Sep. 23, 2024 By Athena Dawson Local elected officials, water safety advocates and families of drowning victims gathered on Friday, Sept 20, to honor the lives of seven New Yorkers who drowned this summer. Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Members Selvena Brooks-Powers, Joann Ariola and Shekar Krishnan attended the solemn event in Far Rockaway. Friday’s…
Sep. 23, 2024 By Czarinna Andres and Ramy Mahmoud It was a parade that was truly out of this world! Last Saturday, Sept. 14, Far Rockaway’s annual Dog Parade transformed the beach as dogs and their families strutted down the boardwalk in costumes. The event kicked off at 11 a.m. at Beach 108th Street,…
Sep. 23, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan A pilot program allowing American travelers to renew their passports online will now become a permanent fixture following its success. U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, who pushed the State Department to address long passport processing times last year, announced on Friday that the program is now fully operational. While…
Sep. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry A Flushing woman faces 25 years to life in prison after being convicted of murder on Friday for killing her immigration attorney in 2022. The attorney had dropped her as a client shortly before she fatally stabbed him. Xiaoning Zhang,27, of Kissena Boulevard, was found guilty by a…
Sep. 22, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA’s $68 billion capital plan, unveiled last week, proposes starting construction on the Interborough Express (IBX), the potentially transformative light rail link between Brooklyn and Queens, within this decade. The 2025-29 capital plan, the transit agency’s overarching five-year spending priorities for maintenance, renewal, and expansion, includes $2.75 billion…
Sep. 22, 2024 By Dean Moses Police are on the hunt for a pervert who spat on and groped a schoolgirl in Queens on Friday, authorities said. According to police sources, a 12-year-old girl was walking to school on Sept. 20 along 71st Street and 54th Avenue, near P.S./I.S. 73 in Maspeth, at around…
Sep. 22, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld Mets owner Steve Cohen has unveiled detailed new renderings of his proposed Metropolitan Park complex near Queens’ Citi Field — which would house a new casino as well as parks, restaurants, and shopping areas — even as the project faces rough political headwinds. Cohen, the billionaire hedge fund…
Sep. 21, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki A Queens woman was arrested Friday night for allegedly stabbing her husband to death during an apparent domestic dispute, police reported on Saturday. Lai Chun Ho, 74, was charged with allegedly killing Kuen Tat Ho, 76, inside the home they shared on the 2300 block of 120th Street…
Sep. 20, 2024 Athena Dawson A group of talented, young singers from Queens performed at the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 17. U.S. Rep. Grace Meng arranged for the Bayside-based Korean Youth American Choir of New York (KAYCNY) to perform at the first White House celebration marking the Korean holiday Chuseok. The 13 talented…
Sep. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry A Woodhaven motorcyclist died nearly two weeks after he crashed into a concrete wall and was thrown off the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge in Rockaway Beach late last month, the NYPD announced on Thursday. Adolfo Gallego, 35, of 78th Street near Jamaica Avenue, succumbed to his injuries…