Jul. 19, 2024 By Athena Dawson Sen. Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (D-15) joined a local non-profit on Wednesday, July 17, for their inaugural community cleanup initiative in Ozone Park. Addabbo secured $60,000 in funding to support a year-long community cleanup initiative led by the New York City Center for Employment Opportunity (CEO). CEO employs…
Jul. 19, 2024 By Dean Moses Cops collared a fake priest in Queens who turned out to be an alleged international scam artist who preyed on houses of worship in the borough and around the country. According to police sources, 45-year-old Malin Rostas of Romania arrived at American Martyrs Roman Catholic Church, located at…
Jul. 18, 2024 By Athena Dawson Spectrum announced a $25,000 donation to a Far Rockaway-based workforce development organization on Tuesday, July 16. The communication service company’s donation supports the Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corporation’s (RDRC) Spectrum Learning Lab at 19-20 Mott Ave. The funding will go towards new computer equipment and enrichment programs for…
Jul. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released a report late last month revealing that small businesses with fewer than five employees grew by over 10% in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic. Queens experienced a growth rate of more than 6%, while Manhattan saw the slowest growth…
Jul. 18, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Thomas “Tommy” Barcia Jr., the founder of the popular Adrian and Rocky’s Catering at 132-08 Crossbay Blvd. in Ozone Park, died Saturday at the age of 61. Since founding the catering company in 1981, Barcia spent nearly every day there serving the Queens and Long Island community members.…
Jul. 18, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld Subway riders have faced repeated days of dreadful commuting amidst an oppressive heat wave this week, hearkening back to the infamous 2017 Summer of Hell. On Tuesday, a switch problem at 135th Street caused major delays to the A, B, C, and D lines, forcing the MTA to…
Jul. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a creep who subjected a 16-year-old girl to public lewdness in broad daylight while they rode a Q43 bus in Jamaica Estates late last month. The incident occurred just after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25 as the…
Jul. 17, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld New York City is set to begin rolling out artificial intelligence-powered metal detectors at subway turnstiles in the “next few days,” Mayor Eric Adams said on Wednesday. Hizzoner said that the devices, intended to specifically detect guns people try to bring onto the subway using AI, will start…
Jul. 17, 2024 By Athena Dawson Eyewear retailer Warby Parker is set to open its second Queens location next month. The company is opening a store on Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Queens Center Mall, located at 90-15 Queens Blvd., where it will offer an array of glasses and in-store eye exams. Warby Parker…
Jul. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Southeast Queens man for fatally stabbing a stranger to death in a Jamaica deli last month. Jahshua Kelley, 40, of 107th Avenue in Queens Village, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court Wednesday on a four-count indictment charging him with murder in the…