Aug. 13, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A 35-year-old woman used her cell phone to fend off a would-be rapist during an assault on a Flushing street last month. The woman was walking by Kissena Park on July 26 at around 9 p.m. when the suspect approached her and, speaking in Mandarin, asked her several times… Read more »
Aug. 12, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a man who burglarized a Malaysian restaurant in Flushing early Monday and took off with cash. Police said the suspect broke through the front door of Curry Leaves, located at 135-31 40th Rd., just before 3 a.m. The thief then went to register and stole… Read more »
Aug, 12 2020 By Michael Dorgan A new report has revealed that the number of residential real estate sales in Queens plunged during the second quarter although sales prices in the borough increased. The report, conducted by real-estate data provider PropertyShark, analyzed all residential sales that closed in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx between… Read more »
Aug. 11, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Two Queens lawmakers have introduced a bill that aims to preserve the buildings on the Lefferts Boulevard Bridge in Kew Gardens and protect small businesses situated on it from being evicted. The near 100-year-old bridge has fallen into disrepair in recent years and repairs are needed to the storefronts… Read more »
Aug. 11, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a man who allegedly choked and robbed two elderly women in their Queens apartment lobbies in two separate incidents. The suspect first struck on July 28 when he followed a 72-year-old woman into her apartment building in the vicinity of 64th Avenue and 98th Street… Read more »
Aug 11, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A popular chocolatier was burglarized early Sunday morning as the number of reported burglaries in the precinct rises. Aigner Chocolates, located at 103-02 Metropolitan Ave., was broken into at around 5:15 a.m. when a suspect smashed through a glass window on the side of the building to gain entry,… Read more »
Aug. 10 2020 By Michael Dorgan More than 300 people marched through Corona Sunday demanding that New York’s billionaires pay more taxes to help the cash-strapped state get through the current economic crisis. The protesters were calling on the ultra-rich to pay more to ensure that the state isn’t forced to cut services given the… Read more »
Aug. 10, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for two suspects who burglarized a public school in Briarwood Wednesday. Police said that the two suspects, a man and a woman, broke into P.S. 117 The Joyce Keld/Briarwood School located at 85-15 143rd St. on Aug. 5 at around 4:45 a.m. The pair had jumped… Read more »
Aug. 8, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A rally is taking place in Corona Sunday calling for New York’s billionaires to pay more taxes to help the state recover from the COVID-19 economic downturn. The “Barrios Not Billionaires” march is being organized by Make the Road New York and will kick off near Corona Plaza at… Read more »
Aug. 7, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that all schools across the state are permitted to re-open in the fall for in-person classes. The governor gave the go-ahead after recognizing that all 10 regions across the state had met the requirements he set before schools were permitted to reopen in September…. Read more »