March 6, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A group of Queens lawmakers have condemned an alleged racially-motivated attack on a woman and her son in Corona last week. The legislators — U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, State Senators Michael Gianaris and Jessica Ramos, Assembly members Steven Raga and Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, as well as City Council Member Shekar… Read more »
March 6, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A fire at an apartment building in Jackson Heights left a man dead on Saturday, March 4. The victim, 47, was inside 37-60 88th St. — a six-story building — when the fire broke out on the fourth floor at around 4:25 p.m., according to authorities. The FDNY dispatched… Read more »
March 6, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police have arrested two men on hate crime charges for allegedly spraying a racist slur across a restaurant in Astoria last month. Christopher Ordonez, 18, and Zlatko Basic, 20, were arrested Sunday, March 5, and each charged with one count of criminal mischief as a hate crime, making graffiti,… Read more »
March 3, 2023 By Michael Dorgan and Paul Frangipane More than 100 people attended a candlelight vigil in Astoria Thursday, March 2, to honor the life of a girl who was fatally struck by an SUV in the neighborhood last week. During the vigil, speakers called on residents to sign a petition to make the… Read more »
March 3, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The two developers behind a 354-unit residential building in Astoria have secured a loan to finish constructing the project. The developers, Silverstein Properties and Cantor Fitzgerald, announced Wednesday, March 1, that the joint venture arranged a loan of $165 million from Banco Inbursa — a financial firm based in… Read more »
March 2, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The clothing retail giant Zara is coming to Queens for the first time. The Spanish-based company, which is known for its fashionable and trendy clothing items, will open at the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst, located at 90-15 Queens Blvd. The announcement was made Wednesday, March 1, by Macerich,… Read more »
March 2, 2023 By Michael Dorgan An Astoria Starbucks worker who was fired by the chain last summer — in the midst of the store where he worked voting to unionize — has been reinstated and awarded more than $21,000 in back pay and penalties. Austin Locke was sacked from his barista role at the… Read more »
March 2, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Two teens were stabbed by a group of suspects in Glendale Wednesday night, March 1, according to authorities. The victims, ages 18 and 19, had left a friend’s house and were outside a pharmacy, located at 80-17 Myrtle Ave., when they were approached by four perpetrators who allegedly attacked… Read more »
March 1, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a group of suspects who allegedly carjacked a man at gunpoint in Flushing last month. The victim, 40, was sitting inside a white-colored Mercedes Benz SUV that was parked in front of a window treatment store on Sanford Ave. on Feb. 19 at around 5:35… Read more »
March 1, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A man was pushed down a flight of stairs before being robbed at knifepoint by two suspects at a Jamaica Hills subway station last week, according to authorities. The victim, 30, was walking up a set of stairs inside the 169th Street subway station on Feb. 22 at around… Read more »