Aug. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry A homeless man from Brooklyn was indicted by a Queens grand jury for a stabbing spree that left two men wounded in Ozone Park during the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 7. Feruz Radjabov, 40, whose last known address was on East 10th Street in Midwood, was arraigned Friday…
Aug. 16, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Under the federal Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), local lawmakers were able to secure $190 million to address flooding in Queens over the next two years. The provision of the WRDA, which authorizes the Army Corp of Engineers to improve the nation’s water infrastructure, was originally introduced by…
Aug. 16, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The New York Mets and the New York Blood Center partnered to hold their annual summer blood drive, presented by NewYork-Presbyterian, in the Piazza Club at Citi Field on Monday, Aug. 12. All donors for this cause received a voucher for two tickets to a select Mets home…
Aug. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry An R train rider was beaten and robbed at the Woodhaven Boulevard subway station in broad daylight on Saturday afternoon and the three men who attacked him remain at large. The 42-year-old victim was approached by three strangers at around 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, and struck…
Aug. 16, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The St. John’s ICARE Foundation in the Rockaways welcomed representatives from M&T Bank Healthcare Commercial Banking for a comprehensive tour of Episcopal Health Services’ (EHS) Clinical Learning Center on Thursday, July 25. Led by Nancy Leghart, Executive Director of St. John’s ICARE Foundation, the tour included David Clarke,…
Aug. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man was sentenced Thursday in Queens Supreme Court to 17 years to life in prison for the 2019 fatal stabbing of a 38-year-old homeless shelter resident near LaGuardia Airport in East Elmhurst. Ricardo Henry, 39, of Nostrand Avenue in Flatbush, was convicted after a jury trial…
Aug. 15, 2024 By Shane O’Brien The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has announced its wild card recipients for the men’s and women’s singles competitions at the upcoming US Open, including former champions Stan Wawrinka, Dominic Thiem, Naomi Osaka and Bianca Andreescu. Thiem and Wawrinka have received wild cards for the the men’s draw…
Aug. 15, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan As one of 94 emergency departments around the country, NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens in Jamaica received the prestigious Lantern Award from the Emergency Nurses Association for the first time. The award is given to teams that incorporate evidence-based practice and innovation in emergency care while remaining compassionate to…
Aug. 15, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The Queens College School of Arts, located in Flushing, has announced its inaugural artists-in-residence program for the 2024-2025 academic year. The program, supported by the Thomas Chen Family/Crystal Windows Endowment, aims to foster the development of Asian contemporary art and offers two artists an opportunity to contribute to…
Aug. 15, 2024 By Anthony Medina The NYPD’s 104th Precinct has towed 463 vehicles so far this year and expects to surpass last year’s total within the next few months, according to Commanding Officer Captain Karam Chowdhury. Last year, the 104th Precinct, which serves Ridgewood, Maspeth, Glendale and Middle Village, towed 553 vehicles in total,…