construction, de Blasio… Read more »
May 13, 2021 By Allie Griffin Police have arrested the man caught on video beating and robbing two men after they hit his car in Jackson Heights over the weekend. Officers nabbed 27-year-old Jovani Padin of Woodside Wednesday and charged him with robbery, attempted grand larceny, assault and leaving the scene of an accident. The… Read more »
May 12, 2021 By Allie Griffin The city is expanding last year’s outdoor street dining initiative into a new program called “Open Boulevards” which will create multi-block restaurant street seating, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. The program will create extra space for diners on roadways along 10 restaurant-heavy corridors across the city, including two… Read more »
May 12, 2021 By Allie Griffin Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang got a cool reception in Astoria Tuesday after he sent out an apparent pro-Israel tweet Monday night. Yang visited the neighborhood for an endorsement announcement and was then scheduled to join a local nonprofit to distribute groceries to families ahead of Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim… Read more »
May 11, 2021 By Allie Griffin The city will create two new busways in Queens, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. The Department of Transportation (DOT) will construct a busway along Jamaica Avenue and another on Archer Avenue by the end of the year. The two busways will be in place for at least one… Read more »
May 11, 2021 By Allie Griffin A minor fender-bender resulted in a violent assault in Jackson Heights Saturday, disturbing police video shows. The incident was sparked by a seemingly innocuous collision in which the driver of white Nissan Sentra pulled out of a parking lot on 70th Street at around 7 p.m. and hit a… Read more »
May 11, 2021 By Allie Griffin The city will create a “bike boulevard” along 39th Avenue in Sunnyside by the end of the year, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. The avenue is one of five streets across the city that will be transformed into bike boulevards by either November or December this year. The… Read more »
May 11, 2021 By Allie Griffin A 22-year-old man is dead after crashing his motorcycle on the Van Wyck Expressway early Tuesday. The man was riding a 1998 Kawasaki motorcycle southbound on the expressway near Exit 1- Belt Parkway, when he lost control of the bike at around 2:45 a.m., police said. He struck a… Read more »
May 10, 2021 By Allie Griffin A Long Island woman who allegedly drove drunk and killed a NYPD Highway officer on the Long Island Expressway last month faces up to 15 years in prison, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Monday. Jessica Beauvais, 32, has been indicted on charges of aggravated manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter and other… Read more »
May 10, 2021 By Allie Griffin State Sen. John Liu endorsed three candidates in the contentious race for the Flushing council seat last week. Liu — who became the first Asian American to serve on the City Council when he held the same Flushing seat (District 20) years ago — endorsed candidates John Choe, Ellen… Read more »