Aug. 29, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Builders have filed permits to expand a 2-story Astoria building in order to accommodate 10 housing units. The permits for 32-02 31st Ave. in Astoria would add three floors to the structure, making it a 5-story residential building. Ten apartments would be created as a result. Under the…
Aug. 29, 2025 By Bill Parry An Astoria doctor was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Thursday in Queens Supreme Court for raping unconscious acquaintances and sexually abusing hospital patients. Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng, 35, of Broadway, pleaded guilty on June 30 to four counts of rape in the first degree and three…
Aug. 29, 2025 By Félix V. Matos Rodríguez Last fall, Lamis Fawaz was riding the subway when she looked up and saw an eye-catching ad for CUNY. “I thought, ‘I’m going there!’” This week, Lamis starts as a freshman at York College, where she will major in aviation management, the first step toward her…
Aug. 29, 2025 By Athena Dawson Hundreds of Queens families gathered at Cunningham Park in Fresh Meadows for a celebration to close out the summer. Assembly Member Nily Rozic’s office, in partnership with Commonpoint, hosted its annual Family Fun Day on Saturday, Aug. 24, at Cunningham Park’s Field T1. The free event brought together…
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,…