Aug. 20, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon NYC Mayor Eric Adams gave legendary TV weatherman, Al Roker, a very special gift for his 70th birthday on Tuesday: A key to New York City. Adams presented the prestigious honor — a giant gold-colored key — to Roker live on NBC’s “Today Show” Tuesday morning in front…
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Jenifer Rajkumar, Queens Assembly member and close Adams ally, launches NYC comptroller bid
Aug. 13, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Jenifer Rajkumar, a Queens Democratic Assembly member and close ally of Mayor Eric Adams, officially launched her campaign in next year’s Democratic primary for city comptroller late Monday. Rajkumar announced her bid via a video posted to her new campaign website on Monday afternoon. It followed Rajkumar filing…
Mandatory composting in NYC is coming. Here’s how you can get a free bin.
Aug. 12, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Two months ahead of mandatory composting in NYC, residents of Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island can get a free brown bin from the NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY), the agency announced earlier this month. The secured bins are designed to hold composting material including food scraps and yard…
Major Queens drug bust nets $5 million in illegal pot products
Aug. 9, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Police conducted a major drug bust in Queens on Thursday, resulting in the seizure of hundreds of pounds of illegal marijuana and cannabis products. The operation took place in a warehouse on Second Street in Astoria in the early morning hours of Aug. 8. Officers from the 114th…
Major drug bust in Astoria nets $5 million in illegal pot products
Police conducted a major drug bust in Queens on Thursday, resulting in the seizure of hundreds of pounds of illegal marijuana and cannabis products. The operation took place in a warehouse on Second Street in Astoria in the early morning hours of Aug. 8. Officers from the 114th Precinct were responding to a burglary…
Career day at the Queens police academy brings 1,000 NYPD interns in for a look at job options
Aug. 9, 2024 By Dean Moses The NYPD held a career day at its police academy this week for more 1000 young people involved in its summer internship program with the intention of both fighting crime and offering them opportunities for the future. The academy, located in College Point, Queens, hosted the job fair…
Congestion pricing pause could cost MTA hundreds of millions of dollars each year, authority says
Jul. 31, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA could face hundreds of millions of dollars in additional costs each year to run the transit system stemming from the pause on congestion pricing, putting significant pressure on the budget of an agency already struggling under huge levels of fare evasion. After projecting years of balanced…
Woman stabbed multiple times at Queens subway station: cops
Jul. 29, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Police in Queens cuffed a man who allegedly stabbed a 23-year-old woman multiple times inside a subway station in Queens on Sunday night. Law enforcement sources said the incident occurred on the mezzanine level of the Jamaica-Van Wyck station on the E line in Richmond Hill at around 8:30…
Gunman in Queens shot man dead during robbery in one of city’s safest neighborhoods
Jul. 25, 2024 By Dean Moses Police in Queens are searching for the suspect who shot and killed a man during a robbery in a quiet neighborhood early on Thursday morning, authorities said. According to law enforcement sources, the shocking murder unfolded just after 1 a.m. on July 25 outside a home near 208th…
EXCLUSIVE | FDNY unveils ad campaign to combat lithium-ion battery fires
Jul. 22, 2024 By Dean Moses Mayor Eric Adams and FDNY officials have invested $1 million in an ad campaign designed to raise awareness on the fiery dangers of faulty lithium-ion batteries. In recent years, fires sparked by faulty lithium-ion batteries have ravaged homes, crippled communities, and devastated countless families merely because, in many…