Nov. 23, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City’s Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg announced today that she is stepping down from the de Blasio administration. Trottenberg, who has served as the Department of Transportation (DOT) head since 2014, will leave her post in early December. During her seven-year tenure, the commissioner led the way on… Read more »
Nov. 23, 2020 By Allie Griffin Two state lawmakers are hosting a seminar to explain ranked choice voting next week as central Queens voters prepare to be the first in New York City to participate in the process. Queens Assembly Members Nily Rozic and Daniel Rosenthal are presenting a virtual seminar on ranked choice voting… Read more »
Nov. 23, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a man who allegedly masturbated in front of a woman on a subway train in Forest Hills Friday. The suspect was riding a Manhattan-bound E train at around 9:30 p.m. when he began pleasuring himself in front of a 24-year-old woman as the train approached… Read more »
Nov. 23, 2020 By Michael Dorgan An annual Thanksgiving food drive is taking place in western Queens as the need to help struggling families is greater than ever, organizers say. Volunteers will be collecting non-perishable food items and other supplies throughout the month that will be dropped off at the Mosaic Food Pantry in Sunnyside… Read more »
Nov. 23, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a group of suspects who assaulted a cop as he was jogging in Long Island City Friday. Police said the 43-year-old cop, who was in plainclothes and on his dinner break, was running in the vicinity of Vernon Boulevard and 53rd Avenue at around 6:30… Read more »
Nov. 23, 2020 By Allie Griffin The operators of an underground swingers club in Astoria were busted over the weekend for violating COVID-19 restrictions. Cops shut down the swingers meet-up at 40-19 20th Ave. where more than 80 people were found partying at the location in a COVID-19 yellow zone. Officers from the NYC Sheriff’s… Read more »
Nov. 23, 2020 By Allie Griffin A council member who represents parts of Brooklyn and Queens introduced a bill Thursday that would allow restaurants to add a 15 percent surcharge to the tab if they pay all their employees a base wage of at least $15 per hour. Council Member Antonio Reynoso, who represents parts… Read more »
Nov. 23, 2020 By Christian Murray A 43-year-old man is dead after crashing his motorcycle into a guardrail near the entrance ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Maspeth early Sunday. Justin Laurie was riding a 2017 Yamaha when he lost control at around 12:05 a.m. while traveling westbound on the Long Island Expressway, police said…. Read more »
Nov. 20, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A man is dead after a suspected drunk-driver slammed into his car in Kew Gardens Hills early Friday. Daniel Crawford, 52, was driving a gray Toyota Camry at the Union Turnpike and Parsons Boulevard intersection at around 4:15 a.m. when the driver of a Mercedes Benz sedan plowed into… Read more »
Nov. 20, 2020 By Allie Griffin A man was fatally struck by a subway train in Elmhurst early Friday morning. The man, who has yet to be identified, was hit by a train near the Woodhaven Boulevard M/R station at around 3:30 a.m., police said. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene and removed… Read more »