Jan. 15, 2025 By Dean Moses Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch continued Wednesday to make sweeping changes within the NYPD — this time with dramatic shifts in the department’s vehicle pursuit policy. Officer pursuits will now only be permitted in which suspected, serious offenders are wanted for felonies and violent misdemeanors. Traffic infractions or non-violent…
Jan. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry Detectives from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are investigating after the body of a 55-year-old man was discovered wrapped in trash bags and stuffed under a bed in a Kew Gardens Hills apartment three blocks east of Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Tuesday afternoon. Police responded to…
Jan. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry An unlicensed Forest Hills cannabis shop located near a public park and a junior high school has been padlocked following a raid by law enforcement, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Tuesday. More than 30 pounds of marijuana, with a street value of more than $38,200, were confiscated…
Jan. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying the three gunmen who opened fire in an illegal gambling den in a Flushing apartment building last month, killing one man and injuring a second. Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing responded to a 911 call of…
Jan. 15, 2025 By Colum Motherway Queens Community Yoga officially opened on Monday, Jan. 13, offering Maspeth residents a new space to unwind and take time for themselves. Annie Herman has opened the studio with the idea of creating an environment in her community where people can come to “unplug, reset, and be together.”…
Jan. 15, 2025 By Ethan Marshall The year 2024 concluded with a notable shift in Northwest Queens’ rental market, as the area experienced its first yearly decline in median rent in several months, according to a report by the real estate firm Douglas Elliman Real Estate. The dip in December marked a significant moment…
Jan. 14, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Every subway train in NYC will have two uniformed police officers on board between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily, Gov. Kathy Hochul said during her State of the State address on Tuesday — adding that other major safety measures are coming to the city’s transit system this…
Jan. 14, 2025 By Bill Parry A Fresh Meadows man was sentenced to seven years in prison for attempting to kidnap a 5-year-old boy in Richmond Hill in July 2021, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Tuesday. James McGonagle, 27, of Parsons Boulevard, pleaded guilty in Queens Supreme Court in November to attempted kidnapping…
Jan. 14, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Just over a week after congestion pricing launched on Jan. 5, the MTA has yet to say how much money has been reaped from the controversial tolling program’s early days. During a briefing at the MTA’s Lower Manhattan headquarters on Monday, MTA officials said they are still sorting…
Jan. 14, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood are searching for a man who allegedly robbed an 88-year-old woman in Maspeth on the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 7. The senior was walking near the intersection of Brown Place and 58th Avenue, two blocks south of the Long Island Expressway…