Sep. 10, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller In yet another rebuke of Mayor Eric Adams, the City Council on Wednesday voted to override his vetoes of legislation to decriminalize unlicensed street vending and raise the minimum wage for grocery store delivery workers. Needing a two-thirds majority of the 51-member council, the body barely eked out…
Sep. 10, 2025 By Jessica Militello Get ready, Queens! A brand new MMA promotion, Blitz MMA, is launching on Sept. 27 for a night of explosive fights at Melrose Ballroom with a fight card that’s guaranteed to pack a punch. The inaugural event will take place at 36-08 33rd St. in Long Island City…
Sep. 10, 2025 By Athena Dawson Queens Borough President Donovan Richards has appointed a new Queens Borough Historian, with his office announcing on Wednesday that Jason D. Antos has assumed the position. Antos is a historian, writer, public school educato, and licensed New York City tour guide. The lifelong Whitestone resident has served as…
Sep. 10, 2025 By Bill Parry The NYPD has identified the victim who was gunned down in a Jamaica parking lot on the night of Sunday, Sept. 7. Police from the 113th Precinct responded to a 911 call of assault in progress behind 134-29 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard at around 8:30 p.m. and, upon…
Sep. 10, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Twenty NYCHA residents graduated from the NYCHA Technology Academy over the summer at Pomonok Houses in Flushing. The NYCHA Technology Academy is a five-week program developed by Soulful Synergy and the Public Housing Community Fund to help public housing residents by bridging the digital divide, creating intergenerational connections…
Sep. 10, 2025 By Athena Dawson The NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) has begun its annual Business Solutions Center (BSC) Crawl, bringing resources to entrepreneurs and small business owners in neighborhoods across the five boroughs. The SBS Crawl’s first stop was the Queens Business Solution Center (BSC) 90-27 Sutphin Blvd on Tuesday,…
Sep. 10, 2025 By Shane O’Brien A forum providing Western Queens residents with flooding solutions is set to take place in Sunnyside this Saturday, providing local residents with helpful information to secure their homes and businesses in the event of extreme weather events in the future. The Flood Solutions Fair, organized by Brooklyn resident…
Sep. 10, 2025 By Bill Parry A Long Island motorcyclist was killed in a single-vehicle crash on the Van Wyck Expressway alongside Flushing Meadows Corona Park on the afternoon of Monday, Sept. 8. Police from the 110th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a crash near Exit 12B at the Long Island Expressway…
Sep. 10, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Yet another new public poll shows Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani dominating the current four-way race for City Hall and defeating leading rival Andrew Cuomo in a one-on-one matchup — the second in two days to reveal as much. The Emerson College/PIX11/The Hill survey of 600 active city…
Sep. 10, 2025 By Athena Dawson Assembly Member Nily Rozic’s office has launched a home safety initiative for seniors in northeast Queens. Rozic, in collaboration with Ring and Commonpint Queens, announced the initiative on Tuesday, Sept. 9. The program will bring more than $90,000 worth of home security devices, including 250 Ring Video Doorbells,…