Jun. 26, 2024 By Czarinna Andres and Paul Frangipane Middle school girls from New York Edge, the city’s largest provider of school-based afterschool and summer programming based in Woodside, gathered at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on June 13 for an afternoon of tennis training and empowerment. In the shadow of Arthur Ashe…
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Jun. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry
An Arverne man was sentenced in Queens Supreme Court to ten years in prison on Tuesday for his role in the vicious attack on a taxi driver following a confrontation over an unpaid fare from Manhattan to Far Rockaway in 2022.
Jun. 26, 2024 By Ethan Marshall LaGuardia Community College celebrated the graduating Class of 2024 with a commencement ceremony on Friday, June 21, at the Queens College quad. The college’s 52nd graduating class consisted of 1,909 students, whose achievements were celebrated by more than 10,000 guests, including their families and friends, CUNY leadership, elected officials,…
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Jun. 26, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Claire Valdez emerged victorious in the Assembly District 37 race, winning by a substantial 27-point margin over Johanna Carmona— and thumping the incumbent Juan Ardila, who generated about 10% of the votes. Valdez, who brought in 58.6% of the vote, led in every precinct in Ridgewood and Long Island…
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Jun. 26, 2024 By Sabir Hasko Several state officials who represent districts in western Queens held a rally outside a mosque in Astoria Thursday, June 20, in support of legislation that would classify people of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) heritage as part of a specific demographic group—instead of being broadly categorized as white. The…
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Jun. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry
The NYPD has identified the bodega worker who was stabbed to death in Jamaica on Saturday night.
Jun. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry In response to Governor Kathy Hochul’s decision earlier this month to indefinitely pause congestion pricing, the MTA ordered contractors to halt ADA modernization projects at two Queens Long Island Rail Road stations in Forest Hills and Hollis. Amid these changes, Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato reassured her constituents that the…
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Jun. 25, 2024 By Athena Dawson The Downtown Jamaica Partnership Business Improvement District (BID) held its annual meeting on Thursday, June 20. The meeting was held at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Ave., where directors of the BID, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and NYC Department of Small Business Services Commissioner Kevin Kim…
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Jun. 25, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The New York Mets and New York Blood Center have partnered up to offer those who donate their blood a limited edition Mets T-shirt and, from July 4-7, a voucher for two tickets to a Mets game. The voucher and T-shirt promotion, which runs now through July 7, is…
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Jun. 25, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann The corner of Penelope Avenue and 82nd Place in Middle Village in Queens now bears a new name honoring one of New York City’s finest who was shot and killed in the line of duty 50 years ago. On Saturday, June 22, NYPD representatives, elected officials, family members and…
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