June 8, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A trendy and spacious cafe has opened on Queens Boulevard following three months of delays due to COVID-19. Mad Café, opened its doors at 43-10 Queens Blvd. last week and is now brewing fresh coffee and serving pastries delivered daily from SPOT dessert bar in Flushing. The 2,600 square-foot… Read more »
June 9, 2020 By Allie Griffin The Queens District Attorney’s office has launched a Major Economic Crimes Bureau to investigate and prosecute a variety of large-scale financial crimes, Queens DA Melinda Katz announced today. The bureau will target organized groups engaging in check-cashing and credit card fraud, fishing and identity theft schemes, auto theft, insurance… Read more »
June 9, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City’s health care program for low-income New Yorkers is coming to Queens as the city begins to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The effort to guarantee health care for all New Yorkers called NYC Care is expected to reach 44,000 Queens residents. The program provides New York… Read more »
June 9, 2020 By Allie Griffin The number of New Yorkers testing positive for COVID-19 has dropped to almost zero. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that only 1 percent of residents who took the test Sunday tested positive — the latest data available. “That is an amazing statement on what all of you have… Read more »
June 9, 2020 By Michael Dorgan. A Forest Hills shop has sold a winning lottery ticket worth nearly $58,000. The winning Take 5 ticket was purchased at Yellowstone Convenience Store, located at 71-69 Yellowstone Blvd., according to the New York Lottery. The lucky winner matched all five numbers to clinch the top prize of $57,834.50…. Read more »
June 9, 2020 By Allie Griffin Three armed men held customers at gunpoint inside a Woodhaven pharmacy Monday and took off with their wallets and more than $2,000. The trio entered Good Health Pharmacy, located at 79-28 Jamaica Ave., around 6:40 p.m., held up their guns and announced that it was a robbery, police said…. Read more »
June 8, 2020 By Michel Dorgan A ‘vigilante’ who was suspicious of two black men who were driving through his Jamaica neighborhood allegedly pursued them in his car, pulled out a gun and fired shots. Yosef Aranbayev, 41, has been charged with attempted murder as a hate crime, after following the black men in his… Read more »
June 8, 2020 By Allie Griffin The Flushing community came together at a rally Friday to show their support for black New Yorkers. A group of local officials, community leaders and Flushing organizations rallied and issued an open letter to condemn police brutality against black people throughout the U.S. and demand reforms to the NYPD…. Read more »
June 8, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Building permits have been filed for a 14-story commercial building on Union Street in Flushing. The plans call for a 189-foot-tall structure on a vacant lot at 37-16 Union Street, according to documents filed with the Department of Buildings on June 5. The building will include ground floor retail;… Read more »
June 8, 2020 By Allie Griffin Hundreds of City Hall employees held a rally downtown this morning to protest the way Mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYPD have handled the demonstrations over the past week. The de Blasio staffers, consisting of both current and former employees, assembled at City Hall Park and demanded that… Read more »