Nov. 21, 2024 QNS News Team The New York City School Construction Authority (SCA) has added funding for a 700-seat annex at Forest Hills High School to its Fiscal Year 2025-2029 Capital Plan, aiming to address longstanding overcrowding issues at the high-demand school. Located at 67-01 110th St., Forest Hills High School is renowned…
Nov. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry Former MTA bus driver Michelle Washington was arrested Tuesday and booked at the 113th Precinct in Jamaica for the fatal hit-and-run collision that killed a St. Albans woman in August. Washington, 54, of 222nd St. in Queens Village, was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian and…
Nov. 21, 2024 By Colum Motherway Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among young people aged 10 to 24 in New York, a troubling statistic underscored by Queens having the highest number of confirmed suicides across the city’s five boroughs, according to the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s latest report. Addressing…
Nov. 21, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The New York Mets, through their Amazin’ Mets Foundation, are gearing up to host their 10th annual MetsGiving Turkey Giveaway on Friday, Nov. 22, providing a record-breaking 8,500 turkeys to families in need. The event, presented by local Toyota dealers, will include in-person distributions in all five boroughs,…
Nov. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry Three alleged squatters were indicted by a Queens grand jury for illegally occupying a vacant St. Albans single-family home, where they used electricity without paying and kept multiple pit bulls in the basement. True Jackson, 41, Saliam Sudler, 35, and Sania Outar, 24, were arrested Tuesday and arraigned…
Nov. 20, 2024 By Athena Dawson Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. (D-15) is calling on city officials to crack down on illegal vendors in his district. Addabbo penned a letter to the NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY), the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), the NYC Department of Health (NYCDOHMH), the NYC Department of Consumer and…
Nov. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a suspect who subjected a 17-year-old girl to sexual abuse onboard a Q8 MTA bus on the night of Friday, Nov. 15. As the bus was approaching Sutphin Boulevard and 94th Avenue, just down the block from the…
Nov. 20, 2024 QNS News Team Flushing Council Member Sandra Ung and Department of Sanitation (DSNY) Commissioner Jessica Tisch toured downtown Flushing on Friday, Nov. 15, to discuss ongoing sanitation issues, including unlicensed street vending and businesses violating stoop line regulations with excessive merchandise displays. The congestion caused by these violations obstructs sidewalks, hampers…
Nov. 20, 2024 By Athena Dawson A local nonprofit is hosting an economic initiative for a Black-owned grocery store in Jamaica this Sunday. BlaQue Community Cares is hosting its BlaQue Cash Mob at Earnest Foods, an organic grocery store located at 123-01 Merrick Blvd., on Nov. 24, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. A cash mob…
Nov. 19, 2024 By Colum Motherway The NYPD has recently stepped up its presence across local parks in District 30 at the request of Council Member Robert Holden. The enforcement operation was aimed at addressing the quality-of-life issues that have come further into the light in recent times. Holden held meetings with NYPD Chief…