Nov. 16, 2023 By Gabriele Holtermann Good Grades, the first woman-owned retail cannabis dispensary in Queens, reopened to the public in Jamaica on Nov. 15 after undergoing an extensive $1 million renovation. The first legal retail dispensary in Queens, co-owned by Extasy James and her cousin, Michael James, opened as a temporary “pop-up” in March…
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Nov. 16, 2023 By Ethan Marshall New York City was named among the least affordable cities in the United States over the month of October, according to the latest National Affordability Report from the real estate firm RealtyHop. The Big Apple ranked as the fourth-least affordable city, moving up from the fifth place spot in the prior month’s report. The cost of a home in New York City ended up increasing, with the real estate value growing 3.8%. High interest rates and asking prices were cited as two of the main contributing factors to New York City becoming less affordable…
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Nov. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry Two Queens lawmakers stood alongside Governor Kathy Hochul as she signed their bills into law on Nov. 14, making Diwali a school holiday for New York City public schools. Legislation S7574/A7769 amends the education law and requires that all public schools in the five boroughs be closed on the…
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Nov. 15, 2023 By Iryna Shkurhan A citywide real estate company distributed 400 free kosher turkeys to residents of one of their buildings in Kew Gardens Hills ahead of Thanksgiving. Volunteers from A&E Real Estate set up tables outside their office at the The Opal building on Tuesday, Nov. 14, to distribute the turkeys to…
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Nov. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry Detectives out of the 109th Precinct in Flushing have identified a prime suspect in an ongoing homicide investigation into the fatal shooting of a College Point man in January 2022. Investigators believe 59-year-old Zhang Ming was the trigger man who gunned down 44-year-old Dihao Song, of 128th Street, in…
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Nov. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry A Rockaway Beach sexual predator on Nov. 15 was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for raping two young girls who were relatives over the course of two years, beginning when the youngest was 8 years old and the oldest victim was just 10, according to the…
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Nov. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry A Long Island man was found guilty of murdering his pregnant girlfriend, 29-year-old Vanessa Pierre, in 2020 and dumping her body on the side of the road along the Horace Harding Expressway in Bayside, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Wednesday, Nov. 15. Goey Charles, 33, of Rochelle Court…
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Nov. 15, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Felony assaults have increased throughout Queens year-to-date, compared to the same period in 2022, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD. At the same time, grand larceny has been on the decline. Felony assaults were up 16.5% in northern Queens for the year through Nov. 12, rising from 2,184 in 2022 to 2,544 in 2023. In southern Queens, felony assaults rose 5.8% for the year through Nov. 12, from 2,354 to 2,490. In the past month, there has been a significant uptick in two Queens precinct. In the 110th Precinct, which…
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Nov. 14, 2023 By Bill Parry
Nov. 14, 2023 By Anthony Medina In recognition of National Diabetes Awareness Month this year, Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. organized a diabetes information session inside the All Saints Episcopal Church in Woodhaven, on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The info session was aimed at empowering people living with diabetes and informing them on the various methods of living with the health condition. Participants also engaged in a healthy food dinner, with an assortment of fresh food and produce to take home. According to information shared by the American Diabetes Association, an estimated 1,717,067 people in New York, accounting for 10.7% of…
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