Mar. 6, 2024 By Anthony Medina The final days of E & J Cards and Gifts store on 56-22 Myrtle Ave. in Ridgewood arrived as quickly as they went for the owners of the 51-year-old establishment. Alan and Valarie Wornian, the happily married couple and long time owners of the shop, announced their retirement in February…
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Mar. 6, 2024 By Czarinna Andres A coalition of nonprofit organizations, local officials and business owners announced on Tuesday their plan to launch a series of monthly community cleanups along Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills. This initiative, which is set to run from March through at least the end of June, aims to bring together the community in a collective effort to enhance the neighborhood’s cleanliness and aesthetic appeal. The collaborative effort includes Metro Village of Forest Hills, Queens Community Board 6, Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi, Council Member Lynn Schulman, state Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr., the Forest Hills Green Team and…
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Mar. 6, 2024 By Adam Daly
The Met Council on Jewish Poverty, America’s largest Jewish charity dedicated to fighting poverty, announced Tuesday that it will distribute $1 million worth of halal food to pantries across the city during Ramadan this year.
Mar. 6, 2024 By Athena Dawson A Queens-based organization that aims to promote education among students from marginalized communities is currently offering scholarships. Empower My Hood Inc., which was formed in 2019 and is based in Queens Village, has opened up applications for its third annual EMH Community Scholarship. High school students are eligible for…
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Mar. 6, 2024 By Anthony Medina Queens Community Board 5 — which represents Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale — will listen to plans for an Animal Care Centers of New York opening a location in Ridgewood among other topics at its upcoming meeting on Wednesday, March 13. The agenda for the March meeting consists…
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Mar. 6, 2024 By Dean Moses
The NYPD honored on Tuesday numerous transit cops who, police brass say, performed acts of heroism in and out of the subway system.
Mar. 6, 2024 By Anthony Medina York College Interim President Dr. Claudia Schrader steps into her new role at the City University of New York with a fresh hands-on approach to leadership and an overarching focus on creating a better sense of community on campus. The summation of Schrader’s first few months at York is…
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Mar. 5, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Major felonies, shootings and overall crimes in the transit system dropped in February 2024, according to NYPD statistics released Tuesday afternoon. The department reported a 1.1% decrease in major felonies month-over-month between February 2023 and February 2024. Murders decreased by 22.2%, with 21 homicides reported last month, down…
Mar. 5, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Southeast Queens man was convicted on Monday of murdering and dismembering a woman—in a grisly act thought to be inspired by the TV Show “Dexter”—as part of a fraudulent scheme to collect $200,000 in life insurance benefits.
Rep. Tom Suozzi, who defeated Nassau County Legislator Mazi Melesa Pilip (R-Great Neck) in the special election to replace disgraced former Rep. George Santos in New York’s Third Congressional District on Feb. 13, took office on Feb. 28.