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 »
March 23, 2021 By Allie Griffin Flushing Assembly Member Ron Kim has contracted COVID-19, he announced Tuesday. Kim said he has a mild case of the virus and will be quarantining for the next 10 days. “Dear friends and colleagues, unfortunately I have tested positive for COVID,” he wrote on Twitter. “I am well and… Read more »
March 23, 2021 By Christina Santucci Representatives for the developers looking to build a 1,400-unit residential complex in Halletts Point previewed the plan for the public during a virtual scoping meeting Tuesday. The developers are seeking to build a 1-million-square-foot project – called Halletts North – on a 3.8-acre industrial site, located on 26th Avenue… Read more »
March 23, 2021 Op-Ed By Brent O’Leary In our second year of pandemic life, having lost over half a million Americans lives, we face a cycle of surge and mutation alongside a significant burden of illness and deaths for years to come. There has never been a more compelling time for health reform. We need… Read more »