Jan. 30, 2024 By Rachel Butler A former professor at Queens College in Flushing who was laid off earlier this month along with 23 other faculty members, said the bad news came as no surprise. Malcolm MacDougall III, 34, who had taught sculpture at Queens College since 2016, was among the 24 faculty members at…
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Lewis Latimer House Museum launches contest for school children to celebrate Black History Month
Jan. 30, 2024 By Rachel Butler A local Queens museum has launched a creative contest for school children in kindergarten through twelfth grade to celebrate Black History Month. The Lewis Latimer House Museum in Flushing, which celebrates the life and work of the African American poet, inventor and artist Lewis Latimer, is inviting school children…
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Shoeless man breaks into two St. Albans commercial businesses making off with more than $10K in cash: NYPD
Jan. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a shoeless burglar who targeted two commercial businesses in St. Albans in less than a half hour last week.
Affordable housing lottery opens in Kew Gardens, rent starts at $1,522 a month
Jan. 30, 2024 By Ethan Marshall A total of 13 affordable units are up for grabs at the Metropolitan Senior Apartments in Kew Gardens, with monthly rents ranging from $1,522-$1,937. The affordable units are part of an 8-story mixed-use building at 132-77 Metropolitan Ave. In total there will be 40 residences in the building, with 27 being market rate. The city has opened a lottery for the 13 affordable units. Two of them are studio, eight are one-bedroom and three are two-bedroom. All 13 affordable units are for residents earning 80% of the area median income (AMI). The area median…
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Crunching the Queens crime numbers: Major crimes increased slightly in first month of new year compared to 2023
Jan. 30, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The total number of major crimes across Queens during the first month of 2024 remained mostly static compared to the totals from January 2023, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. During the 28-day period from Jan. 1-28, the total number of major crimes increased…
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Op-Ed: JFK’s $19 billion transformation to bring unprecedented community benefits and economic opportunities to airport’s neighbors thanks to advisory council
Jan. 30, 2024 By Gregory W. Meeks and Donovan Richards, Jr. As lifelong residents of Queens, we are proud that our borough – home to JFK International Airport – has for more than 75 years served as the nation’s front-door to the world. But for too many of those years, we have often felt more…
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BMW driver carjacked in Glendale by armed men who are wanted for a string of gunpoint robberies across the borough: NYPD
Jan. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood are searching for four men who allegedly carjacked a 64-year-old man in Glendale on the night of Sunday, Jan. 14.
Early voting for special election of New York’s third congressional district starts Feb. 3
Jan. 30, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Early voting for the special election for New York’s third congressional district will begin Saturday, Feb. 3 and will run through Feb. 11. Voters in the district, which covers eastern Queens and the northern section of Long Island, will have several voting sites to choose from as they cast…
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Op-Ed: How many more stops must we endure?
Jan. 30, 2024 By Candace Prince-Modeste and Audrey Robertson When Mayor Adams took office in 2022, he promised to prioritize transparency and increase access to government services for all New Yorkers. Transparency and accountability are important because every community deserves to know how city government is working to meet their needs. This must be a…
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Op-Ed | The state of our city: You can make it here
Jan. 30, 2024 By amNewYork
Last week, in the Bronx, the borough where hip hop was born, I reported to New Yorkers on the state of our city.