Apr. 16, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan The city’s police officers are now being taught American Sign Language (ASL) as part of an equity and inclusion initiative to better communicate with the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Over 600 NYPD recruits who are set to graduate this May participated in basic ASL training at the Police Academy…
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Apr. 15, 2024 By Anthony Medina Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. has gained sweeping support in the New York State Senate for legislation providing service-disabled veterans with property tax exemptions and further housing services. In representing Senate District 15, and a member of the Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee, Addabbo continues to…
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Apr. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry
The NYPD has identified the headless man who was found floating in Jamaica Bay off Howard Beach on Friday night as 46-year-old Lukasz Mikolajewicz of Dumont Avenue in Ozone Park, after his family was notified.
Apr. 15, 2024 By Athena Dawson Hundreds of people packed the Claire Shulman Theater in Corona on Apr. 12, as they waited in anticipation for Queens Borough President Donovan Richards’ “State of the Borough” address. The large crowd, who filled the 472-seat theater that is part of Flushing Meadows Corona Park’s iconic Queens Theatre, consisted…
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Apr. 15, 2024 By Anthony Medina A street in Middle Village was renamed last week in honor of a 9/11 hero. The street co-naming ceremony of Hilda Vannata Way, on 77th Place and Juniper Valley Road, paid tribute to the first responder who championed a legacy of compassion and commitment to helping those she encountered….
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Apr. 15, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan The Bayside Hills Civic Association is gearing up to bring back their Spring Festival at the recently renovated Captain Dermody Triangle in Bayside next month. Organizers of the May 4 event hope to evoke a circus feel with clowns, stilt walkers and face painting for kids. The local Girls…
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Apr. 12, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of new leases of residential units nearly doubled to the highest on record from March 2023 to March 2024, according to a report by the real estate agency Douglas Elliman. During the same period of time, the median rental price for units in northwestern Queens decreased slightly….
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Apr. 12, 2024 Athena Dawson Thousands of New York City Football Club (NYCFC) fans packed Citi Field on Saturday, Apr. 6, for the team’s first home game in Queens this season, playing against Atlanta United FC. This match marked the beginning of a series of five straight home games, equaling the club’s all-time record for…
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Apr. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 16-year-old Jamaica boy was arrested on Thursday and criminally charged in the vicious attack that left a 68-year-old grandmother in critical condition after the teen shoved her while she was heading to church in Jamaica Hills on Sunday morning.
Apr. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry
An on-duty NYPD police officer was injured while standing on a foot post when he was struck by a glass bottle that was thrown from the 103rd Street-Corona Plaza, 7 train station above Roosevelt Avenue early Monday morning.