Sept. 16, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Mayor Bill de Blasio and his entire office staff will take one week of unpaid leave in order to help tackle the city’s fiscal crisis amid the coronavirus shutdown. The mayor said that the mandatory furloughs – which will affect nearly 500 employees – will save the city nearly… Read more »
Sept. 16, 2020 By Allie Griffin A Queens civic group traveled to a developer’s Jamaica Estates home Sunday to protest a 17-story luxury tower he is building in Ridgewood. Members the Ridgewood Tenants Union, a local anti-gentrification and tenants right group, protested outside the upscale home of Meir Babaev, president of AB Capstone, at around… Read more »
Fire on First Floor @CitizenApp 2407 19th St Yesterday 1:59:34 PM EDT Sept. 16, 2020 By Allie Griffin An Astoria man was arrested after his home erupted in flames Tuesday and investigators found suspicious bomb-making materials in the rubble. Police arrested 37-year-old Marak Squires and charged him with one count of reckless endangerment. Squires’ home… Read more »
Sept. 16, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A white woman threw a glass bottle at a black jogger in Woodside last month and then shouted a racial slur at her, police said. The police released video footage of the incident today that shows a white woman hurling a bottle at a 37-year-old black woman while she… Read more »
Sept. 15, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A 25-year-old man who fired at police officers responding to a domestic violence call in College Point Sunday has been charged with attempted murder, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office. Rodolfo Montero, who faces life in prison if convicted, allegedly attacked the mother of his child and then… Read more »
Sept. 15, 2020 By Allie Griffin A Northeast Queens council member is pushing for accountability from Con Edison after the company took a week to restore power to several Queens neighborhoods in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias last month. Council Member Paul Vallone introduced two resolutions at a City Council hearing on the company’s… Read more »
Sept. 15, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police have released video footage of a knife-wielding man who stabbed two seniors while robbing a bodega in Jamaica Hills on Saturday. The footage shows the suspect standing inside MSK Deli, located at 84-45 164 St., at around 9 p.m. on Sept.12, before lunging at a customer and stabbing… Read more »
Sept. 15, 2020 By Christian Murray The cost to rent an apartment in northwest Queens remains high–although a little bit less than a year ago, according to a new report. The report, released by Douglas Elliman Real Estate, found that the median rent in northwest Queens fell by 5.5 percent in August 2020–to $2,796–compared to… Read more »
Sept. 15, 2020 By Michael Dorgan The city will be spraying pesticides to keep the number of mosquitoes at bay in parts of western and central Queens on Thursday. The spraying will begin at around 8:30 p.m. and will continue until 6 a.m. Friday, according to the NYC Department of Health. The spraying will occur… Read more »
Sept. 15, 2020 By Christian Murray A Queens legislator will be introducing a bill before the city council Wednesday that calls for the decriminalization of jaywalking. Council Member Costa Constantinides, who is sponsoring the bill, said that black and Latinx New Yorkers are the ones most ticketed for jaywalking and the bill aims to end… Read more »