Feb. 27, 2024 By Rachel Butler A 4-year-old Fresh Meadows boy who survived cancer has been named as an ambassador for an annual cancer campaign conducted by Stop & Shop and Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK). Joshy Ford, who beat kidney cancer, will have his face on billboards at Stop & Shop stores as a means to raise money and create awareness of childhood cancer. The campaign, which Joshy is prominently part of, has been running annually for over two decades each March in all Stop & Shop locations. The campaign calls on customers to round up the total of their…
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Driver arrested after striking Queens police officer with car during traffic stop: cops
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.
How NYC, former Mayor Bloomberg and a healthcare giant are looking to grow medical careers at a new Queens high school
Feb. 14, 2024 By Barbara Russo
City Schools Chancellor David Banks announced Wednesday a new public high school in Queens that will prepare students for careers in healthcare while addressing industry workforce shortages.
Snow day snafu: NYC parents fume over remote learning system failure for public school students
Feb. 13, 2024 By Barbara Russo
Public school students and their parents tried unsuccessfully to log on to remote learning early Tuesday morning as the NYC Department of Education continued to experience technical difficulties well into the first half of the snowy school day.
Police in Queens fatally shoot man brandishing ‘imitation’ gun, cops say
Feb. 12, 2024 By Dean Moses
Police in Queens reportedly shot and killed a suspect armed with what was later determined to be a fake gun during an apparent domestic dispute on Monday, NYPD brass said.
Winter Storm Watch for NYC Tuesday; how much snow will we get? Are schools closing?
Feb. 12, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki and Ethan Stark-Miller
New York City is under a Winter Storm Watch for much of the day Tuesday as forecasters say the five boroughs are on the verge of its first legitimate snowstorm in three years.
‘Blood on the walls’ found in Queens home where man murdered roommate: cops
Feb. 7, 2024 By Dean Moses
Police outlined chilling details behind the gruesome weekend murder of a Queens man allegedly slain by a previously homeless roommate.
‘We are done with this:’ Cops raid brothels in Queens in first wave of crackdowns
Jan. 26, 2024 By Dean Moses The NYPD says that they have lost patience with sex trafficking in the Big Apple and are raiding brothels in short order. The first of the unannounced sieges began with a slew of alleged prostitution houses in Corona, Queens on Thursday following community complaints that the illicit businesses…
Queens gunman cuffed for allegedly shooting four people, one fatally, in South Jamaica last month: NYPD
Jan. 25, 2024 By Dean Moses Police arrested a man Wednesday wanted for allegedly shooting four people—one fatally—in Queens last month. Eric Foster, 39, was arrested on Jan. 24 for allegedly opening fire on four men, killing one of them, in South Jamaica just over a month prior, police said. The bullet storm took…
On the shoplifting beat: How this team of Queens cops is looking to stop the five-finger discount on a major strip
Jan. 24, 2024 By Dean Moses
As retail theft continues to cause mass disruptions for shoppers and financial despair for business owners, officers from one Queens precinct are looking to turn things around on a major shopping hub.