Jun. 4, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The City Council’s proposed expansion of the Fair Fares half-priced MetroCard would benefit some 650,000 additional low-income New Yorkers, a new report finds. About 950,000 New Yorkers are currently eligible for Fair Fares, though only about a third of them are actually signed up for the benefit, according…
Jun. 4, 2024 By Bill Parry A Venezuelan migrant is expected to be arraigned Wednesday morning for his alleged involvement in a shootout with police in East Elmhurst during the early morning hours of Monday, June 3. He will be criminally charged from his hospital bed at New York-Presbyterian where he is currently recovering from…
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Jun. 4, 2024 By Athena Dawson Head to Flushing Town Hall this June to hear the uniquely beautiful sounds of Korean traditional music. Seo Jungmin, a renowned Korean gayageum player, will make her New York debut at Flushing Town Hall located at 137-35 Northern Blvd., on Friday, June 21, at 8 p.m. Jungmin pushes the…
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Jun. 4, 2024 By Anthony Medina Queens Community Board 5 — which represents Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale — will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, June 12. A presentation on a planned cleanup of the Newtown Creek Superfund site was scheduled for June 12, but will take place instead on June 10. Newtown Creek is a tidal arm of the…
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Jun. 4, 2024 By Anthony Medina and Paul Frangipane The Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre, a stand-alone neighborhood dance studio in Middle Village, has delighted guests once again with a series of performances from distinguished artists at its annual Queens Outdoor Dance Festival this year. Salvatore LaRussa, the artistic director and choreographer of the Middle Village…
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Jun. 4, 2024 By Athena Dawson Say goodbye to your old electronics! Council Member Linda Lee (D-23) is hosting a free e-waste collection event on Saturday, June 8. The event, which is held in partnership with the Lower East Side Ecology Center, will take place at Alley Athletic Playground’s parking lot, across from 79-25 Winchester…
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Jun. 4, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Episcopal Health Services, located on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, shone brightly at the 1199SEIU (United Healthcare Workers East) Nurse of Distinction Awards on May 10. Dr. Gloria Otoo and Jonas Moriah from St. John’s Episcopal Hospital were honored with top awards, highlighting their exceptional contributions to healthcare. Dr….
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Jun. 4, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Three Andean Bear cubs who were born at Queens Zoo in Flushing earlier this year are now ready for their public debut. Typically, Andean bears only have one to two cubs at a time. But the birth of the three cubs, two males and one female, five months ago…
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Jun. 3, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller New York does not have nearly enough public restrooms, as any resident desperate for relief can attest. But Mayor Eric Adams wants to help flush that problem down the drain with a new effort that he unveiled Monday. Under the plan, dubbed “Ur In Luck,” Adams said the…
Jun. 3, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Real estate brokers in Queens are speaking out against a proposed New York City Council bill to legislate broker fees for residential rentals. The bill, Intro 360, mandates that any representative or agent involved in a residential rental transaction collect their fees from the party that hires them, whether…
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