May. 28, 2024 By Athena Dawson On Friday, May 24, Flushing Assemblymember Ron Kim (D-40) held a press conference announcing new funding for the NYPD’s 109th Precinct Auxiliary Program. Kim presented a check for $237,057, which will be used to purchase a new fleet of vans for the program. Kim has provided close to $500,000…
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May. 28, 2024 By Anthony Medina Queens Council Member Robert Holden is bringing family movie nights back to Middle Village and Maspeth parks this summer for his annual Movies Under the Stars series. The Movie Under the Stars Series allows community members in City Council District 30—including Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale, Elmhurst, Rego Park and…
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May. 28, 2024 By Athena Dawson NYC Council Majority Whip Selvena N. Brooks-Powers (D-31) sponsored legislation aimed at enhancing safety in parking garages. As part of a package of bills, the New York City Council passed Intr. No. 135, on Thursday, May 23, which Brooks-Powers championed. Intr. No. 135 mandates a comprehensive study to evaluate…
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May. 24, 2024 By Athena Dawson and Bill Parry Chaos erupted at a middle school in Flushing on Thursday morning when a pepper spray device was discharged in the school cafeteria, affecting dozens of students and staff. The incident occurred at 10:40 a.m. at P.S./M.S. 219, located at 144-39 Gravett Rd. Police reported that 43…
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May. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry
A South Richmond Hill man was arrested on Monday and booked at the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill for groping a woman on a bus near the eastern edge of Forest Park earlier this month.
May. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry
Queens will be home to the city’s new memorial dedicated to the 99 service members from the borough who lost their lives in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq following the events of 9/11, Mayor Eric Adams announced during a Fleet Week kickoff reception at City Hall on Thursday morning.
May. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry
The president of a Manhattan-based construction company and a California man were sentenced to life in prison in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday for orchestrating the murder of a businessman at a Flushing karaoke bar in 2019.
May. 24, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Five years after being elected to office, NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams took the stage in Jamaica to deliver his annual ‘State of the People’ address on Wednesday. His afternoon speech at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center kicked off with song and dance performances followed by a medley of…
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May. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry
The NYPD revealed the identity of the 22-year-old man who was struck and killed by one of its highway patrol vehicles on the Van Wyck Expressway in the early morning of Sunday, May 19.
May. 23, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Officials from Queens Public Library were joined by National Grid benefactors on Wednesday afternoon to cut the ribbon on Elmhurst Library’s transformed garden. The community celebrated the beautification of the 1,800-square-foot space, which now has a habitat for butterflies, bees and other insects to live in harmony with the…
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