Mar. 20, 2023 Elijah Hamilton A study conducted by the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) found that the intersection of 78th Avenue and 74th Street in Glendale meets the criteria to implement multiway stop traffic signage, according to a letter sent to Queens Community Board 5 District Manager Gary Giordano. Community Board 5 (CB 5)…
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‘He lost everything’: Queens delivery worker recounts harrowing moment e-bike battery burned his flesh, left him homeless
Mar. 20, 2023 by Dean Moses and Adrian Childress
[video width="960" height="540" mp4="https://www.amny.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Delivery-fire.mp4"][/video]Mayor unveils plan to combat e-bike battery fires, signs bill banning unlicensed batteries
Mar. 20, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller
While signing five bills designed to combat an ongoing scourge of fires linked to faulty batteries found in e-bikes and e-scooters, used by most delivery workers, Mayor Eric Adams on Monday released his own plan to combat the blazes.
City hosts online public information sessions on Mayor Adams’ carbon neutrality initiative
Mar. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry The Department of City Planning Director Dan Garodnik announced two virtual public information sessions on Mayor Eric Adams’ City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality initiative to create a greener city are set for the evenings of March 20 and March 28. The online public forums will share the city’s…
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Queens traffic agent struck by hit-and-run driver in Forest Hills: NYPD
Mar. 20, 2023 By Dean Moses
A Queens NYPD traffic agent was hospitalized Monday morning after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Forest Hills, police said.
Queens leaders host community forum on hate, antisemitism in Little Neck
Mar. 20, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Queens elected officials hosted a forum on the impact of antisemitism and hate in the community Sunday, March 19, at the Commonpoint Queens Sam Field Center in Little Neck. Among the elected leaders in attendance were Assemblyman Edward Braunstein, Senator Toby Ann Stavisky and Councilwoman Linda Lee. The elected…
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Arverne motorcyclist identified following fatal collision in Rochdale earlier this month: NYPD
Mar. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry The NYPD identified a motorcyclist from Arverne who crashed into a van in Rochdale earlier this month. On the afternoon of Tuesday, March 7, police from the 113th Precinct in Jamaica responded to a 911 call regarding a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Farmers Boulevard and 135th…
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Convicted Rego Park money launderer gets more than a decade behind bars: Feds
Mar. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry A Rego Park businessman will spend more than a decade in federal prison for laundering millions of dollars obtained from computer hacking, healthcare fraud, defrauding a government agency and operating an international unlicensed money-transmitting business. Djonibek Rahmankulov, 35, was sentenced to 121 months in prison on March 17 after…
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Two of the city’s largest building trades unions endorse DA Katz in re-election bid
Mar. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry With the Democratic primary just over three months away, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz continues to pile up endorsements from organized labor unions in her re-election bid. On March 16, her campaign announced that Katz was endorsed by the New York City District Council of Carpenters, which represents nine…
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As E-Bike Batteries Spark Fires Across NYC, Landlords, Homeowners Move to Restrict Them
A wave of fires caused by e-bike batteries is spurring landlords and co-op boards across the city to consider outright bans or restrictions of the batteries inside their buildings.