May. 25, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld An NYPD officer was caught on camera putting lives at risk by repeatedly swerving a squad car toward a scooter rider in a shocking video taken on the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens and posted online. The video, posted on Reddit by user MelBloccs, shows an unidentified officer recklessly…
May. 25, 2023 By Bill Parry
May. 25, 2023 By Anthony Medina A typical day for Martha Ochoa includes a little bit of everything, from packaging items for her customer orders, manning the helm at her storefront and even hosting Facebook live streams until the late hours of the night. The meaning behind the name of the 34-year-old’s boutique, Cositas Pequenas,…
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May. 25, 2023 By Bill Parry New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) will play a key role in the future of artificial and natural intelligence after U.S. Rep. Grace Meng announced that the institution in Flushing Meadows Corona Park has been awarded nearly a half-million dollars in federal funding from the National Science Foundation over…
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May. 25, 2023 By Bill Parry A Flushing man was criminally charged with animal cruelty and other crimes following the death of a 4-year-old Maltese dog that was allegedly abused during a grooming session, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Lee Yat Sing, 31, of 72nd Road, was arraigned May 24 in Queens Criminal…
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May. 25, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The New York Mets hosted the Wheelchair Sports Federation for its annual softball game at the Citi Field parking lot Wednesday. In addition to the game, a softball clinic was held for more than 100 schoolchildren with disabilities. They were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Met and Mets alumni…
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May. 25, 2023 By Bill Parry Detectives from the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force arrested a Brooklyn man on May 23 for spray painting anti-Asian graffiti on a Far Rockaway wine and liquor store last month. Angel Mario, 43, who lives at a homeless shelter for men on Clarkson Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, was…
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May. 25, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood are looking for a knife-wielding crook who robbed the same Middle Village bodega on consecutive days last earlier this month. On Thursday, May 18, the suspect entered the convenience store at 63-18 Woodhaven Blvd. at around 10:30 a.m. and brandished a knife…
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May. 25, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Queens Rising will be coming to the Queens Night Market at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on June 3. Among those scheduled to perform are DJ Greg Caz, Allen Gogarty, The Afro-Latineers, Jennah Vox and the Korean Traditional Music and Dance Center. In…
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May. 25, 2023 By Bill Parry Visitors to the Rockaways this summer will discover much more space and less restrictions on the popular stretches of beaches east of Beach 116th Street and improved customer experience at the concessions along the iconic Rockaway boardwalk. As many as 70 blocks of Rockaway Beach will be open to…
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