Aug. 1, 2023 By Mayor Eric Adams Last week, we announced our plan to take down unsightly sidewalk sheds and reclaim our streets. Sidewalk sheds — which many New Yorkers also known as scaffolding — are the ugly green and metal boxes that cover our sidewalks. They block the sunlight, keep pedestrians away from businesses,…
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Aug. 1, 2023 By John Schilling New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie visited Far Rockaway on Friday, July 28, for a tour of Bayswater Point State Park and the nearby shoreline of Jamaica Bay. The invitation to tour the park came from South Queens Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato in an effort to show Heastie…
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Jul. 31, 2023 By Julia Moro Trucks will be going through parts of Queens on the evening of Aug. 3 to spray adulticide in an attempt to reduce the risk of West Nile virus in the borough. According to the Health Department, beginning on Thursday, Aug. 3, between the hour of 8:30 p.m. and 6…
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Jul. 31, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed As she continues to work on keeping the streets safe and walkable for Flushing residents, Councilwoman Sandra Ung recently announced that the 109th Precinct and the city Department of Sanitation (DSNY) enforced regulations against CJ Supermarket for illegally occupying sidewalk space along Main Street and 41st Avenue. CJ Supermarket’s…
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Jul. 31, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed During one of the hottest days in New York City on Thursday, July 27, Imran Patel, a Flushing resident at 140-60 Beech Ave. claimed that he and his family are facing eviction by Jamaica-based real estate company Zara Realty for putting an air conditioner in their apartment. “We’re in…
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Jul. 31, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 104th Precinct are searching for a suspect who broke into a Maspeth pharmacy store last week and stole thousands of dollars worth of prescription drugs. Authorities say that the unidentified suspect broke into Grand Avenue Pharmacy, located at 69-29 Grand Ave., on Thursday, July 27. The…
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Jul. 31, 2023 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man was arraigned Monday, July 31, in Queens Supreme Court on an indictment charging him with murder and five counts of attempted murder after allegedly going on a shooting rampage while riding a scooter through Richmond Hill, leaving an 86-year-old grandfather dead and wounding two others on…
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Jul. 31, 2023 By Bill Parry An off-duty Brooklyn cop was arrested early Monday morning and booked for assault at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows, according to the NYPD. Police Officer Harry Espinal, 34, who works out of the 88th Precinct in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, was arrested following a brawl with…
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Jul. 31, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 104th Precinct are searching for a group of violent muggers who beat and robbed an L train rider at the Myrtle Avenue and Wyckoff Avenue subway station in Ridgewood last week. Police say the 18-year-old male victim was approached by the four unknown assailants at approximately…
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Jul. 31, 2023 By Bill Parry Crime scene investigators are working to determine how a woman was killed in her South Jamaica Houses apartment building early Monday morning. Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica and Public Service Area 9 in Flushing responded to a 911 call just after 1 a.m. on July 31 after…
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