Oct. 9, 2020 By Michael Dorgan An annual event celebrating the best of Sunnyside’s restaurants can be enjoyed from the comfort of your home when it launches this month. The eight annual Sunnyside Restaurant Week kicks off on Oct. 21, and this year several participating restaurants are providing delivery and takeout options for customers. In… Read more »
Oct. 8, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A Queens man who allegedly stabbed his 45-year-old wife to death inside their Jackson Heights apartment has been indicted for murder. Carmelo Mendoza, 41, allegedly killed Yaquelin Collado during the early hours of July 3 inside their 34th Road home after the pair got into a heated argument. He… Read more »
Oct. 7, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Queens Council Member Costa Constantinides wants the city to provide a concrete plan for all public school students to be taught remotely following an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The Astoria lawmaker said the recent increase in coronavirus cases means that all public schools are on course to being shut… Read more »
Oct. 7, 2020, By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly assaulted a 32-year-old woman on a 7 train as it was approaching the Flushing-Main Street subway station last month. The perpetrator got into a dispute with the woman while they were both riding an eastbound 7 train as it was pulling… Read more »
Oct. 5, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Queens Council Member Bob Holden is looking to repeal recently-passed legislation that bans the NYPD from using chokeholds. Holden said the anti-chokehold legislation – which made it a misdemeanor when cops use methods of restraints like chokeholds and kneeling on a suspect’s back – hampers officers from doing their… Read more »
Oct. 5, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for three suspects who robbed a married couple in Astoria Saturday night and stole their cash and credit cards. The group surrounded a 43-year-old man and his 35-year-old wife as they were walking in front of 14-14 26th Ave. at around 10:20 p.m., according to police…. Read more »
Oct. 5, 2020 By Michael Dorgan The third annual Astoria Film Festival launched Thursday and it will include an expanded line up of movies made by emerging local and international filmmakers. The festival will include a mix of nearly 100 short films and web series that can be viewed virtually and at various locations throughout… Read more »
Oct. 5, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A woman is dead and two others are in critical condition after a seaplane they were traveling in crashed into a concrete pier in Whitestone Sunday. Maggie O Neill, 61, died after the single-engine Cessna slammed into a pier at Riverside Drive and 158th Street at around 3 p.m…. Read more »
Oct. 2, 2020 By Michael Dorgan More than three dozen “affordable” apartments in a newly constructed building in Long Island City are up for grabs through the city’s affordable housing lottery. The building, called “The Cove,” is located at 43-12 Hunter St. and 37 “affordable” housing units are available for those who earn at least… Read more »
Oct. 2 2020 By Michael Dorgan Video footage has emerged of a motorist spitting at a female cyclist in Astoria Wednesday afternoon after the pair got into a heated confrontation. In the video, which was shot and tweeted by the cyclist, the driver can be seen in the freshly-painted bike lane on Crescent Street blocking… Read more »