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 »
Oct. 17, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A new Chinese restaurant that specializes in hot pots has opened in Long Island City. Da Long Yi, a global franchise that is known for its signature Chinese hot pots, opened Oct. 9 on the ground floor of 42-22 Crescent St. – a new 9-story mixed-use building near Queens… Read more »
Oct, 18, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A four-alarm fire tore through a commercial laundromat in Long Island City early Tuesday. Firefighters responded to a blaze that broke out at Green White Dry Cleaners, located at 47-46B 30th St., just before 2:30 a.m., according to the FDNY. The FDNY sent out about 40 units and nearly… Read more »
Oct. 18, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A man was struck dead by an oncoming train at the 74th Street/Roosevelt Avenue subway station Monday after he fell onto the tracks during a fight with another straphanger. The victim, Heriberto Quintana, 48, landed on the tracks at around 4:45 p.m. and was then hit by a Jamaica-bound… Read more »
Oct. 17, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A mistreated carriage horse that collapsed while lugging a wagon during the summer heat has died — and Queens Councilmember Robert Holden has reiterated his calls for the practice to be outlawed. The carriage horse, called Ryder, became a rallying call for animal rights activists after it was seen… Read more »
Oct. 17, 2022 By Christian Murray Mayor Eric Adams said today that he is in support of the Innovation QNS development and that the project should move forward. Adams announced his support when he was asked about the project by a reporter at the end of a press conference he was holding about trash pickups…. Read more »