Jun. 13, 2024 By Athena Dawson Department of City Planning Director Dan Garodnick spoke exclusively with QNS about the housing component of the mayor’s comprehensive City of Yes proposal. The City of Yes for Housing Opportunity is a zoning reform proposal put forward by the DCP that aims to address New York’s housing crisis by…
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Jun. 13, 2024 By Anthony Medina Health insurance companies in New York State, including Medicaid, may soon be required to cover and eliminate cost-sharing for lung cancer screening and follow-up testing for all asymptomatic individuals. Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., representing neighborhoods in District 15, including Middle Village and Woodhaven, announced this month that his…
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Jun. 13, 2024 By Anthony Medina New York State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. has heralded another significant milestone in the sports gambling industry as his introduced legislation to authorize 1% of mobile sports tax revenue for gambling addiction services passed in Albany this month. The New York State Senate approval of Addabbo’s sponsored bill,…
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Jun. 13, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Queens College marked Pride Month with its seventh annual Pridefest Friday, June 7, recognizing and celebrating diversity and inclusion in the World’s Borough. Students, faculty and staff from all 25 CUNY campuses, as well as other members of the community, gathered at the Flushing school’s quad to take part…
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Jun. 13, 2024 By QNS News Team The Queens-based non-profit Keep Fighting organization announced a charity event for Sunday, June 16, aimed at supporting young athletes who dream of becoming national junior Olympic champions. The event will be held at the Eastern Queens Boxing Club, 217-07 Hempstead Avenue in Queens Village, from 2 to 7 p.m….
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Jun. 13, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Episcopal Health Services (EHS) recently announced the addition of two key executives to its leadership team, strengthening its commitment to improving healthcare delivery and quality for the Rockaway Peninsula and surrounding communities. Dr. Jameela Yussuf, appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, brings nearly two decades of…
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Jun. 13, 2024 By Athena Dawson The Queens Jazz Orchestra will host a tribute concert for the late NEA Jazz Master Albert “Tootie” Heath on Friday, June 28, at Flushing Town Hall. The event, set to begin at 8 p.m., celebrates Heath, who passed away in April at the age of 89. Heath was the…
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Jun. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst discovered an arsenal of weapons in a ghost car they pulled over on Ditmars Boulevard and 86th Street in East Elmhurst early Wednesday morning.
Jun. 12, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld City Comptroller Brad Lander said Wednesday that he is assembling a coalition of legal minds and impacted parties to potentially sue New York state over Gov. Kathy Hochul’s eleventh-hour decision to indefinitely pause congestion pricing. Because the governor framed her decision as a “temporary pause,” and the original…
Jun. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 61-year-old Flushing woman was struck and killed by a van driver on Monday morning while she was cycling on 41st Avenue.