Feb. 9, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan A lawsuit filed against Forest Hills Stadium is calling for the operators to stop holding concerts at the historic open-air venue, citing a deterioration in the quality of life for nearby residents. The Forest Hills Gardens Corporation, a board that represents 900 properties on 175 acres, filed suit in…
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Feb. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 23-year-old man was shot and wounded during an armed robbery in front of a Glendale car service company on Friday morning.
Feb. 9, 2024 By Athena Dawson Hundreds of people gathered at the New York Hall of Science for a town hall hosted by state Sen. Jessica Ramos Wednesday evening to provide encouragement—or disapproval—of the proposed casino plan by Citi Field or the alternative Phoenix Meadows proposal. A huge line wrapped around the building as residents waited in anticipation to get inside. Part of the massive crowd were required to go into a standby auditorium to watch a live stream of the town hall via Facebook. The meeting, the third to be held by Ramos, was significant, since she said she…
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Feb. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry
An MS-13 gang member from Jamaica was sentenced Thursday in Brooklyn federal court to 35 years in prison for the 2017 fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old boy in Alley Pond Park in Bayside.
Feb. 8, 2024 By Bill Parry
FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh was in Forest Hills Thursday morning to announce that an e-scooter shop on Queens Boulevard had been temporarily shut down after being found to be not just selling illegal lithium-ion batteries but manufacturing them as well in a storefront directly above a subway station.
Feb. 8, 2024 By Rachel Butler The internationally acclaimed artist Charo, celebrated for her exceptional talents as a singer and comedian, will grace the stage at Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park for an exclusive one-night-only performance on Saturday, Mar. 2. The Spanish native has earned widespread recognition for her mastery of guitar playing, accumulating…
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Feb. 8, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood discovered three men dead in the basement of an apartment building near Seneca Avenue on Thursday morning.
Feb. 8, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan In opposition to billionaire Steven Cohen’s plan to develop a casino next to Citi Field, community organizers rallied this past weekend in favor of their own proposal to convert the public land into an amenity-rich park with environmental considerations. Dozens of members of the Flushing Anti Displacement Alliance (FADA)…
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Feb. 8, 2024 By Michael Malaszczyk Early voting for the special election to replace disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos will begin Feb. 3, and the official election will take place on Feb. 13. Replacing Santos will either be former Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) or Nassau County Legislator Mazi Melesa Pilip (R-Great Neck). Both were announced as the party’s nominees for the election in December, shortly following Santos’s expulsion. Suozzi, who held the congressional seat between 2017 and 2023, said that he had a track record of working across the aisle. He cited a high bipartisan index ranking by…
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Feb. 7, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Rego Park woman was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court last week to just over two years imprisonment for running a visa fraud, identity theft and immigrant smuggling conspiracy that brought Armenian citizens in the the United States for profit.