Jan. 4, 2024 By Rachel Butler Residents of East Elmhurst, Astoria and Jackson Heights will be meeting with government officials on Feb. 1 to discuss the long-standing issue of sewer backups and flooding in their respective neighborhoods. The issue has been especially problematic in recent years, given the extreme weather. For instance, Hurricane Ida in…
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Jan. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry
The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has launched a probe into the shooting of 52-year-old Basche McDaniel of Manhattan who was killed during an encounter with MTA Police officers a block away from the Jamaica LIRR/AirTrain station on the night of Friday, Dec. 29.
Jan. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry The Queens District Attorney’s Office is currently reviewing the case against Stalin Vera, whose 2019 robbery conviction was reversed by the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division last week. The court ruled that a prosecutor illegally denied three Black prospective jurors from serving on the jury that convicted Vera of robbery and criminal possession of stolen property on May 17, 2019. In the Dec. 27 ruling, the appellate judges determined that the defendant would have to be retried if the Queens District Attorney’s Office continues to seek a conviction in the case. The…
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Jan. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry
Three residents of the same Jackson Heights home and a man from LeFrak City in Corona were among the five people killed in the New Year’s Day crash on the Cross Island Parkway in Whitestone, according to the NYPD. The fifth victim was from North Carolina.
Jan. 3, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of robberies spiked across Queens over the final month of 2023 when compared to the same period in 2022, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD on Monday. During the 28-day period from Dec. 4-31, the number of robberies rose 54.2% in northern Queens,…
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Jan. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway welcomed its first baby of the year on New Year’s Day.
Jan. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz was sworn in for a second term Tuesday in the Helen Marshall Cultural Center at Queens Borough Hall. The ceremony was attended by 200 staff and justices, and her youngest son, Hunter, held the copy of the Old Testament used for the swearing in. She was sworn in by Supreme Court Administrative Judge Donna-Marie Golia. Katz made history when she first took office four years ago becoming the first woman ever to serve as head prosecutor in Queens and the first new Queens District Attorney in 28 years, following…
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Jan. 2, 2024 By Aidan Graham and QNS A 51-year-old man is dead after being struck by two vehicles on Woodhaven Boulevard on New Year’s Day. According to police, the victim was crossing Woodhaven Boulevard mid-block near 91st Avenue, when he tripped onto the center median and fell into the southbound lanes — causing him to be struck by the driver of a 2002 Toyota at around 7 a.m. After the initial collision, the victim was thrown into the northbound lanes of Woodhaven Boulevard where he was subsequently struck by a driver of a 2008 Jeep. EMS responded to the…
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Jan. 2, 2024 By Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki The first homicide in New York City this year took place in Queens, when a double stabbing left one man dead and another fighting for his life on New Year’s Day. Police said the murder happened at about 3:57 a.m. near the corner of 76th Street…
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Jan. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are still looking for a burglar who broke into a kosher steakhouse on Union Turnpike in mid-December and made off with nearly $5,000 in cash. The suspect targeted the Union Bistro at 190-11 Union Tpke. on the morning of Monday, Dec….
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