May 28, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York businesses will soon be able to turn away customers who aren’t wearing a mask. Governor Andrew Cuomo said he would be signing an executive order today giving businesses the right to boot out any customer who refuses to wear a mask. The new directive, referred to as… Read more »
May 28, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for two men who robbed a Sunnyside pharmacy Tuesday and stole drugs. The suspects allegedly entered Greenpoint Pharmacy, located at 40-26 Greenpoint Ave., at around 12:31 p.m. before going behind the counter area and stealing two bottles of prescription drugs. Police said that when the men… Read more »
May 28, 2020 By Allie Griffin The city is sending more police officers to patrol the bars and restaurants in Astoria and Long Island City to enforce social distancing. The mayor said that the two neighborhoods are among nine “bar-heavy” districts across the five boroughs that will see more cops. Last week Mayor Bill de… Read more »
May 28, 2020 By Allie Griffin A wholesale grocery distributor sold more than 46,000 cans of Lysol disinfectant spray to New York grocery and discount stores at excessive prices, including several in Queens — and is now paying the price with a lawsuit from the state. New York Attorney General Letitia James slapped a lawsuit… Read more »
May 28, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A homeless man was found dead in the rear yard of a North Corona home Sunday and police have ruled it a homicide. Terrazas Galinda, 25, was discovered unconscious and unresponsive in the backyard at 37-82 101 St. just before noon on May 24, according to police. EMS pronounced Galinda… Read more »
May 28, 2020 By Michael Dorgan, Queens business leaders and an elected official will not let shuttered theaters stop residents from enjoying a night at the movies this summer. Council Member Paul Vallone has teamed up with real estate firm Cord Meyer Development and the Queens Chamber of Commerce to host a series of socially… Read more »
May 27, 2020 By Allie Griffin The city has hired more than 1,700 contact tracers and secured 1,200 hotel rooms to reduce the spread of the coronavirus as it prepares to reopen. The contact tracers will be tasked with finding family, friends and other people who have come in close contact to a person who… Read more »
May 27, 2020 By Michael Dorgan The mayor has signed several new bills into law to support small businesses during the COVID-19 shutdown. Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the legislation Tuesday after the City Council passed the relief measures earlier this month. The legislation slaps price caps on third-party food delivery services and extends the suspension of… Read more »
May 27, 2020 By Allie Griffin The city opened its first COVID-19 testing site in Far Rockaway yesterday, nearly three months after the start of the pandemic — a delay a local council member said cost lives. City Council Member Donovan Richards who represents the hard-hit neighborhood said many lives could have been spared from… Read more »
May 27, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City faces a whopping $9 billion deficit due to the economic fallout of the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. The budget hole was originally estimated to be around $7.4 billion through to June 30, 2021 — but has widened by another $1.6 billion, the mayor… Read more »