Mar. 17, 2023 By Bill Parry Jamaica resident Tyrone “Angel” Miles was sentenced on March 17 to seven years in prison for sex trafficking teenage girls at a hotel near JFK Airport in 2020, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office. Miles, 32, of 110th Avenue, and his co-defendant Bryant Lowery, forced young women to…
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Mar. 17, 2023 By Catalina Cruz and Theo Oshiro Every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live. No tenant should be worried about whether their landlord will evict them next month or if their rent will increase to an unconscionable amount without notice. But that’s precisely the reality facing too many Queens tenants…
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March 17, 2023 By Julia Moro During a press conference on Thursday, March 16, Gov. Kathy Hochul called for Assemblymember Juan Ardila to resign, days after two women accused him of sexual misconduct at a 2015 party. “I condemn all forms of sexual assault. It is intolerable and unacceptable what he did,” Hochul said Thursday… Read more »
March 16, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for a group of teens who beat up a 15-year-old boy with a mop stick and then robbed his sneakers at an Astoria subway station on Sunday, March 12. The five suspects approached the victim while he was on an R train platform inside the Steinway… Read more »
March 16, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police have released images of a suspect wanted for allegedly beating a man over the head with a metal pipe outside a bar/restaurant in Jackson Heights last month. The suspect allegedly pummeled the 38-year-old victim with the pipe in front of El Canelazo, an Ecuadorian bar/restaurant located at 80-04… Read more »
March 15, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A disgraced former Catholic deacon from Maspeth has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for having sex with three teenage boys, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Rogelio Vega, 52, — who previously served as a deacon at Saint Sebastian Church in Woodside — was sentenced in Brooklyn Federal court… Read more »
March 15, 2023 By Julia Moro Queens elected officials are disturbed by the sexual assault accusations against freshman Assembly member Juan Ardila. Many are calling on him to resign after holding the District 37 seat for barely three months. News broke Monday, March 13, that the assemblyman allegedly sexually assaulted two women at a Manhattan… Read more »
March 15, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The police are investigating the death of a 61-year-old man who was found dead inside an apartment at the Ravenswood NYCHA complex in Astoria with blood coming out of his mouth on Tuesday, March 14. The man – identified as Nicandro Rodriguez by the New York Daily News —… Read more »
March 14, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The leaders of four City University of New York (CUNY) colleges in Queens were presented with a $5.5 million check for funding on Tuesday, March 14. The presentation was made by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, whose office allocated the funds to LaGuardia Community College, Queens College, Queensborough Community… Read more »
March 13, 2023 By Julia Moro While Queens Assemblyman Juan Ardila acknowledged and apologized for sexually assaulting two women at a party in 2015, one of his alleged victims now demands that he step down. “I am calling for Juan Ardila to resign as an Assembly member and would like to see the organizations and… Read more »