Aug. 21, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The New York City metropolitan area is on track to lead the United States in new apartments constructed among major cities in 2024, according to a report by the real estate firm RentCafe. With 32,935 new rentals expected to be completed by the end of the year, the…
Aug. 21, 2024 By Athena Dawson A series of vibrant murals is now on display at Queens County Family Court, the work of 14 high school and college students who participated in a local youth apprenticeship program. The young artists unveiled their creations during a celebration at the courthouse, located at 151-20 Jamaica Ave.…
Aug. 21, 2024 By Dean Moses NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper honored on Tuesday two heroic migrants who saved a woman in Queens last month from a dangerous criminal who attacked her with a knife. Alexander Oswaldo Robles Lino and Josnan Alberto Palacios of Venezuela arrived at One Police Plaza on Aug. 20…
Aug. 21, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki An executive order Mayor Eric Adams issued on Wednesday created a task force to examine potential housing development opportunities on city-owned land amid the biggest housing crisis the Big Apple has faced in more than 50 years. The City Housing Activation Task Force, according to the executive order,…
Aug. 21, 2024 By Anthony Medina Over the past two months, mosquitoes in more than 40 Queens neighborhoods—and additional areas across New York City—have tested positive for the West Nile Virus, according to the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Four residents from Queens and Manhattan were confirmed to have contracted West Nile…
Aug. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry A 73-year-old man was punched out by a stranger in broad daylight in Flushing on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 10, and police from the 109th Precinct are still looking for his attacker, who remains at large nearly two weeks after the beatdown. The senior was walking in…
Aug. 21, 2024 By Athena Dawson The king of dancehall is coming to Queens. Sean Paul, a prominent Jamaican dancehall singer, rapper and DJ, will headline a concert as part of the Rise Up NYC concert series on Saturday, Aug. 24. The free concert will be held at Roy Wilkins Park, located on Merrick…
Aug. 21, 2024 By Queens Borough President Donovan Richards New York City has long been and forever will be the globe’s greatest hub of culture, cuisine, art and entertainment. That also means New York City’s hospitality industry will forever be arguably its most economically vital, as more than 62 million tourists visited the five…
Aug. 20, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan On the pivotal first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Queens Congresswoman Grace Meng was on the schedule in between Governor Kathy Hochul and President Joe Biden. Hours before her prime time spot, she announced that she was behind the scenes and ready to take the…
Aug. 20, 2024 By Anthony Medina An essay written by Amanda Jaggernath, a prospective 7th grader at M.S. 137 America’s School of Heroes in Ozone Park, earned her more than just the admiration of City Councilwoman Joann Ariola last week. Jaggernath traveled to City Hall on Thursday, Aug. 15, not only as a Ozone…