Dec. 29, 2022 By Elijah Hamilton When one enters Ellen’s Wines & Spirits, it’s easy to feel a sense of ease that few wine shops offer. That is the atmosphere that head sommelier and owner of the Ellen Wines and Spirits, Debbie Jones, is bringing to the table with her new winery. Located at 50-05… Read more »
Dec. 28, 2022 By Dean Moses Queens cops cuffed a MTA bus driver on Tuesday after he allegedly mowed down his wife with their SUV while his children watched the heinous attack. According to police sources, 36-year-old Stephen Giraldo was driving a 2005 Ford Explorer with his three young children in the rear when he… Read more »
Dec. 27, 2022 By Bill Parry An Ozone Park man was killed in a fiery single-car collision near JFK Airport early Monday morning, according to authorities. Dylan Dipnarine, 24, of 78th Street, was driving on the Nassau Expressway just before 3:30 a.m. on Dec. 26 when he lost control of his vehicle and went airborne… Read more »
Dec. 21, 2022 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (no relation) are at odds over the mayor’s suggestion that the council cut its nearly $600 million discretionary budget in half as a means of fiscal belt-tightening amid the growing expense of the migrant crisis currently engulfing the Big Apple…. Read more »
Dec. 22, 2022 By Carlotta Mohamed Amid the holiday season and upcoming celebrations for the Lunar New Year, downtown Flushing business owners, community leaders and elected officials are expressing concerns over public safety, as crimes have surged in the area within the past year. It’s a pressing issue in the primarily Asian neighborhood that suffered… Read more »
Dec. 22, 2022 By Elijah Hamilton Community Board 5 announced that the new traffic light at Grandview Avenue and Amory Court is now operational after it was installed by the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) upon the board’s request. “There’s a lot of traffic on Grandview Avenue in that area between Metropolitan Avenue and Stanhope Steet,… Read more »
Dec. 22, 2022 By Bill Parry A man was critically injured in a hit-and-run collision on Borden Avenue in Long Island City Wednesday night, according to authorities. The man, in his 60s, was struck by the driver of a U-Haul truck near the intersection of Borden Avenue and 21st Street at around 9:30 p.m. on… Read more »
Dec. 21, 2022 By Christian Murray A Queens man has been indicted on murder charges for allegedly beating his 3-year-old son to death last month at a shelter in Elmhurst. Shaquan Butler, 26, allegedly struck his 3-year-old son multiple times at the Pan American shelter on Queens Boulevard causing lacerations to the child’s liver and… Read more »
Dec. 21, 2022 By Christian Murray Police are looking for a man who allegedly carjacked the owner of a Mercedes Benz—at gunpoint—in Glendale during the early hours Sunday morning. The suspect allegedly approached the victim who had just parked his vehicle on a residential street, pulled out a gun and demanded the keys. He then… Read more »
Dec. 21, 2022 By Christian Murray Two Rego Park men—with the aid of Russian nationals—have been indicted for hacking into the taxi dispatch system at JFK Airport and charging drivers a fee to get to the front of the line. Daniel Abayev, 48, and Peter Leyman, 48, have been indicted on two counts of conspiracy… Read more »