Feb. 8, 2024 By Anthony Medina Christ the King High School, a Catholic educational institution located at 68-02 Metropolitan Ave. in Middle Village, is awarding over $2 million in scholarships and tuition assistance to the Class of 2028. The high school announced the amount of financial aid that it will be offering shortly after last…
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Feb. 8, 2024 By Michael Malaszczyk Early voting for the special election to replace disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos will begin Feb. 3, and the official election will take place on Feb. 13. Replacing Santos will either be former Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) or Nassau County Legislator Mazi Melesa Pilip (R-Great Neck). Both were announced as the party’s nominees for the election in December, shortly following Santos’s expulsion. Suozzi, who held the congressional seat between 2017 and 2023, said that he had a track record of working across the aisle. He cited a high bipartisan index ranking by…
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Feb. 8, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The most common complaint tenants in New York State have with their landlords deals with the avoidance or mishandling of repairs, according to data collected by the moving resource site moveBuddha. This conclusion was drawn based upon an analysis of reviews by renters on the crowdsourced landlord review site…
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Feb. 7, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for a slasher who allegedly attacked a 57-year-old man onboard an MTA bus in Kew Gardens Hills last month, according to the NYPD.
Feb. 7, 2024 By Rabbi Yossi Blesofsky The immortal words of President Bill Clinton at the funeral of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin: “Goodbye, my friend.” I am still in a state of shock after hearing the tragic news of the untimely passing of my dear friend Paul Vallone. My heart goes out to his…
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Feb. 7, 2024 By Rachel Butler A Queens Senator is hosting a Valentine’s Day concert on Monday Feb. 12 to showcase the talent of a local music youth organization. Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr. who represents Woodhaven and surrounding areas, is inviting members of the public to come to the concert at All Saints Episcopal Church…
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Feb. 7, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The average rental price in Queens remained mostly static in January 2024 compared to December 2023, according to a report from the real estate firm M.N.S. Real Estate. There was only a 0.02% increase over that time period, with the average rent going from $2,780 to $2,781. Studio units…
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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.
Feb. 7, 2024 By Rachel Butler A Queens Community Board has expressed surprise over the rapid pace planned for the conversion to a homeless shelter for 100 single men, of the Wyndham Garden Hotel in Rego Park, noting a lack of adequate time to properly inform the local community. Community Board 6, which represents the areas of Forest Hills and Rego Park, was first informed by the Department of Social Services (DSS) that the hotel located at 68-18 93rd St. would become a men’s homeless shelter in October 2023. Long standing Rego Park resident and Chair of Community Board 6,…
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Feb. 7, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Rego Park woman was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court last week to just over two years imprisonment for running a visa fraud, identity theft and immigrant smuggling conspiracy that brought Armenian citizens in the the United States for profit.