Nov. 18, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City public schools will close in-person classes starting Thursday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. Public schools will switch to fully remote classes beginning tomorrow — until further notice. The move comes as New York City’s COVID-19 positivity rate reached 3 percent over a seven-day rolling average,… Read more »
Nov. 18, 2020 By Michael Dorgan The state is putting together plans to fix the lights in Gantry Plaza State Park that have been tripping out since Hurricane Sandy struck in 2012. The NYS Parks Dept. aims to revamp the entire underground wiring system at the park. The damaged wiring is responsible for most of… Read more »
Nov. 18, 2020 By Christian Murray The plan to relocate the sanitation garage on 21st Street to an industrial area in Astoria took a step further Monday when a Council subcommittee approved it sending the plan to the full council for a vote. The City plans to move the dilapidated sanitation garage at 24-28 21st… Read more »
Nov. 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin The operators of a Bayside car dealership who targeted and conned Chinese-speakers into shelling out thousands in bogus costs have been ordered to repay their victims, according to authorities. Star Toyota of Bayside, located at 205-11 Northern Blvd., must pay more than $180,000 to the Chinese-speaking customers it duped… Read more »
Nov. 17, 2020 Staff Report The top prize winners of the Queens Post Halloween photo contest were awarded their prizes Monday. Halina Nix, 6, and her brother Nathaniel, 10, were voted as having the best costumes. The pair were awarded $250, with Halina winning for her costume as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Nathaniel for… Read more »
Nov. 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City health officials are expanding rapid COVID-19 testing across the city — including Queens — as new cases continue to rise in the Big Apple. A new rapid testing site that delivers coronavirus results in just 15 minutes opened today in Woodside, Executive Director of the NYC… Read more »
Nov. 17, 2020 By Christian Murray A man has been arrested on assault charges after getting into a fight over a parking space in Flushing yesterday. Joe Zou, 24, allegedly got into an argument over a parking spot on Kissena Boulevard near Barclay Avenue at around 4 p.m. Monday, police said. Zou, who was driving… Read more »
Nov. 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin Two Democratic incumbents in Queens who were behind their Republican challengers on election night have surged ahead with absentee ballots now being counted. Northeast Queens Assembly Member Edward Braunstein has declared victory in the 26th Assembly race thanks to a bump from absentee votes, while Rep. Tom Suozzi now… Read more »
Nov. 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin A GoFundMe has been set up to support the family of a delivery worker who was killed in crash with a semi-truck in Astoria last week. Alfredo Cabrera Licona, 35, died in hospital Thursday after his scooter and a Bud Light truck collided at the intersection of Astoria Boulevard… Read more »
Nov. 17, 2020 By Michael Dorgan About 80 attendees gathered outside a Long Island City restaurant Friday to bring attention to the hardship facing many small businesses. Elected officials and a coalition of Queens business owners met outside Little Chef Little Café, located at 5-43 48th Ave., and called on the federal government and local… Read more »