Aug. 28, 2025 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man was charged with animal cruelty, menacing, and other related crimes after he allegedly wrapped duct tape around the mouth, eye and legs of a pit bull at Gwen Ifill Park in Locust Manor, as well as keeping that dog and four others in unsanitary conditions…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Athena Dawson The Health Department will spray pesticides in parts of western and southern Queens to reduce the risk of the mosquito-carried West Nile Virus. Weather permitting, the spraying will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 2, between 8:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. the following morning. In case of bad weather,…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Shane O’Brien State Sen. John Liu joined Manhattan Assembly Member Grace Lee and members of the Representing and Empowering AANHPI Community History (R.E.A.C.H.) Coalition outside City Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 27, to celebrate the passage of the AANHPI Education Equity Act in the New York State legislature and call on…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon A typical weekday in NYC starts with the buzz of an alarm clock, leaving the house on time and battling the sounds of honking horns before tackling a seemingly never-ending to-do list. But a ride on a Queens express bus offers a quiet reprieve within that hectic morning…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Bill Parry An MS-13 gang associate from Fresh Meadows was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison on Tuesday, Aug. 26, for the 2018 slaying of a Corona teenager in Flushing’s Kissena Park. Juan Amaya-Ramirez, 27, and his co-defendant Oscar Flores-Mejia, 25, from Elmhurst, who is also an associate of…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams’ reelection campaign was denied public matching funds by the city Campaign Finance Board (CFB) for the 11th time on Thursday, while his main competitors received sizable payouts. The board voted during its Aug. 28 meeting to block the incumbent mayor, a Democrat running as an independent,…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Shane O’Brien A pair of Queens seniors marked their 100th birthdays with a special joint birthday party at the Atria Senior Living center in Forest Hills on Wednesday, celebrating reaching a century among family and fellow residents. Jane Levy, born in New York City on Aug. 5, 1925, and Jaffa…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for an armed robber who targeted a Hollis convenience store during the early morning of Tuesday, Aug. 5. The suspect entered the storefront at 187-42 Hillside Ave. just before 5 a.m. and allegedly pulled out a firearm and demanded…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Jessica Militello When Northern Queens resident Sherika Sterling discovered Plant Powered Metro NY’s Jumpstart program, she was struggling with a list of health issues that she thought she would have to deal with her entire life. After joining the program and changing to a plant-based diet, she was able to…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Athena Dawson The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (GJDC) celebrated Black Business Month in downtown Jamaica on Tuesday, Aug 12. In celebration of the yearly calendar event, the GJDC held a Black Business Month Expo at its Greater Nexus co-working space, located at 89-14 Parsons Blvd. The event featured five local black-owned…