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Sept. 18, 2020 By Allie Griffin A community-based organization is leading a peace march from the Astoria Houses to the Queensbridge Houses tomorrow to show the unity of neighbors against violence. Fathers Alive In The Hood (FAITH) is organizing the march after a tumultuous summer that saw a surge in gun violence across the city,… Read more »

Sept. 18, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for an alleged pervert who groped a woman while she was putting out the trash in Corona Monday. The suspect grabbed the woman’s buttocks as she was putting out garbage by the curb just after 10 p.m. in the vicinity of 40th Road and Junction Boulevard,… Read more »

Sept. 18, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A 79-year-old man has died after being attacked by a group of teens inside a Woodhaven golf course last week. William Hinchey, a Whitestone resident, got into an argument with a number of teenage males who trespassed onto the Forest Park Golf Course, located at 101 Forest Park Dr.,… Read more »

Sept. 18, 2020 By Christian Murray We talk to Zohran Mamdani, a self-described socialist who will be representing the 36th Assembly District in Albany next year. Mamdani, 28, is an Astoria resident who won the Democratic primary against incumbent Aravella Simotas in June in what proved to be a very competitive race. He was the… Read more »

Sept. 18, 2020 By Allie Griffin Community compost and food scraps drop-off sites are back up and running in Queens after the sites were shuttered for months due to pandemic-related budget cuts. The sites were reopened after the city’s executive budget restored $2.8 million to community composting for Fiscal Year 2021 last minute, the Department… Read more »

Sept. 18, 2020 By Allie Griffin An alleged robber put a 62-year-old in a chokehold and punched him for a mere $4 in Long Island City last month. The unidentified man grabbed the 62-year-old man at a Shell gas station, located at 38-02 21st St., at 2:35 p.m. on Aug. 31 and placed him in… Read more »

Sept. 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin A Bronx man was indicted for attempted murder by a Queens jury Thursday after nearly beating his girlfriend to death on a Jamaica street in May. James Fitzgerald, 53, allegedly beat his girlfriend with a nail-studded plank as she lay defenseless on the sidewalk in front of a fish… Read more »

Sept. 17, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a suspect who snatched a cell phone from a woman as she entered a Corona subway station earlier this month. The police released video footage of the incident Wednesday that shows a man stealing a cell phone from a woman’s right back pants’ pocket while… Read more »

Sept. 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin The City Council passed a bill Wednesday that will require the city to explore the use of drones for building facade inspections. The bill, co-sponsored by Northeast Queens Council Member Paul Vallone, will require the Department of Buildings (DOB) to study the safety and feasibility of using drones to… Read more »

Sept. 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin The start of in-person classes at the city’s public schools has been delayed yet again for the majority of students. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the reopening of most school buildings will be pushed back further — on a rolling basis — just four days before they were… Read more »