May. 22, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Approximately one month after being provided with housing at Bayside’s Anchor Inn motel, the 122 male migrants were transferred to a new shelter in Staten Island on May 14 in order to make room for migrant families. Among those sent to Staten Island were six migrants who had already…
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MTA proposes raising subway, bus fare to $2.90 by Labor Day
May. 22, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA on Monday proposed raising subway, bus, and paratransit fares to $2.90 by Labor Day — the first time the base fare would go up since it went to $2.75 in 2015. The 15-cent fare hike, which is not finalized, will be subject to public hearings in…
Resorts World NYC sponsors Big Apple Honor Flight for veterans
May. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry Resorts World New York City recently sponsored the third Big Apple Honor Flight, the mission that transports veterans from the five boroughs to Washington, D.C., on one-day trips to visit the memorials built in their honor. The day trips are provided at no cost to the veterans and top…
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Winning Take 5 lottery ticket worth more than $19K sold in Ridgewood
May. 22, 2023 By Anthony Medina The New York Lottery announced a top-prize winning ticket for the May 20 Take 5 Midday drawing was sold in Ridgewood. The winning ticket, worth $19,326.50, was sold at Drink Wine N Liquor INC, on 4705 Metropolitan Ave. in Ridgewood, according to the New York Lottery. TAKE 5 numbers…
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Bay Terrace Shopping Center to again host car shows featuring Jackie DeLuca and the Queens Classic Car Club
May. 22, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Cord Meyer Development Company will present seven car shows from the Queens Classic Car Club throughout the summer at the Bay Terrace Shopping Center. Shows will run every other Tuesday from May 30 to Aug. 22, from 5 to 9:00 p.m. There is no registration required. In addition to…
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F train rider assaulted by three men in Sutphin Boulevard subway station: NYPD
May. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows and Transit District 20 are looking for three brutes who allegedly beat up an F train rider and attempted to rob him in the Sutphin Boulevard subway station earlier this month. As the 43-year-old victim was entering the mezzanine at the…
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St. Albans man killed after crashing his motorcycle in Ozone Park: NYPD
May. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry A St. Albans man was fatally injured when he wiped out on his motorcycle on North Conduit Avenue in Ozone Park on Friday, May 19. Police from the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle just after noon…
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Op-Ed: Queens restaurants like mine may disappear if city doesn’t fix delivery worker minimum wage
May. 22, 2023 By Myo Thway
Back in 2016, we opened our business, Burmese Bites, as a stall in the Queens Night Market selling just two items, before eventually growing to operate a food cart in Long Island City.
Queens Hospital Intensive Care Unit receives Beacon Award for excellence
May. 22, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed NYC Health+Hospital/Queens’ Intensive Care Unit (ICU) received a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), the largest specialty nursing organization in the world representing more than half a million acute and critical care nurses. Established in 2003, the Beacon Award for Excellence…
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Bayside pizzeria donates $600 to Little Neck-Douglaston Little League baseball program
May. 22, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The players and coaches from the Little Neck-Douglaston (LND) Little League program gathered at Gino’s Pizzeria in Bayside on May 16 to celebrate the restaurant’s generous $600 donation to the team. The event was organized LND general manager Nicholas Singh. Since Singh took over LND alongside Ariel De La…
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