Jun. 26, 2023 By Joseph Walton
The cost-of-living crisis is spiraling out of control. Half of New Yorkers cannot afford to meet basic needs like housing, food, transportation, and health care. As a Navy veteran experiencing unemployment and homelessness, I know these challenges first-hand.
Jun. 25, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld A 19-year-old woman was killed in Rockaway Saturday while waiting for a bus after being struck by a sleeping driver. Officers discovered 19-year-old Ava Conklin, of Hell’s Kitchen, lying on the sidewalk at Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 108th Street with severe bodily trauma just after 2:15 p.m.…
Jun. 25, 2023 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil Cops are investigating an early morning Queens shooting that left one man dead. At around 12:20 a.m. on June 25, police responded to a 911 call of a man shot near 31st Avenue and Hobart Street, in Woodside. Upon arrival, authorities did not find a victim, but…
Jun. 23, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams signed a City Council bill on Friday creating a new Office of Healthcare Accountability that promises to let New Yorkers compare prices among public and private hospitals across the five boroughs on its website. The bill, sponsored by City Council Member Julie Menin (D-Manhattan), unanimously…
Jun. 23, 2023 By Anthony Medina Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar alongside state Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. celebrated the passage of a bill that would require freight trains carrying waste to cover their cargo at the New York and Atlantic Railway location on 68-01 Otto Road in Glendale. The assemblywoman held the event on Friday, June 23,…
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Jun. 23, 2023 By Bill Parry
Perseverance was celebrated Wednesday as more than 2,000 members of LaGuardia Community College’s Class of 2023 received their degrees during the Long Island City school’s 51st graduating ceremony.
Jun. 23, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Two bills sponsored by Assemblyman Edward Braunstein to provide tax relief to middle-class New York City cooperative and condominium owners have been passed in the Assembly and Senate. A.7758 expands the J-51 program, and A.4972A extends the property tax abatement available to co-op and condo owners. Additionally, Braunstein has introduced…
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Jun. 23, 2023 By Bill Parry
A Fresh Meadows man was sentenced Friday in Queens Supreme Court to five and a half years in prison for possessing a stockpile of illegal weapons, including 25 ghost guns as well as large-capacity magazines and ammunition at his home.
Jun. 23, 2023 By Bill Parry The NYPD announced on June 23 that an investigation into the death of a 60-year-old Oakland Gardens woman has been reclassified as a homicide investigation. Charges against an Astoria man who was arrested last April for assault in connection with the purse-snatching gone wrong will likely be upgraded, police…
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Jun. 23, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams on Friday vetoed four City Council bills aimed at expanding city housing vouchers to a broader swath of people amid Gotham’s ongoing homeless and migrant crises. The move comes a week after the mayor issued an executive action to eliminate a rule that individuals and…