Oct. 28, 2020 By Allie Griffin Council Member Robert Holden is calling on the city to make good on its promise to offer free daycare to working parents on days their children attend school remotely. Holden penned a letter to Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza last week, calling on the Department of Education (DOE) to expand… Read more »
Oct. 28, 2020 By Allie Griffin Small business owners will soon be able to expand their storefront onto the sidewalk as part of a new Open Storefronts initiative the City will launch on Friday. Retail shops will be able to sell their wares on sidewalks in front of their storefronts from Oct. 30 through Dec…. Read more »
Oct. 28, 2020 By Allie Griffin A woman in her 30s died in hospital Tuesday after being found lying face down on a Flushing street. Police officers responded to a 911 call about the woman at 10:15 a.m. on Linden Place near the Latimer Gardens Houses. They found her unconscious and unresponsive, lying face down… Read more »
Oct. 27, 2020 By Allie Griffin Several Queens lawmakers are calling on U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer to expand the Supreme Court after Justice Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in Monday night, cementing a conservative majority for generations to come. Zohran Mamdani, the Assembly Member Elect for District 36 in Astoria, issued a statement Tuesday calling… Read more »
Oct. 27, 2020 By Allie Griffin A group of Astoria residents hosted an event Saturday to garner support for the transformation of a long-neglected lot into a community garden for neighbors in the area. The newly-formed Astoria Urban Agriculture Alliance (AUAA) is working to create a shared community garden and educational space out of an… Read more »
Oct. 27, 2020 By Allie Griffin A homeless man shot at two employees inside an Ozone Park convenience store Monday evening, killing one of them. Police officers arrested a 63-year-old homeless man after he allegedly shot at the two employees inside Crossbay Express Smoke & Vape Shop Convenience Store, located at 137-02 Cross Bay Blvd…. Read more »
Oct. 26, 2020 By Allie Griffin An effort to revitalize the neglected Hallets Cove peninsula along the Astoria waterfront will begin this winter, local Council Member Costa Constantinides announced Monday. Construction crews will remove a nearly-70-year-old decaying pier at the site and plant new wetland vegetation in its place to restore its natural ecology. They’ll… Read more »
Oct. 26, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City public school families will have just one chance to opt into in-person classes for the rest of the school year — beginning next week. Families who had opted into fully-remote classes, but now want to switch back to the city’s blended learning model — in which… Read more »
Oct. 26, 2020 By Allie Griffin Sheriff deputies shut down an illegal warehouse party near the Ridgewood Maspeth border early Sunday morning for violating COVID-19 regulations. The officers shuttered the warehouse party at 47-02 Metropolitan Ave. around 2:30 a.m. and charged five organizers with multiple criminal, health and liquor offenses. They found nearly 70 people… Read more »
Oct. 26, 2020 By Allie Griffin Dozens of schools in Queens reopened today after they were shuttered for more than two weeks due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the areas where they are located. Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered schools in red and orange COVID-19 zones to close earlier this month, but on Wednesday… Read more »