Aug. 17, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a group of suspects wanted for robbing a gold chain worth $15,000 from a man in Long Island City during the early hours of Saturday, Aug. 12. The suspects approached the 22-year-old victim at the intersection of 43rd Avenue and 21st Street at around 2:10… Read more »
Aug. 16, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Curtis Sliwa, along with several local activists and residents, was arrested after blocking the road while protesting outside of the Creedmoor migrant tent facility in Queens Village on Wednesday night. The group made their way across the street to the facility where they stood for a brief moment chanting…
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Aug. 16, 2023 By Michael Dorgan An economic migrant who recently moved into an upscale Long Island City hotel-turned-shelter says he wants to work hard to give his family a better life while local residents and business owners, who are empathetic to his plight, say the opening of the new facility marks a massive backward… Read more »
Aug. 16, 2023 By Bill Parry The NYPD announced on Tuesday that an elderly Woodside woman died 12 days after she was struck by the driver of an SUV late last month. Eleanor Neri, 76, was just steps from her 69th Street home and trying to cross the intersection of 41st Avenue and 69th Street… Read more »
Aug. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and the NYPD announced the borough-wide expansion of her Merchants Business Improvement Program on Aug. 15. Piloted in Jamaica, Flushing and Astoria last spring, the initiative combats repeat shoplifting and the harassment and threatening of customers and store staff by a handful of repeat…
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Aug. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry While it remains difficult to pinpoint the exact number of illegal smoke shops and unlicensed cannabis dispensaries that have proliferated across Queens, it is estimated that more than 8,000 are operating citywide. On Monday a new law was enacted that gives the authorities the power to fine landlords for…
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Aug. 14, 2023 By Bill Parry LaGuardia Community College is going all in on its new urban farming and management curriculum and an evolving alliance with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the school’s Long Island City campus. LaGuardia launched Project SEMBRAR, an experimental learning program with a three-week paid urban agriculture internship where… Read more »
Aug. 14, 2023 By Michael Dorgan *This article contains several video interviews below* Corona is one of the most diverse areas in Queens that has gained a reputation for being a food hub offering cuisine from all around the world, but an explosion of unauthorized street vending — and its knock-on effects — appears to… Read more »
Aug. 11, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police have released video of two men wanted for allegedly stealing a gold chain worth $7,000 from a jewelry store in Jackson Heights last month. The suspects entered Elegance Jewelry, located at 37-56A Junction Blvd., at around 5:30 p.m. on July 24, before one of the perpetrators allegedly grabbed… Read more »
Aug. 11, 2023 By Bill Parry A 20-year-old man should have known not to talk to strangers, especially late at night on a dark street, but during the early morning hours of Saturday, July 29, in Corona, he learned that lesson the hard way. Police say the victim struck up a conversation with a woman… Read more »