Oct. 16, 2024 By Dean Moses Top NYPD brass and Mayor Eric Adams announced an action plan Tuesday night to clean up seedy parts of Queens’ Roosevelt Avenue that have been plagued with prostitution activity in recent years. “Operation Restore Roosevelt” brings together multiple city agencies to combat prostitution, illegal brothels and unlicensed vendors…
Oct. 10, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Council Member Shekar Krishnan has co-sponsored two bills presented to the City Council as part of efforts to crack down on alleged human trafficking and forced prostitution at illicit hotels and massage parlors in the city. Krishnan has co-sponsored two bills heard at City Hall on Wednesday, including the… Read more »
Oct. 7, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Around a dozen community members and local activists gathered in Corona Friday afternoon to demand the closure of an alleged brothel operating in the area. Protesters, led by the President of Let’s Improve Roosevelt Ave. Coalition, Ramon Ramirez and former New York City Council Member Hiram Monserrate held…
Sept. 6, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Community leaders and local business owners gathered Thursday afternoon to demand action against a rise in criminal organizations, drug rings, human trafficking, prostitution and shoplifting syndicates along Roosevelt Avenue. The event, which took place at 90-20 Elmhurst Ave., was organized by former City Council Member Hiram Monserrate in response… Read more »
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…
Dec. 20, 2023 By Iryna Shkurhan Mayor Eric Adams held a town hall meeting in Corona Monday night with residents demanding answers as to how the city plans to address increased prostitution, illegal vending and the proliferation of unlicensed smoke shops in the neighborhood. More than hundred attendees attended the event in the gymnasium at Elm Tree Elementary School on 98th Street and peppered the mayor with questions primarily dealing with quality-of-life issues. Several questions also dealt with an uptick in homelessness in the parks as well as crime and street flooding. A hot topic dealt with the prevalence of…
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Sep. 14, 2023 By Bill Parry The woman who managed a Flushing-based sex trafficking and prostitution ring was indicted on racketeering and other related charges along with two of the criminal organization’s enforcers, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Yuan Yuan Chen, 30, also known as “Xiao Pang,” Yichu Chen, 21, and Johnnie Kim, 53, all from Queens, were arrested Sept. 14 and arraigned hours later on a 31-count superseding indictment unsealed in Brooklyn federal court. The indictment adds 10 additional assaults in-aid-of racketeering to the pending charges against Rong Rong Xu, 31,…
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June 9, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The NYPD shut down an alleged brothel in Woodside last week following an undercover sting operation where two women in their 60s were arrested for prostitution. Local residents say they have been calling for its closure for some time and that similar establishments are operating freely in the area…. Read more »