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Queens officials celebrate completion of renovation project at Flushing-Main Street subway station

Posted November 28, 2023 by schnepsrestagent

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Nov. 28, 2023 By Rachel Butler Flushing Council Member Sandra Ung joined representatives from the MTA to celebrate the completion of upgrades at the Flushing-Main Street subway station on Nov. 22. The improvements, which took nearly two years to complete, consisted of the replacement of eight staircases and installation of eight new ones, the addition of four new points of entry to the station and the creation of two new fare control areas. MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said that the expansion was one of the largest modernization projects undertaken by the MTA. “Installing new staircases, creating new entries…
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Chancellor Banks visits Hillcrest H.S. to calm tensions following ‘antisemitic’ rampage incident

Posted November 27, 2023 by schnepsrestagent

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Nov. 27, 2023 By Iryna Shkurhan New York City Department of Education Chancellor, David C. Banks, visited Hillcrest High School in Jamaica on Monday Nov. 27, following a disorderly protest inside the school a week earlier that threatened a Jewish teacher for her pro-Israel stance. Before laying out the details of the incident on Nov. 20 to dozens of members of the press inside the school’s library after dismissal, he met directly with dozens of Hillcrest students to hear their perspective. He also held a talk with more than 200 staff members and called on them to use recent events…
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Man sought in burglary of a Bell Boulevard restaurant in Bayside: NYPD

Posted November 27, 2023 by schnepsrestagent

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Nov. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 111th Precinct in Bayside are looking for a man who burglarized a Bell Boulevard restaurant in broad daylight just blocks away from the station house last week. The suspect entered Laterna Estiatorio & Catering, located at 47-20 Bell Blvd. in Bayside, five blocks south of Northern Boulevard, through a backdoor just before 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22. Once inside, he removed approximately $60 in cash, credit cards and personal items before running out of the eatery in an unknown direction, police said. The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect…
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‘We need accountability’: Queens elected officials, Jewish leaders demand answers on city’s response to antisemitic rampage at Hillcrest High School in Jamaica

Posted November 27, 2023 by schnepsrestagent

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Nov. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry Queens elected officials and Jewish community leaders rallied outside the borough offices of the city Department of Education offices in Ozone Park on Monday, Nov. 27, demanding answers on the city’s lack of transparency over a two-hour antisemitic rampage in the hallways of Hillcrest High School in Jamaica on Nov. 20. Students were seen on video rioting after they discovered a teacher changed her social media profile picture to indicate that she “stand with Israel” on her own device, on her own time, according to Council Member James Gennaro. Videos of the violent rampage…
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Judges honored during Queens County Women’s Bar Association’s Judiciary Night

Posted November 27, 2023 by schnepsrestagent

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Nov. 27, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The Queens County Women’s Bar Association honored the judiciary workers within the county during its annual Judiciary Night on Tuesday, Nov. 21. Judges, court attorneys, law secretaries and court staff members who assist the judiciary were all honored at the event. “We recognize your efforts, your hard work, the heavy court calendars that you handle with professionalism, poise and judicial temperament, the large number of cases that you take on each day and the great effort you take toward making our judicial system work,” Queens County Women’s Bar Association President Elizabeth J. Newton said….
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