Feb. 27, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller
The Mason Tenders’ District Council PAC announced endorsements for 28 City Council incumbents in this year’s primary elections on Monday, with a focus on candidates who are “pro-union” and “pro-development.”
Feb. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry The Flushing Meadows Aquatic Center reopened to the public for the first time in more than three years Monday, Feb. 27, and seniors were back in the water of its Olympic-sized swimming pool soon after the doors were opened. The Parks Department was forced to close the center in…
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Feb. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry The NYPD on Feb. 27 released a new surveillance video that shows a suspected gunman who is wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in front of a Richmond Hill nightclub near Phil “Scooter” Rizzuto Park in October. Police from the 102nd Precinct responded to a 911 call of…
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Feb. 27, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Drivers for Uber and Lyft joined together to engage in a 12-hour strike at LaGuardia Airport Sunday, Feb. 26, in response to the rideshare companies allegedly being reluctant to grant pay raises, with Uber filing a lawsuit last December to block a pay hike. This strike marks the third…
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Feb. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry The NYPD marked the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Police Officer Edward Byrne early Sunday morning at the South Jamaica corner where he was killed in the line of duty on Feb. 26, 1988, as he sat in a patrol car protecting a family who had enough of…
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Feb. 27, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The Bay Terrace Shopping Center hosted its first-ever Winter Festival on Sunday, Feb. 26. Cord Meyer Development Company planned the event with assistance from the Bayside Historical Society, Dancing Dreams, Commonpoint Queens, Bayside Little League and local Girl Scout Troops. According to Cord Meyer Development Company Vice President Controller…
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Feb. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry Two people were shot at the Baisley Houses in South Jamaica Sunday evening, and police are still searching for the gunman. The incident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. on Feb. 26, when the alleged perpetrator approached a man and a woman standing near the front door of the NYCHA…
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Feb. 27, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed More than 150 restaurants across the ‘The World’s Borough’ will participate in the first-ever ‘Eats in Queens Restaurant Month’ and help raise funds to benefit food relief and restaurants throughout Queens. Starting March 1, diners from the borough and beyond will have a chance to experience diverse, delicious cuisines…
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Feb. 27, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Police on Monday morning announced the arrest of the crook who punctured the tires of seven NYPD vehicles that were parked near the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills. Authorities say that at approximately 7 a.m. on Feb. 24, 74-year-old Jose Patino, of Gates Avenue in Brooklyn, allegedly approached seven…
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Feb. 26, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters extinguished a two-alarm house fire in Elmhurst on Saturday afternoon. The fire started in the second-floor walls at a two-and-a-half-story residence at 83-26 St. James Ave. in Elmhurst at approximately 2:41 p.m. on Feb. 25. FDNY responded to the scene with 25 units consisting of 106 fire personnel….
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