Dec. 20, 2023 by Jill Carvajal Senator Kirsten Gillibrand doesn’t shy away from a big fight. She is chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, and she also serves on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senate Agriculture Committee, and Senate Aging Committee. Senator Gillibrand talks about her professional journey, her plans to […]
Dec. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry
FDNY fire marshals are working to determine the cause of a house fire in Ozone Park on Tuesday night.
Dec. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry
The FDNY battled a two-alarm fire at a Richmond Hill machine shop on Tuesday night and fire marshals are investigating its cause.
Dec. 20, 2023 By Heather Cassell Astoria Food Pantry is thriving after the all-volunteer mutual aid organization launched in response to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Macaela Sears, a queer non-binary 34-year-old who started the food project when the pandemic hit New York City, said Astoria Food Pantry is thriving three years later. “The need has only gotten greater,” Sears said.”We’ve seen more and more neighbors needing food assistance” and the people seeking help are “a lot of folks who have never needed it before.” A core group of 20 volunteers and an army of community members […]
Dec. 20, 2023 By Anthony Medina Reliant on nothing but the kindness and generosity of Queens residents, Community Board 9 accomplished its goal of distributing hundreds of toys to families in Ozone Park on Saturday, Dec 16. Inside Elizabeth Blackwell Middle School, located at 93-11 101st Ave., Community Board 9 worked together with the Queens…
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Dec. 19, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Circus Vazquez, one of the country’s longest-running circuses, has returned to Citi Field for another series of performances. This year marks the 54th year of Circus Vazquez and its 21st year in New York City. The circus will be performing at Citi Field each day until Jan. 7. The…
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Dec. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry
A Floral Park man was criminally charged with voter fraud for allegedly submitting falsified absentee ballot applications for the Democratic primary election in August 2022, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.
Dec. 19, 2023 By Rachel Butler The leaders of a coalition of 14 eastern Queens civic associations announced their opposition last week to the Creedmoor Development plan that Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled Dec. 6 The group argues that the plan, which calls for 2,873 apartments spread across the sprawling Creedmoor Psychiatric Center site, includes residential buildings…
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Dec. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry City University of New York Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez announced the appointment of Dr. Claudia V. Schrader to serve as interim president of York College in Jamaica to succeed Dr. Bernecea Johnson Eanes, who will be stepping down to become president of Cal State Los Angeles. Dr. Schrader has served as president of Kingsborough Community College since September 2018 and has held leadership roles in three CUNY schools and worked more than 20 years in the system. Her appointment will be effective Jan, 8, 2024, pending approval of the CUNY Board of Trustees….
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Dec. 19, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The number of reported felony assault cases in Queens has increased over the last month when compared to the same period in 2022, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD on Monday. Felony assault cases have increased in both northern and southern Queens for the 28-day period from Nov. 20 through Dec. 17, compared to the same 28-day period last year. In northern Queens, felony assault cases over the 28-day period went up 15%, from 167 last year to 192 this year. The numbers also jumped in southern Queens, up 8.4%, from…
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