Aug. 15, 2023 By Mayor Eric Adams New York City is home to people from all over the world. We may eat different foods and speak different languages, but in the end, we all want things: jobs, good schools for our children, public safety, and a chance to live the American Dream. A central…
Aug. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry While it remains difficult to pinpoint the exact number of illegal smoke shops and unlicensed cannabis dispensaries that have proliferated across Queens, it is estimated that more than 8,000 are operating citywide. On Monday a new law was enacted that gives the authorities the power to fine landlords for…
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Aug. 15, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed In response to the rapidly growing opioid overdose crisis among the Bukharian Jewish community in Queens, the UJA-Federation of NY has launched a new initiative to provide 12 community-based institutions with free Narcan kits. This first-of-its-kind initiative brings together The Jewish Board, a licensed Narcan provider, with the local…
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Aug. 15, 2023 By Anthony Medina In addition to a rough year for recruiting new members so far, the 104th Precinct Civilian Observation Patrol (104COP) is experiencing yet another hardship regarding its finances. During the general membership meeting held inside Christ The King High School in Middle Village on Thursday, Aug. 10, President Elizabeth Delacruz…
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Aug. 14, 2023 By Anthony Medina The SiriusXM and Pandora event “For The Love: 50 Years of Hip-Hop” featured the legendary hip-hop group the Wu-Tang Clan exclusively at the Knockdown Center in Maspeth for one night only on Thursday, Aug. 10. As part of a series of celebrations across the city, in recognition hip-hop’s golden…
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Aug. 14, 2023 By Bill Parry When St. Albans’ favorite son LL Cool J brought his Rock The Bells Festival to Forest Hills Stadium on Aug. 5, he was just over a mile away from where a unique eight-foot-tall bronze sculpture of him stood until recently in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Astoria-based sculptor Sherwin Banfield…
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Aug. 14, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 104th Precinct are searching for two perpetrators who broke into a Maspeth home in broad daylight last weekend. Police say the two unidentified thieves broke into the home of a 58-year-old man at approximately 1:50 p.m., in the vicinity of 70th Street and 52nd Drive, on…
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Aug. 14, 2023 By Christian Murray New Yorkers are likely to see golf-cart sized cargo bikes hit the streets later this year under a plan unveiled by the Department of Transportation Monday. The DOT plans to amend a local law that would make way for four-wheeled pedal-assisted cargo bikes that are up to four…
Aug. 14, 2023 By Bill Parry An elderly woman was struck and killed on the Cross Island Parkway in Rosedale early Monday morning after she was walking on the highway, according to an NYPD spokeswoman. Police from the 105th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a pedestrian struck just after 5 a.m. on Aug….
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Aug. 14, 2023 By Bill Parry The sounds of Argentine and Italian classics echoed across the Hillcrest campus of St. John’s University as the Queens Symphony Orchestra performed at the school’s 23rd annual Great Lawn Summer Concert on the evening of Aug. 8. Alumni joined with members of University administration and the public for what…
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