March 24, 2021 By Allie Griffin New Yorkers who have vaccine appointments at Aviation High School in Long Island City must go to a different location to get the shot starting tomorrow. Appointments that had been scheduled for Aviation High School will instead take place at 5-17 46th Rd., the NYC Health Department announced earlier… Read more »
March 24, 2021 By Christina Santucci A fundraiser set up to help three men who were wrongfully convicted of a 1996 double homicide and spent 24 years behind bars has raised more than $40,000. The funds are being distributed among George Bell, Rohan Bolt and Gary Johnson who had been wrongfully convicted of killing Ira… Read more »
March 24, 2021 By Allie Griffin Public school parents have another opportunity to send their kids back to in-person classes for the remainder of the school year, starting today. The city has opened a second opt-in period to students who enrolled in full remote learning to switch to the hybrid learning model in which students… Read more »
March 24, 2021 By Christian Murray The Queens Post in conjunction with Sunnyside Community Services and Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement is hosting a virtual forum for the city council candidates of District 22 and District 26. The candidates will be face to face at the live event that will take place at Sunnyside Community… Read more »
March 24, 2021 By Allie Griffin A permanent COVID-19 vaccination site will open Friday in Northeast Queens. The long-awaited site will be located at the Korean Community Services Center, at 203-05 32nd Ave. in Bayside, and will be in operation seven days a week. Eligible New Yorkers will be able to make appointments beginning Thursday…. Read more »
March 24, 2021 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who made a number of anti-Asian statements towards a 35-year-old woman yesterday while she was on a 7 train near the Main Street Flushing station. The victim was subjected to the racist taunts while she was sitting across from the alleged bigot… Read more »
March 23, 2021 By Christian Murray A man was fatally shot outside the Woodside Houses NYCHA development this afternoon, the second fatal shooting to take place by the complex in less than a month. The police said that a 30-year-old man was shot five times in the lower body at around 1:13 p.m. in front… Read more »
March 23, 2021 By Allie Griffin The NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) will present updated plans for the future Kew Gardens jail parking garage and community space — part of the borough-based jails plan — at a local community board meeting Thursday evening. The department will present the renderings and collect feedback from… Read more »
March 23, 2021 By Christina Santucci A Queensbridge man has been indicted for fraudulently obtaining a $1.7 million loan under the pandemic Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), federal officials said. Gelpys Joel Peralta-Gutierrez – also known as Joel Peralta – had arranged for the PPP loan for his company – J Films HD Inc., claiming he… Read more »
March 23, 2021 By Allie Griffin Council Member Eric Ulrich is calling on Department of Education to change its protocols on school closures–to prevent school buildings from shutting down and reopening so frequently. Ulrich penned a letter to Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter urging her to reconsider the current DOE policy that requires school buildings… Read more »