Feb. 18, 2024 By Dean Moses Transit police in Queens are searching for a brute who shoved a 70-year-old man to the ground inside a subway station over a fare evasion scheme, authorities said. According to police sources, the incident unfolded on Thursday morning inside of the Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue station, where…
Feb. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry A tourist from Spain was slashed in his neck in an unprovoked attack inside the Queens Plaza subway station in Long Island City Thursday morning. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for a knife-wielding suspect who allegedly assaulted the 29-year-old tourist… Read more »
Feb. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 68-year-old Kew Gardens Hills woman was struck and killed as she tried to cross Main Street a half block from her 62nd Road home on Thursday night.
Feb. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry
The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI) on Tuesday launched a probe into the fatal shooting of an Edgemere man on Monday, Feb. 12 following an encounter with the NYPD.
Feb. 15, 2024 By Dean Moses
A driver in Queens faces assault charges for allegedly running down a police officer during a traffic stop on Wednesday night, police reported.
Feb. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Middle Village man is facing 25 years to life in prison in the death of a Woodside robbery victim in East Elmhurst in November.
Feb. 14, 2024 By Rachel Butler Recreational vehicles (RV’s) and mobile homes may soon be forcibly removed from residential streets at certain times if a new senate bill introduced by council members Robert Holden and Kamillah Hanks becomes law. Holden, who represents Ridgewood and surrounding areas and Hanks who represents Staten Island have introduced a new bill to combat the recent surge of RV’s and mobile homes permanently parked on streets in residential areas. Holden said that as New York’s housing crisis deepens, there has been an increase in people using RV’s and mobile homes as permanent housing, while paying…
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Feb. 14, 2024 By Bill Parry
One of the migrants who was arrested in the notorious attack on two NYPD officers in Times Square last month was part of a group that allegedly robbed the Macy’s department store inside the Queens Center Mall Tuesday afternoon.
Feb. 14, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of reported rape and burglary cases across Queens dropped for the 28-day period from Jan. 15 to Feb. 11, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. Meanwhile, the statistics show that robberies trended upward…
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Feb. 14, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 69-year-old man was beaten in broad daylight while riding an MTA bus in the Queensboro Hill section of Flushing last week and his assailant remains at large, according to the NYPD.