Jan. 18, 2024 By Dean Moses
The Queens serial stabbing suspect was picked up Wednesday night following a citywide manhunt for attacking at least five victims may be tied to additional assaults, police sources said.
Jan. 18, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The developers who plan to build a soccer stadium, affordable housing, retail space, open space, an elementary school and a hotel in Willets Point have purchased additional land where the ambitious project is slated to go. NYCFC, Sterling Equities and Related purchased two parcels in Willets Point for $12.3…
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Jan. 17, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Queens had more foreclosures than any other borough in 2023, accounting for 39% of all cases across the city, according to a report by the real estate firm PropertyShark. Of the 1,620 foreclosures in New York City in 2023, 631 of them were in Queens, including 50 in Elmhurst. The Queens…
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Jan. 17, 2024 By Rachel Butler The South Asian Council for Social Services (SACSS), located in Flushing, recently celebrated the second graduating class of its Stitch with SACSS program, which teaches South Asian immigrant women how to sew so they can use this skill to become financially independent. State Assembly Member Nily Rozic attended a…
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Jan. 17, 2024 By Anthony Medina Morscher’s Pork Store, an iconic German and Polish butcher shop in Ridgewood, has stood the test of time for decades—but no more. Despite being a historic piece of Ridgewood, the 58-44 Catalpa Ave. store is slated to close for good on Feb. 3. Herbert (Herbie) Morscher, one of three…
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Jan. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry, Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki Police have apprehended the Queens stabbing spree suspect who was the subject of a day-long citywide manhunt Wednesday. Sources familiar with the investigation told amNY Wednesday night that the yet-to-be identified perp had been arrested at an undisclosed Queens location. Officers recovered a…
Jan. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry
The New York Blood Center declared a donor emergency on Jan. 11, following a holiday season of low donor turnout and recent inclement winter weather.
Jan. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 92-year-old woman fell victim to a larcenous couple in Lindenwood last month and police from the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park are still searching for the suspects who remain at large.
Jan. 17, 2024 By Rabbi Marc Schneier The image is chilling in its overt and malevolent celebration of the brutal Hamas attack of October 7, in which more than 1,200 Israeli civilians died. Released by the national office of Black Lives Matter (BLM) in Chicago and featured on X, with the slogan “I Stand With Palestine,” the meme portrays a Hamas fighter on a paraglider on his way to participate in the murderous mission last fall. Separately, The Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of more than 50 Black liberationist organizations – including BLM – released a statement condemning “the…
Jan. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry
With NYPD aviation overhead and police flooding the streets of Springfield Gardens on Wednesday morning, a manhunt was on for a suspect who allegedly stabbed two men near the intersection of Guy R. Brewer Boulevard and 134th Avenue at around 7:30 a.m.