Oct. 1, 2020 By Christian Murray The Department of Transportation is scheduling a meeting with the leaders of the Flushing Chinese Business Association to discuss its next steps in the installation of its controversial busway on Main Street. The announcement of an upcoming meeting comes in the wake of the association calling on the DOT… Read more »
Oct. 1, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A second suspect – and reputed gang member – has been arrested and charged in relation to the fatal shooting of a 54-year-old man in broad daylight in Long Island City in July. Delante Aiken, 18, who lives at the Ravenswood Houses NYCHA development in Astoria, was allegedly involved… Read more »
Oct. 1, 2020 By Allie Griffin City Hall will deploy hundreds of city workers to enforce coronavirus rules and educate residents in nine neighborhoods that are seeing an alarming uptick in COVID-19 cases. The city will send out 400 NYPD officers, more than 300 Test & Trace Corps members and 250 additional agency staff to the neighborhoods… Read more »
Sept. 30, 2020 By Allie Griffin A 58-year-old Brooklyn man and registered sex offender was indicted on burglary, robbery and other charges Wednesday for robbing and strangling two Rego Park women in separate July attacks. Richard Smalls, of Sunset Park, was arraigned before a Queens Supreme Court judge today on an eight-count indictment for the… Read more »
Sept. 30, 2020 By Christian Murray A Woodside man who allegedly butchered his 78-year-old mother to death with a meat cleaver earlier this year has been indicted on murder charges. David Galicia, 48, of 41st Avenue in Woodside, allegedly killed his mother during the early hours of April 24 by striking her in the head… Read more »
Sept. 30, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A Queens man has been charged for kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter from Pennsylvania Friday and transporting her to New York City. Juan Torres, 41, allegedly snatched his estranged daughter in Montgomery County on Sept. 25 and drove her to Queens, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office. Hours later… Read more »
Sept. 30, 2020 By Allie Griffin The city is providing free mobile COVID-19 testing in Kew Gardens and Rego Park from today through Friday. The two neighborhoods have become hotspots for the virus with the Department of Health releasing data Wednesday revealing that 2.64 percent of tests conducted in Rego Park came back positive and… Read more »
Sept. 30, 2020 Op-Ed By Ben Guttmann There is a famous scene repeated in countless cartoons. The coyote chases the roadrunner off the cliff, hangs there for a moment in mid-air until he looks down, realizing that gravity is about to bring him to an unfortunate fate, and then he plummets – often with an… Read more »
Sept. 30, 2020 By Christian Murray Police have released video footage of two men wanted in relation to the fatal shooting of a woman in Jackson Heights this morning. The pair, one on a motorcycle and the other on foot, were caught on video near the scene where Bertha Arriaga was killed by a stray… Read more »
Sept. 29, 2020 By Allie Griffin An annual festival celebrating small businesses in Long Island City returns this weekend when supporting local shops is more important than ever. “LIC Springs Back!’ will offer a series of virtual and small in-person programs showcasing local businesses’ goods and services from Friday, Oct. 2 through Sunday, Oct. 4…. Read more »