Sep. 6, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Robberies, burglaries and other property crimes are dropping across Queens, according to a review of recent crime statistics covering the end of August and the start of September. The NYPD released its crime stats for its precincts in northern and southern Queens during the week of Aug. 28 to…
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Sep. 6, 2023 By Bill Parry
Sep. 6, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed City Councilwoman Selvena Brooks-Powers and NYC Health+Hospitals CEO Mitchell Katz on Tuesday, Sept. 5 announced the launch of the official website for the Far Rockaway Trauma Healthcare Access Task Force. The website, rockawaytraumacare.nyc, details the activities of the task force to date and features recordings of the group’s meetings…
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Sep. 6, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Queens 3rd Congressional District candidate and former NYPD detective Michael Sapraicone discussed why he believes Rikers Island should remain open, despite plans for New York City to close the prison in the near future. He believes the conditions within the prison need to be improved, including how the incarcerated…
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Sep. 6, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed As the summer comes to a close and families prepare for the new school year, Councilwoman Lynn Schulman hosted a successful back-to-school backpack giveaway event in Forest Hills on Aug. 30. The event was a joint effort involving several esteemed partners, including District Attorney Melinda Katz, Queens Center Mall,…
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Sep. 5, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A 67-year-old man is dead and three others — including his wife and two young grandchildren — are injured after a vehicle collision in Glen Oaks on Tuesday, Sept. 5, according to authorities. The victim, police say, was loading groceries into his parked car at 260th Street and 73rd Avenue…
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Sep. 5, 2023 By Bill Parry Jamaica resident Stephen Giraldo pleaded guilty in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 5, to attempted murder charges for slamming into his estranged wife with his SUV and then stabbing her in the presence of their three children who witnessed the assault as passengers in their father’s vehicle. The mother survived the attack but has not regained consciousness since the December 2022 assault and remains under care, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Giraldo, 36, of 144th Street in Jamaica, pleaded guilty to attempted murder before Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael Yavinsky who…
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Sep. 5, 2023 By Gabriele Holtermann Closing out the unofficial end of summer, Far Rockaway residents were jamming to “Reggae on the Boardwalk” at the Rockaway Beach Amphitheatre at Shore Front Parkway at Beach 94th Street on Sept. 3. The event was part of the “Queens Live!” free concert series, presented by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and produced in partnership with NYC Parks and the Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College, celebrating the popular Jamaican genre. Ahead of the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn, New York, DJs Sir Tommy, WiFiOG, Jah Earl, Baddamon, Amy Wachtel and…
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Sep. 5, 2023 By Bill Parry Emmy award-winning reporter and NY1 anchor Ruschell Boone died Sunday due to complications related to pancreatic cancer, according to the new station where she worked for more than 21 years, mostly covering Queens. She was 48. From covering the devastation from Superstorm Sandy more than two decades ago, to the powderkeg that followed as the city converted the Pan Am Hotel in Elmhurst into a shelter for homeless families in 2014 to being the only TV reporter in the room when she told a young Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that she had defeated Congressman Joe Crowley…
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Sep. 5, 2023 By Aidan Graham Indicted Republican Congress Member George Santos may be negotiating a plea deal amid his ongoing legal troubles, as prosecutors have sought to delay an upcoming court hearing to discuss “possible paths forward in this matter.” The notorious pol, who has been caught in numerous and wide-ranging lies about…