Aug. 20, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City saw the number of new listings in July 2024 reach its lowest level since 2016, with Queens experiencing a deep decline in new listings over this period, according to a report by the real estate listing site StreetEasy. Year-over-year, the number of new listings in…
Aug. 19, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Two days after a family was held hostage during a home invasion in Douglaston, city officials gathered outside local Council Member Vickie Paldino’s office on Monday afternoon to applaud the NYPD’s efficient response. Officials from the NYPD shared details about how the operation, which was compared to something…
Aug. 19, 2024 By Athena Dawson New York City could be one step closer to officially recognizing August as Black Business Month. Queens Council Member Nantasha Williams introduced a package of seven resolutions on Thursday, Aug. 15, supporting legislation created by the state legislature and Congress to bolster Black-owned businesses. The Black Business Month…
Aug. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry A Springfield Gardens woman who was struck and killed by an MTA bus earlier this month was identified by the NYPD on Friday. Amesha Mishael Keys, 31, was two blocks from her home on Baisley Boulevard near 171st Street on the night of Tuesday, Aug. 8, when she…
Aug. 17, 2024 By Athena Dawson Elmhurst Hospital is receiving major funding to support the growing medical needs of expecting mothers and children living in Queens. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a landmark $27.5 million investment into Elmhurst Hospital’s maternal and pediatric healthcare facilities on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Hochul held a press conference at the…
Aug. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry A homeless man from Brooklyn was indicted by a Queens grand jury for a stabbing spree that left two men wounded in Ozone Park during the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 7. Feruz Radjabov, 40, whose last known address was on East 10th Street in Midwood, was arraigned Friday…
Aug. 16, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Under the federal Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), local lawmakers were able to secure $190 million to address flooding in Queens over the next two years. The provision of the WRDA, which authorizes the Army Corp of Engineers to improve the nation’s water infrastructure, was originally introduced by…
Aug. 16, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The New York Mets and the New York Blood Center partnered to hold their annual summer blood drive, presented by NewYork-Presbyterian, in the Piazza Club at Citi Field on Monday, Aug. 12. All donors for this cause received a voucher for two tickets to a select Mets home…
Aug. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry An R train rider was beaten and robbed at the Woodhaven Boulevard subway station in broad daylight on Saturday afternoon and the three men who attacked him remain at large. The 42-year-old victim was approached by three strangers at around 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, and struck…
Aug. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man was sentenced Thursday in Queens Supreme Court to 17 years to life in prison for the 2019 fatal stabbing of a 38-year-old homeless shelter resident near LaGuardia Airport in East Elmhurst. Ricardo Henry, 39, of Nostrand Avenue in Flatbush, was convicted after a jury trial…