Apr. 20, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Two more classes of NYPD recruits will be added this spring and summer, bringing the department rank-and-file to near its highest headcount in the coming year, Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Edward Caban announced on Saturday. Hizzoner credited strong fiscal management and a stronger-than-expected economic rebound for…
Apr. 20, 2024 By Athena Dawson Queens College officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Apr. 16 to celebrate the grand opening of its newest CUNY Citizenship Now! office, which has opened in the Student Union building on the Flushing-based campus. The office, like the dozens of others in the CUNY system, aims to help immigrants…
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Apr. 20, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Police officers in Queens shot and killed a man who apparently refused their commands to drop a weapon on Saturday morning, law enforcement sources said. The incident happened at about 4:11 a.m. on April 20 near the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 103rd Street in Corona, on the…
Apr. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry A Rockaway Park man was criminally charged with a slew of crimes after an arsenal of more than 30 firearms, including ghost guns and assault weapons, was uncovered along with thousands of rounds of ammunition and other weapons-related paraphernalia were seized during a raid at his home on Beach…
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Apr. 19, 2024 By Athena Dawson Stacy Bliagos, executive director of HANAC, an Astoria-based Hellenic non-profit organization, spoke exclusively to QNS about the organization’s dedication to helping Queens’ most vulnerable residents. Originally founded in 1972 by reporter George Douris, the Hellenic American Neighborhood Action Committee (HANAC) is a social services organization based out of Astoria…
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Apr. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from two Queens NYPD precincts are looking for an armed robber who targeted 7-Eleven stores in three different neighborhoods in just over an hour during the early morning of Wednesday, Apr. 17.
Apr. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 22-year-old Jamaica Estates man was beaten and robbed in broad daylight three blocks west of Cunningham Park on Saturday, and police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for the suspects who attacked him with a baseball bat.
Apr. 19, 2024 By Anthony Medina The St. Matthias Catholic Academy, a faith-based educational institution that has been serving families in Ridgewood and the surrounding neighborhoods for 114 years, is slated to close, and its supporters are looking for a miracle to keep it open. The school is scheduled to permanently close in June due…
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Apr. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry Around fifty restaurant and small business owners from Corona, Jackson Heights, and East Elmhurst signed a letter asking state Senator Jessica Ramos to support the $8 billion Metropolitan Park proposal from New York Mets owner Steve Cohen and Hard Rock International to build a casino and entertainment complex on…
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Apr. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Springfield Gardens man was sentenced to 19 years in prison Thursday for attempted murder in the shooting of a 25-year-old man at the Kew Motor Inn and firing at a second man who managed to escape in September 2022.