Sept. 27, 2021 By Allie Griffin Congress Member Carolyn Maloney is calling on state officials to shut down a smokestack at a Long Island City power plant that is the biggest polluting plant in New York. Maloney joined residents of the Queensbridge Houses Saturday to renew their call for the New York State Energy Research… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Sept. 26, 2021, 7:07 PM EDT BY JOSEFA VELASQUEZ Weeks after record rainfall from Hurricane Ida remnants wrecked basement apartments and claimed 13 lives locally, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Bill de Blasio are expected to announce financial aid Monday for undocumented New Yorkers locked out of… Read more »
Sept. 27, 2021 By Allie Griffin A block in Astoria was named after the late real estate developer George Kaufman, who restored Astoria Studios in the 1980s — and, in turn, helped revive New York City’s production industry. A section of 35th Avenue, between 35th and 36th Streets, was co-named “George S. Kaufman Way” at… Read more »
Sept. 27, 2021 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a pervert who allegedly placed his cellphone under a woman’s skirt while on an escalator at the Myrtle/Wyckoff Avenues subway station last week. The suspect allegedly approached a 25-year-old woman from behind as they were both going up an escalator at around 1:30 a.m…. Read more »
Sept. 25, 2021 By Christian Murray A 31-year-old man is dead and another man wounded after they were both shot in front of the Astoria Houses NYCHA complex Friday night. Anthony Edwards, a resident of Astoria Houses, was shot in the face in front of the public housing development at around 11:10 p.m. He was… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2021 By Allie Griffin The city has completed a $17.3 million upgrade of the sewers and roadways in a 10-block section of Rosedale, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday. The infrastructure upgrades aim to prevent flooding in the vicinity of Hook Creek Boulevard and 256th Street, which has been an ongoing problem. The… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2021 By Michael Dorgan and Christian Murray The NYC Dept. of Transportation is currently installing a bike boulevard on 39th Avenue in Sunnyside. The QUEENS POST visited 39th Avenue on Wednesday and spoke to several people at random about the plan. The people interviewed happened to be either walking or riding their bikes… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2021 By Allie Griffin and Christian Murray The Long Island City Partnership hosted its 32nd annual awards gala Tuesday night honoring two local organizations that have helped the community get through the worst of the pandemic. The partnership recognized Plaxall and The Floating Hospital at the gala inside the JACX, a two-tower office… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2021 By Christian Murray The city will be spending $21 million on a park in Jamaica that has recently been renamed after Gwen Ifill, an award-winning television journalist who died in 2016. Elected officials held a press conference Thursday to celebrate the announcement at the newly-named Gwen Ifill Park, which was previously called… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2021 By Allie Griffin Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer has secured more than $5.1 million to cover the costs of badly-needed roof repairs at MoMA PS1. The capital funding will allow the Long Island City art institution to make the repairs that the building has needed for nearly a decade. “MoMA PS1’s growth… Read more »