Jan. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry A 43-year-old man was sucker punched in the face by a stranger during a random attack inside the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue transit hub earlier this month, according to the NYPD. Police from the NYPD 110th Precinct in Elmhurst reported that the victim was inside the subway station at 74th… Read more »
Jan. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City are on the lookout for a moped-riding chain snatcher who has been targeting young women in broad daylight since late December. The first incident took place on the morning of Friday, Dec. 8, when a 15-year-old girl was in the… Read more »
Jan. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry Sunnyside attorney and community leader Johanna Carmona formally launched her campaign to represent the 37th Assembly District in western Queens and unseat embattled Assembly Member Juan Ardila in the June Democratic primary. Carmona, a lifelong Sunnyside resident, and the daughter of Colombian immigrants, has worked in the Special Victims… Read more »
Jan. 15, 2024, By Bill Parry A Maspeth man was nabbed Friday for a fatal stabbing that took place in Long Island City nearly four years ago after coming into contact with cops for smoking at a Brooklyn subway station. Luis Hernandez, 36, of 56th Street in Maspeth was taken into custody by police from… Read more »
Jan. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills are looking for a disheveled vandal who allegedly had the audacity to tag the stationhouse on Austin Street with graffiti last week. The suspect allegedly approached the front wall of the 112th Precinct at around 2:40 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 11… Read more »
Jan. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry Sunnyside community leader Ty Sullivan and a core group of friends are organizing a fundraiser for their 450+ neighbors who were displaced by a raging five-alarm fire just days before Christmas. The group is collaborating with Sunnyside Community Services (SCS) to host the Fire Relief Fundraiser on Friday, Jan…. Read more »
Jan. 11, 2024 By Ethan Marshall A 75-year-old Elmhurst man died on Saturday, 10 days after he was struck by an e-bike rider while walking in the vicinity of Roosevelt Avenue and Broadway in Jackson Heights. Kabrinda Nath Sen succumbed to his injuries at Elmhurst Hospital, a block away from his home on Ithaca Street,… Read more »
Jan. 11, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is now investigating a commercial burglary that took place at a Woodside house of worship during the early hours on Wednesday, Jan. 3. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City reported that the suspect entered the Shri Guru Ravi Dass Temple… Read more »
Jan. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Monday and charged with attempted murder, assault and other crimes in connection to the Oct. 21 shooting in front of a Long Island City strip club. Jeffrey Almanzar, 29, of 50th Street in Sunset Park, was arrested on the… Read more »
Jan. 5, 2024 By Bill Parry Sunnyside residents who were displaced by a massive five-alarm inferno that destroyed their apartment complex just days before Christmas, had their misery compounded Thursday when they were given just a three-hour window to remove their belongings from the burned-out apartments so repairs could begin. The tenants had been notified… Read more »