Nov 15, 2022 Op-Ed What does it mean when 91% of the new housing in your community is unaffordable to lower income communities that live there and throughout our City? What does it mean when billionaire developers neglect to do meaningful outreach to immigrant groups, the disabled, and working class people that will be most… Read more »
Nov. 14, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The DOT has announced that construction has begun on new bus lanes along Northern Boulevard running from Woodside to Corona. The new bus lanes – which will stretch both ways from Broadway to 114th Street — aim to speed up commuting times for riders and improve the reliability of… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Nov. 15, 2022 By Katie Honan and Haidee Chu City officials will announce a new soccer stadium — paired with affordable housing — in Queens on Wednesday, multiple people familiar with the matter told THE CITY. The Willets Point stadium will be home to New York… Read more »
Nov. 14, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police have released startling video of a 12-year-old student in Elmhurst being robbed and dragged along the sidewalk by two muggers riding a scooter. The frightening incident, which took place last month, is linked to a string of robberies carried out by the two suspects in central Queens where… Read more »
Nov. 14, 2022 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a 37-year-old woman on board a Manhattan-bound R train at the Queens Plaza station last week. The suspect allegedly exposed his genitals to the woman at around 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9 and then manipulated himself in… Read more »
Nov. 14, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A man was bludgeoned to death with a wooden board in Corona early Sunday during a street fight involving a large group of suspects. Esvin Vasquez, 23, was fatally hit over the head multiple times with the board in front of a BP gas station, located at 43-15 Junction… Read more »
Nov. 11, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for a man wanted for robbing six businesses throughout central Queens over the past month. The alleged thief hit several bodegas as well as a pizzeria — from Oct. 20 through Nov. 1 — and made off with more than $9,000 cash, according to police. In… Read more »
Nov. 11, 2022 By Czarinna Andres A prominent piece of commercial real estate in Forest Hills changed hands earlier this month and the landlord has no intention to displace the existing tenants. The property, 109-32 Ascan Ave., was sold for $12.25 million on Nov. 3 by Neos Realty Corp to 44-74 21st Street Realty, LLC…. Read more »
Nov. 11, 2022 By Michael Dorgan An 18-year-old student was shot dead near a high school in Kew Gardens Hills Thursday. The victim, Mark Greene, was fatally shot at around 3:10 p.m. at the 77th Road and Main Street intersection — just feet away from P.S. 792 North Queens Community High School where he was… Read more »
Nov. 11, 2022 By Czarinna Andres A South Ozone Park man was indicted by a Queens grand jury on manslaughter charges Thursday for the death of a fellow subway rider at the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue subway station on Oct. 17 as a result of a physical altercation. Carlos Garcia, 50, of 133rd St., was indicted… Read more »