June 28, 2022 By Christian Murray A New York City law that extended voting rights to as many as 800,000 non-citizen New Yorkers was struck down by a Staten Island supreme court judge Monday—and Queens officials’ reactions were mixed. The law, which was passed by the city council by a 33-14 margin in December, granted… Read more »
June 28, 2022 By Czarinna Andres A Briarwood man who allegedly gunned down a food delivery worker in Forest Hills in late April has been released on bail. Glenn Hirsch, 51, appeared in court in Kew Gardens Monday and a judge set bail at $500,000. He has been charged for the shooting death of Zhiwen… Read more »
June 27, 2022 By Michael Dorgan An office worker in Long Island City got a big surprise earlier this month when he discovered that the windshield of his brand-new Tesla had been smashed by a raging vandal with a large wooden sign. The worker, 33, named Mike, had just finished work on June 13 at… Read more »
June 27, 2022 By Christian Murray Elizabeth Crowley, a former councilmember who lost a tight borough president race against Donovan Richards last year, has been endorsed by two big teachers unions in her quest to represent the 59th Senate District. Crowley, who classifies herself as a liberal Democrat, has been endorsed by the United Federation of… Read more »
June 27, 2022 By Christian Murray The Department of Education announced today that Dr. Philip Composto will keep his job as Superintendent of District 30 and so too will Madelene Chan who is the current superintendent of District 24. The announcement comes about six weeks after the DOE unceremoniously notified Composto that he was no… Read more »
June 27, 2022 By Christian Murray The Department of Transportation plans to bring Citi Bike to Maspeth and Middle Village this summer but the agency is coming under fire from Councilmember Bob Holden for dismissing the community’s input as to the workings of the plan. Holden, who penned a letter to Queens DOT Commissioner Nicole… Read more »
June 27, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police have yet to make an arrest in the case of a horrific triple homicide in Jamaica, Queens last week that left three members of the same family stabbed and beaten to death in their home. The bodies of Karlene Barnett, 55, and her 36-year-old son Dervon Brightly were… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on June 27, 2022 By Jose Martinez Reports of “subway surfing” have jumped by nearly 363% since 2020, according to MTA figures provided to THE CITY. In the first five months of this year, there have been 449 reported incidents of people riding on top of or… Read more »
June 27, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Parents and local leaders will hold a rally outside a junior high school in Fresh Meadows this afternoon to protest incidents of alleged bullying at the school. The rally will take place at 1:30 p.m. outside J.H.S. 216, located at 64-20 175th St., where demonstrators say a number of… Read more »
June 24, 2022 By Czarinna Andres A 54-year-old man is dead after falling off his bicycle in Bayside Thursday evening and hitting his head on the pavement. Hsien Lin, of 35th Avenue in Linden Hill, was riding northbound on the Cross Island Parkway bike path– near Totten Road– at around 7:30 p.m. when he lost… Read more »