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 »
Sept. 17, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a man who allegedly robbed an electronics store in Ridgewood earlier this month and took off with cash. The suspect walked into Marjan NY Inc., located at 67-18 Fresh Pond Rd., on Sept. 4 at around 11 a.m. before stating that he had a gun… Read more »
Sept. 17, 2020 By Christian Murray The School Construction Authority, which stopped work on building new schools when COVID-19 took hold in March, will be restarting work on P.S. 384Q in Long Island City, with a completion date of September 2021 still in tact. The SCA had put the construction of new schools across the… Read more »
Sept. 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin A Northeast Queens Senator is leading a call to demand the city postpone schools reopening in-person classes on Monday. State Sen. John Liu, Chair of the Education Committee, penned a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio to defer in-person learning and instead focus on ensuring remote learning is fully… Read more »
Sept. 16, 2020 By Allie Griffin Council Member Robert Holden has secured funding to keep the commercial corridors of Ridgewood clean and litter-free. Holden has allocated discretionary funds toward a non-profit organization that is now in charge of keeping the sidewalks on select streets clean seven days a week. The non-profit employs homeless New Yorkers… Read more »
Sept. 16, 2020 By Christian Murray At the end of next year, 11 council members in Queens will be forced to step down due to term limits. Dozens of candidates have already come forward looking to replace them, and will be competing in next June’s Democratic primaries for those spots. In Queens, only four council… Read more »