Aug. 30, 2023 By Michael Dorgan and Paul Frangipane Assembly member Zohran Mamdani and state Senator Kristen Gonzalez hosted a town hall in Long Island City on Tuesday, Aug. 29, to discuss their legislation that aims to prohibit New York registered charities from funding Israeli organizations operating in the West Bank. The event took place… Read more »
Aug. 30, 2023 By Bill Parry An Astoria woman was arrested by federal agents and charged with assaulting one of their own with a karate chop that was caught on surveillance video at JFK Airport last week. Emilia Mathias, 57, of Steinway Street in Astoria, had just returned from a trip to Brazil and was making her way through Terminal 4 when she was stopped by a female U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officer on Tuesday, Aug. 22, according to the criminal complaint. The agent told Mathias that she could not enter the secured area and tried to get…
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Aug. 28, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The city’s new “rat czar” joined Council member Julie Won and local leaders last week for a walking tour of some known rat hot spot areas in western Queens. Kathleen Corradi, the city’s first-ever director of rodent mitigation, visited the Queensbridge Houses, Queensbridge Park and the Woodside Houses on… Read more »
Aug. 28, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Flushing community leaders joined Councilwoman Sandra Ung and Senator John Liu on Saturday, Aug. 26, for a street co-naming ceremony at the intersection of Colden Street and 45th Avenue honoring the life and contributions of the late John Henry Byas Sr., who was known as a tenacious community advocate….
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Aug. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry LaGuardia Community College recently received a $189,986 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support an interdisciplinary project led by two of its professors. The project titled, “New York as Port City,” focuses on the history of maritime and migration in New York City. More than 40… Read more »
Aug. 28, 2023 By Amanda Salazar While the end of summer may be sad for some, it also marks the beginning of back-to-school season for Queens’ more than 260,000 public school students and students at the 14 colleges across the borough. This school season, students can make their transition back into the classroom a little… Read more »
Aug. 28, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A group of western Queens lawmakers handed out free backpacks to children at the NYCHA Woodside Houses last week to help them get ready for the first day of class on Sept. 7. Assembly member Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, state Sen. Michael Gianaris and City Council member Julie Won co-hosted the… Read more »
Aug. 28, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police from the 110th Precinct are searching for three suspects who allegedly carjacked a man at gunpoint in Corona earlier this month. The 24-year-old victim was inside his parked vehicle — which was in front of a house on 42nd Avenue, between 11th Street and 108th Street — at… Read more »
Aug. 24, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A nonprofit that rescues and rehabilitates injured or neglected animals is planning to open a new location in the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City. Second Chance Rescue, a Westchester County-based pet rescue organization, will open at 27-12 37th Ave. by the end of October. The nonprofit has… Read more »
Aug. 25, 2023 By Bill Parry As construction proceeds on the two new buildings of the long-stalled Halletts Point mega-development rapidly rise along the Astoria waterfront, ArtBridge is partnering with the Durst Organization on a public art exhibition along the construction site. “A City in Motion” is a 600-foot-long mural, created by Astoria-based multimedia artist… Read more »