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.
Jun. 12, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Congressman Tom Suozzi was part of a bipartisan congressional delegation that joined President Joe Biden in Normandy, France, earlier last week to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The eastern Queens representative, who also represents Nassau County, was among thousands around the world who commemorated the anniversary of the…
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Jun. 12, 2024 By Emily Swanson U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who represents parts of Queens and the South Bronx, hosted a June 10 livestreamed conversation on antisemitism and its undermining effects on American democracy. According to Ocasio-Cortez, while Jewish people are the target of religious and racial prejudice, they are also the subject of a…
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Jun. 12, 2024 By Dean Moses Arguments over a failed business venture allegedly led a Queens man to shoot his mother and brother, killing his sibling, before taking his own life last week, police officials said. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Karamjit Multani, 33, shot his brother Vipanpal Multani, 27, nine times…
Jun. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry
Henry “Hank” Krumholz, a pioneering gay rights activist in Queens, passed away on Sunday in his Flushing apartment at the age of 73.
Jun. 12, 2024 By Czarinna Andres and Anthony Medina Two candidate forums were recently held for candidates vying for the New York State Assembly District 37 seat. The Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association held its candidate forum on Thursday, June 6, in Ridgewood. Days later, on Tuesday, June 11, the Western Queens Independent Democratic…
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Jun. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 113th Precinct in Jamaica are searching for two gunmen who opened fire on a teen and another man in Springfield Gardens on Tuesday evening.