Sept. 30, 2020 By Allie Griffin The city is providing free mobile COVID-19 testing in Kew Gardens and Rego Park from today through Friday. The two neighborhoods have become hotspots for the virus with the Department of Health releasing data Wednesday revealing that 2.64 percent of tests conducted in Rego Park came back positive and… Read more »
Sept. 30, 2020 Op-Ed By Ben Guttmann There is a famous scene repeated in countless cartoons. The coyote chases the roadrunner off the cliff, hangs there for a moment in mid-air until he looks down, realizing that gravity is about to bring him to an unfortunate fate, and then he plummets – often with an… Read more »
Sept. 30, 2020 By Christian Murray Police have released video footage of two men wanted in relation to the fatal shooting of a woman in Jackson Heights this morning. The pair, one on a motorcycle and the other on foot, were caught on video near the scene where Bertha Arriaga was killed by a stray… Read more »
Sept. 30, 2020 By Christian Murray A new 292-seat elementary school opened in Bayside Tuesday. The school, located at the former home of St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic school at 56-10 214th St., is one of 11 school buildings that opened across the city yesterday. The School Construction Authority completed several additions as well as the… Read more »
Sept. 29, 2020 By Christian Murray A disbarred Flushing attorney who allegedly stole $66,000 from a client who had won a personal injury settlement has been charged with grand larceny, forgery and other financial crimes. Yohan Choi, 44, who had a legal practice on Northern Boulevard, was charged for bilking his client out of the… Read more »
Sept. 29, 2020 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who punched a straphanger in the face as part of an attempted robbery inside the Forest Hills/71st Ave. station last week. The suspect allegedly approached the victim, a 49-year-old man, at around 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23 displayed a knife and… Read more »
Sept. 28, 2020 Staff Report If $2,241 per month for a studio meets your definition of affordable—then there is a lottery for you. A new “affordable” housing lottery has opened with 14 units on offer in an Astoria development. The units, located at 29-19 Newtown Ave., include studios, one bedroom and two-bedroom apartments. Applicants have… Read more »
Sept. 28, 2020 By Christian Murray A Woodside wedding venue and a Flushing karaoke bar were both shut down by authorities over the weekend for having large indoor crowds in breach of COVID-19 restrictions. The New York City Sheriff’s Dept. brought an abrupt end to a wedding celebration being held at the Royal Elite Palace… Read more »
By Suhail Bhat, THE CITY This story was originally published on 9/27/20 by THE CITY While some essential workers are getting a respite from intense demands posed by COVID-19, city Department of Sanitation employees are hauling record-busting volumes of garbage as more New Yorkers work and go to school from home. Residents, meanwhile, are complaining… Read more »
Sept. 25, 2020 By Christian Murray A woman was shot in the head by a stray bullet on Northern Boulevard while collecting bottles Thursday morning, according to police. The victim, 69, heard a noise and felt pain in her head while she was outside a number of stores near 147th Street in Flushing at around… Read more »