June 6, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are on the lookout for a gunman who tried to rob a 7 train rider in Woodside late last month. A 45-year-old man was changing cars as the 7 train was nearing the 69th Street subway… Read more »
June 6, 2024 By Gus Lambropoulos Over the past five years, we have heard countless and baseless arguments about why we should accept congestion pricing, and I have been dead set against it because it is nothing more than a cash grab on the backs of hard-working New Yorkers. When I first learned of this… Read more »
June 4, 2024 By Queens Post News Team A record number of people took part in the ninth-annual LIC Waterfront 5k on Saturday in aid of the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy, a local non-profit dedicated to maintaining LIC’s waterfront parks. The event, which took place on Saturday, June 1, attracted more than 1,800 people to… Read more »
Jun. 4, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan For the 18th annual Big Hearts Walk for St. Mary’s Kids, the organization raised over $150,000 from over a thousand donations to support critically ill and injured children. The event, held on Sunday, June 2, in Bayside‘s Crocheron Park, drew hundreds of New Yorkers, who participated in the walk…
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June 4, 2024 By Max Parrott A Jackson Heights town hall, organized by Council Member Shekar Krishnan (D-Jackson Heights) on Thursday, zeroed in on the issue of illegal moped use in the newly opened linear park on 34th Avenue. Public testimony centered on residents’ fears over mopeds, defined as small motorcycles or motorized scooters that… Read more »
June 3, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan At a community meeting in Astoria on Thursday, dozens of locals erupted in applause after the Department of Transportation (DOT) outlined its proposed changes to a major chunk of 31st Avenue. The biggest potential change is an approximately mile-long stretch of parking-protected bike lanes. Converting the corridor to a… Read more »
May 31, 2024 By Czarinna Andres and Lloyd Mitchell Gov. Kathy Hochul, along with state officials and U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm, announced Thursday that low-income New Yorkers are now eligible to receive rebates for energy efficiency upgrades through a federal program called the Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates (HEAR) Program, which aims… Read more »
May 30, 2024 By Queens Post News Team New York City Sheriff Anthony Miranda addressed a crowd of over 100 people at a meeting of the Astoria Homeowners, Tenants, & Business Civic Association on Wednesday night, highlighting efforts to clamp down on illegal smoke shops in the city. The New York City Sheriff’s Joint Compliance… Read more »
May 30, 2024 By Queens Post News Team Soccer club New York International FC is calling on runners and community members to lace up their sneakers and join the club’s top athletes for a poignant cause. The soccer club is hosting its third annual 5K run to honor the memory of Davide Giri, a former… Read more »
May. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are investigating a grand larceny case in which a 73-year-old woman fell victim to a trickster in broad daylight on the afternoon of Friday, May 17.