May. 21, 2024 By Athena Dawson and Czarinna Andres This Sunday, May 26, the Greater New York Jewish community will gather for a grand parade and street fair to celebrate Jewish Pride and solidarity with Israel. Queens residents are encouraged to join the Great Parade and align with the Chabad of Northeast Queens contingent. The…
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May. 21, 2024 By Athena Dawson The Belmont Racetrack reboot has been hailed as a “Project of Regional Significance” by the Long Island Regional Planning Council (LIRPC). The $455 million project for the Belmont Park racetrack in Elmont, near the Queens-Nassau County border, was given the designation after a presentation from developer Michael Dubb, who…
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May. 21, 2024 By Anthony Medina and Lloyd Mitchell An organized march and rally took place on Sunday, May 19, with hundreds of residents taking to the streets of Ridgewood and Brooklyn, calling for an end to the killing of Palestinians and a resolution to the conflict. The unified Pro-Palestine demonstration was held just days…
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May. 21, 2024 By Mayor Eric Adams New York City is in the middle of an economic boom, breaking record after record when it comes to creating jobs and opportunity. Just last week, we celebrated another record high for private-sector jobs in our city, with unemployment falling to 4.8 percent. There is also good news…
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May. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry
Two men riding a moped in Elmhurst were killed by a driver whose vehicle burst into flames after crashing into two cars parked near Crowley Playground on Sunday morning.
May. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry and Lloyd Mitchell
The FDNY rescued two construction workers who were injured during a trench collapse at a home in South Ozone Park Monday morning.
May. 20, 2024 By Athena Dawson This year’s election for the coveted spot on the Queens Surrogate’s Court bench is down to two judges, Cassandra Johnson and Wendy Li. Johnson, a lifelong Queens resident, is vying for a position that involves ruling on cases pertaining to wills, estates and deeds across Queens. She believes that…
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May. 20, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan One year after a student was struck by a car at the intersection in front of a Flushing elementary school, elected officials joined students to celebrate the installation of a new traffic signal they collectively advocated for. Each day, approximately 800 students safely pass through the front doors of…
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May. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry
An administrator at John Adams High School in Ozone Park was arrested on campus Wednesday for allegedly stroking the inner thigh of a 15-year-old student on Monday and then showing pornographic images of himself to her the following day.
May. 19, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld and Lloyd Mitchell
A 22-year-old man was fatally struck Sunday morning by an NYPD vehicle as he attempted to cross the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens.