Apr. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man on April 19 was sentenced to 12 years in prison for a 2021 bloody shooting at a Howard Beach motel, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Rawle Washington, 28, of Scholes Street in South, was convicted by a jury at Queens Supreme Court last month…
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Apr. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry A Jamaica man admitted to threatening a Long Island Rail Road conductor after failing to produce a ticket on his way home from Brooklyn in August and brandishing a knife when confronted by a number of transit workers, causing injuries to two of them, according to Queens District Attorney…
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Apr. 20, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Police from the 104th Precinct are searching for the thief who stole more than $10,000 worth of tools from a shed in Maspeth earlier this month. Police say that an unidentified male suspect approached a shed behind 60-90 Eliot Ave. at approximately 1:30 a.m. on April 14. The thief…
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Apr. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry Assemblyman Khaleel Anderson is collaborating with the Arthur Ashe Institute of Urban Health to launch a new Barber Shop Mental Health Program that aims to understand and support the experience of working-class families of southeast Queens impacted by structural violence and institutional racism by addressing their mental health and…
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Apr. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry State Senator James Sanders is heading back into the surf on Saturday, April 22, to deliver his annual Earth Day remarks on the significance of climate change. Sanders will stand in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Beach 86th Street and Shorefront Parkway as part of his second…
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Apr. 20, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Police from the 106th Precinct and 23rd Transit District are searching for the two crooks who assaulted a woman at the 88th Street subway station in Ozone Park earlier this month. Police say a 31-year-old woman was on board a northbound A train around 3 p.m. on April 10…
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Apr. 19, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Whitestone resident Katherine McQuade was crowned United States of America’s Miss 2023 earlier this month in Las Vegas. McQuade was one of the 26 finalists to compete in the April 2 pageant after previously being crowned United States of America’s Miss New York. “I’m very proud [to be crowned…
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Apr. 19, 2023 By Julia Moro Two suspects were taken into custody near the Queens Center Mall on Wednesday after allegedly stealing a Lamborghini from Suffolk County on Long Island, according to authorities. According to police, at approximately 9:14 a.m. on April 19, officers from the 110th Precinct assisted a Nassau County investigation regarding a…
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Apr. 19, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Asian Pacific Americans Voting & Organizing to Increase Civic Engagement (APA VOICE), a non-partisan coalition of community-based organizations that serve Asian-American communities in New York, recently announced the launch of its 2023 Civic Engagement Coalition. Sixteen member organizations will prepare and lead a comprehensive ‘Get Out the Vote’ programming…
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Apr. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 111th Precinct in Bayside are looking for a looter who struck at the Rite Aid pharmacy alongside the White Castle on Northern Boulevard on April Fools Day. The suspect entered the store, located at 43-20 Bell Blvd., on the night of Saturday, April 1, at around…
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