Oct. 20, 2022 By Christian Murray The Innovation QNS development took center stage in City Hall Wednesday, with elected officials, business leaders and residents weighing in on the massive proposal during a public hearing held by the Committee on Zoning and Franchises. Most of the arguments for and against the 2,800-unit mixed-use proposal—which would take… Read more »
Oct. 20, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for a man who mugged a straphanger on board a 7 train in Sunnyside Monday. The suspect approached a 55-year-old woman and ripped two gold chains off from around her neck as the train was pulling into the 46th Street Bliss station at around 12:15 p.m.,… Read more »
Oct. 19, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A Queens man has been arrested after he allegedly set fire to a Bangladeshi restaurant in Jackson Heights earlier this month after being upset that the establishment botched his order. Choephel Norbu, 49, of Flushing, was charged with arson, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment for allegedly torching the front… Read more »
Oct. 18, 2022 Staff Report Hundreds of participants are set to take part in the Sunnyside Post Halloween Mile on Saturday. Most already have their costumes planned. The event is for both runners and walkers, and the goal is to raise funds for Sunnyside Community Services, a community-based non-profit that provides programs for individuals of… Read more »
Oct. 19, 2022 By Max Murray The police have arrested and charged three men with murder for a gang-related shooting that took place outside a Ridgewood recording studio in June. Savion Johnson, 19, and Warren Burgess, 33, of Brooklyn, and Omar Gaines, 19, of the Bronx, were busted Tuesday in connection with the fatal shooting… Read more »
Oct. 19, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The owners of a commercial dry cleaners in Astoria have been busted for swindling their workers out of $90,000 in unpaid wages. Fat-Lun Kong and Cheng Teh Tang, who co-own Enterprise Cleaner on 42nd Street in Ditmars, failed to pay their employees minimum wage, proper overtime and adequate paid… Read more »
Oct. 19, 2022 By Czarinna Andres and Christian Murray Sunnyside Community Services, a community-based non-profit serving New Yorkers of all age groups, cut the ribbon on its new Long Island City facility Monday. The non-profit, which serves 16,000 people from pre-K to seniors each year, has taken a 7,700 square foot space on the second… Read more »
Oct. 18, 2022 By Max Murray A Kew Gardens resident has launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for holiday lights along Lefferts Boulevard. EJ Sydell, a Community Board 9 member, has joined forces with two other residents in an attempt to raise $21,675 to light up the retail strip in Kew Gardens. The funds… Read more »
Oct. 18, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A South Ozone Park man has been charged with manslaughter after a straphanger he was in a physical altercation with fell onto the tracks and was fatally struck by a train at the 74th Street/Roosevelt Avenue subway station Monday. Carlos Garcia, 50, was charged with manslaughter just after noon… Read more »
Oct. 18, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police have released video of a man being viciously beaten and stabbed by a group of four suspects outside a 7-Eleven in College Point last week. The video, released Monday, shows the victim lying on the ground and being savagely attacked by the suspects in front of the 127-02… Read more »