Dec. 10, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Get ’em while you still can! The MTA is now selling limited edition MetroCards featuring iconic New York content creators through a partnership with social media giant Instagram. The new cards are the last of their kind as the state agency moves toward using OMNY, a contactless way…
Dec. 10, 2024 By Colum Motherway Paul Pogozelski, a dedicated small business owner and community activist, is gearing up for his campaign to represent District 30 on the New York City Council in 2025. With a passion for his neighborhood and its residents, Pogozelski officially launched his campaign, “Paul4NYC,” last month, marking the beginning…
Dec. 10, 2024 By Athena Dawson Jamaica residents can now ‘run on Dunkin’ at a newly remodeled store that opened last week. Representatives from the Jamaica Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins, local residents, and members of the NYPD’s Queens South Community Affairs Section 103 gathered to celebrate the grand reopening of the newly remodeled Dunkin’ Baskin-Robbins…
Dec. 9, 2024 By Jada Camille A coalition of housing advocates and renters launched on Monday “Tenants Not Tourists,” a campaign to challenge New York City Council’s recent introduction of a bill that critics say threatens to exacerbate the city’s housing crisis. During a heated rally outside of City Hall on Dec. 9, the…
Dec. 9, 2024 By Colum Motherway Two sisters opened a new establishment in Kew Gardens, honoring their Indian roots. Sisters, Krutika and Pragati Khatri, achieved their ‘family dream’ last month after opening Nabhya Indian Restaurant and Bar located at 120-85 83rd Ave. The new restaurant replaces Eternity, a ‘modern Indian’ eatery that opened in…
Dec. 9, 2024 By Athena Dawson A local church in Far Rockaway is hosting a festive holiday sing-along this weekend, just in time for Christmas. The Far Rockaway Community Church of the Nazarene is presenting Handel’s Messiah and Christmas carol sing-along at their church, located at 14-14 Central Avene. The Central Presbyterian Church of…
Dec. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is now searching for two vandals who scrawled a swastika on the front of the Elmhurst Educational Campus just south of the Long Island Rail Road tracks back in September. Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst reported that on the night…
Dec. 9, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The holidays came early for two lucky Flushing residents. The New York Lottery announced on Sunday that two winning Powerball tickets were sold in Flushing for the Dec. 7 drawing, one of which is worth a staggering $256 million. The jackpot-winning ticket was sold at Hua Lian Supermarket,…
Dec. 9, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled on Monday a proposal to give 8.6 million New Yorkers stimulus checks of between $300 and $500 to offset the strain of inflation in recent years. Hochul, during a Dec. 9 press conference at the Bronx’s Co-Op City housing complex, said that under her…
Dec. 9, 2024 By Max Parrott A Jamaica-based business development and management consulting firm hosted a networking event in Jamaica last week aimed at supporting local construction businesses. R.F. Wilkins Consultants hosted a strategy and networking event on Wednesday night to equip construction-related business owners with the knowledge to scale their businesses to the…