Mar. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation has awarded a grant of $116.2 million to LaGuardia Community College to create a new state-of-the-art workforce training center at its Long Island City campus. The 160,000-square-foot Cohen Career Collective facility will ensure economic mobility for New Yorkers while providing skilled workers for… Read more »
Mar. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry A Sunnyside man was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court last week to 16 months in prison for laundering Bitcoin and operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, as part of a scheme to help customers launder proceeds from drug trafficking. Mustafa Goklu, 50, was convicted of those charges by a federal… Read more »
Mar. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry An Astoria doctor was indicted by a Queens grand jury on new sexual abuse charges after another one of his patients came forward. Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng, 34, of Broadway, was arraigned on Thursday on an indictment charging him with sexually abusing a 48-year-old woman at New York-Presbyterian Hospital… Read more »
Mar. 11, 2024 By Bill Parry A 13-year-old boy was arrested by the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force and booked at the 114th Precinct in Astoria on Friday, Mar. 8, where he was charged with a slew of crimes for an incident that occurred on the night of Wednesday, Feb. 28. An NYPD spokesman could… Read more »
Mar. 11, 2024 By Bill Parry A moped rider was killed when he lost control and crashed on Laurel Hill Boulevard in Woodside on Saturday night. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City responded to a 911 call of a vehicle collision near 48th Street where they found the moped rider unconscious and… Read more »
Mar. 11, 2024 By Bill Parry Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly robbed a corner bodega at knifepoint in Corona during the early morning hours of Tuesday, Mar. 5. The perpetrator allegedly walked into the AAA Deli and Grill at 102-02 34th Ave. just before 4 a.m. and approached a 53-year-old man working… Read more »
March 4, 2024 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn homeless man was arrested by the NYPD for allegedly attacking a commuter with a metal pipe inside the Queens Plaza subway station in Long Island City last month. Ricky Wilson, 65, who lives in a shelter at the converted Red Lion Inn and Suites on Butler Street… Read more »
Mar. 4, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is asking for the public’s help in identifying four teenage boys who allegedly assaulted two men walking on Broadway near 33rd Street in Astoria last Wednesday night. The 114th Precinct in Astoria reported that the incident occurred at around 7:30 p.m. on Feb…. Read more »
Feb. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria are looking for two men who attempted to rob a corner deli near the Woodside Houses and attacked a store employee who tried to stop them. The incident occurred on the night of Wednesday, Feb. 14, when the two suspects walked into… Read more »
Feb. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry A woman was attacked by a stranger just off Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights on Saturday night, according to the NYPD. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights reported that a 32-year-old woman was assaulted in front of 37-64 90th St. at around 11:30 p.m. when she became… Read more »