Mar. 17, 2023 By Ethan Marshall St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children on March 17 received a $50,000 grant from the Marilyn Lichtman Foundation for a new Trexo Plus device that will allow children with Cerebral Palsy and other mobility difficulties to experience independent walking. The Trexo Plus device gently moves a child’s legs in…
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Mar. 17, 2023 By amNY News As if the saga of George Santos wasn’t bad enough for New York politics, along came Assembly Member Juan Ardila. The freshman lawmaker was exposed last week in several published reports for sexually assaulting two women during a party at Fordham University in Manhattan nearly eight years ago. …
Mar. 17, 2023 By Julia Moro After 14 years of service, widely beloved District 24 Superintendent Madelene Chan is retiring. Members of the community, students and the Department of Education (DOE) all had nothing but amazing things to say about the longtime educator. District 24 covers schools in Ridgewood, Maspeth, Glendale, Middle Village, Elmhurst, Corona,…
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Mar. 17, 2023 By Catalina Cruz and Theo Oshiro Every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live. No tenant should be worried about whether their landlord will evict them next month or if their rent will increase to an unconscionable amount without notice. But that’s precisely the reality facing too many Queens tenants…
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Mar. 17, 2023 By Bill Parry Mayor Eric Adams delivered remarks to hundreds of business and community leaders during the Queens Chamber of Commerce’s annual St. Patrick’s Day luncheon at Antun’s in Queens Village on March 15. He set the tone for the occasion by speaking of the Irish immigrants who helped build New York…
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Mar. 17, 2023 By Bill Parry The City Council voted unanimously to approve legislation sponsored by Councilwomen Joann Arola and Selvena Brooks-Powers to amend the city charter to create a marine debris disposal and vessel surrendering office. This will make it easier to clear the city’s shores of derelict boats often abandoned in the outer…
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Mar. 17, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Police are searching for the crooks behind two separate armed robberies that took place in Rite Aid stores in Queens and Brooklyn over the last two months. Police say the suspects first hit a Rite Aid in South Richmond Hill in February. On Feb. 17, at approximately 11 p.m.,…
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Mar. 17, 2023 By Maggie Wong
While March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day, the Irish-themed celebrations will continue in Queens next weekend with the Bayside St. Patrick’s Day Parade, scheduled for March 25.
Mar. 16, 2023 By Bill Parry An Auburndale man on March 16 was officially charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of his mother inside their home last month, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Dennis Cho, 20, of 191st Street, was arraigned before Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael Aloise on a seven-count indictment…
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Mar. 16, 2023 By Bill Parry A Manhattan man on Thursday, March 16, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sex trafficking a teenage girl for several days inside a Flushing hotel in 2021, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Quan Raheem Booker, 30, of Seventh Avenue, pleaded guilty in November to sex…
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