Apr. 17, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon
The number of vacant storefronts in NYC is growing, and the City Council demanded solutions to the economic problem during an oversight hearing at City Hall on Wednesday.
Apr. 17, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The Queens Rite Aid locations at 218-35 Hempstead Ave. in Queens Village and 95-14 63rd Dr. in Rego Park are among the 53 national locations the company announced earlier this month that will close soon. After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2023, Rite Aid has since closed…
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Apr. 17, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Since the spring of 2023, Queens’ Koeppel Auto Group has donated $20 from every car sale they made at their five Queens locations to the NYC Scholarship Accounts of students at P.S. 148Q, the Ruby G. Allen School, in East Elmhurst. On Tuesday, Apr. 16, it was announced that…
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Apr. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 76-year-old Jamaica Hills man died Tuesday after clinging to life for 11 days, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has reclassified his assault as a homicide investigation.
Apr. 17, 2024 By Dean Moses
NYPD transit brass said Tuesday that “Operation Fare Play” was a winning move for public safety, resulting in 175 arrests of dangerous criminals during a concentrated effort to combat fare evasion.
Apr. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 71-year-old man was attacked by a stranger in broad daylight as he got off an MTA bus in Forest Hills last week, police said.
Apr. 17, 2024 By Athena Dawson More than 300 trees were recently destroyed at Kissena Park, and officials are looking for the culprits. Council Member Sandra Ung, who represents Flushing, held a press conference at the park on Monday to denounce the vandalism and ask the public for information that could lead to the arrest…
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Apr. 17, 2024 By Anthony Medina The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation is expected to announce next month that the parks within Queens District 5 are the cleanest in the city for a district of that size. Queens District 5—which covers the central Queens neighborhoods of Middle Village, Ridgewood and adjacent areas—will…
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Apr. 17, 2024 By Anthony Medina U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday that the federal government will allocate an additional $15 million toward replacing the 119-year-old Grand Street Bridge, which connects Maspeth and Williamsburg. Schumer announced that the funds would be allocated to the New York City Department of Transportation, which will play a major…
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Apr. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Brooklyn man was indicted Monday by a Queens grand jury in connection to a fatal hit-and-run collision on the Rockaway Boardwalk near Beach 47th Street in Arverne in 2022.