Feb. 24, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Hollis native and hip-hop legend LL Cool J appeared on the latest episode of the YouTube channel First We Feast’s popular series Hot Ones, during which he discussed his life and career with the show’s host, Sean Evans, as the two attempted to maintain composure while eating hot wings…
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Feb. 24, 2023 By Bill Parry When members of the NYPD and FDNY gather outside the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica in the early morning Saturday, Feb. 26, to mark the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Police Officer Eddie Byrne, the solemnity of the observance could be mixed with outrage. On this weekend in 1988,…
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Feb. 24, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller
Petitioning for this year’s City Council elections, set to start next week, could now be delayed due to a lawsuit filed on Friday by a legal defense group on behalf of Asian American communities in south Queens that seek to alter the new council maps adopted during last year’s redistricting.
Feb. 24, 2023 By Bill Parry
Before he could take on some of the largest infrastructure projects in Queens, 58-year-old entrepreneur Andrew Simmons first had to rebuild his life.
Feb. 24, 2023 Elijah Hamilton Newly-elected District 37 Assemblyman Juan Ardila is holding mobile office hours across Sunnyside, Ridgewood, Long Island City, Maspeth and Woodside to meet with residents, solicit feedback and listen to concerns from the community. Ardila, who won last year’s election for the District 37 seat, is asking for complete transparency among…
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Feb. 23, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Embattled Queens/Long Island Congressman George Santos has sponsored a bill that would declare the AR-15 the “National Gun of the United States,” in one of his first legislative acts in Congress. The bill was originally sponsored by Arizona Republican Rep. Barry Moore on Feb. 17, with Santos and Reps….
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Feb. 23, 2023 By Bill Parry One week after an electrical fire at JFK’s Terminal One caused chaos for international travelers for days, Gov. Kathy Hochul helped break ground on the new $4.2 billion Terminal 6 project, the final piece of the massive $18 billion project to transform the entire airport. The new state-of-the-art terminal…
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Feb. 23, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed In March 2021, when Gurjot “Jo” Kaur and Richard DiGeorge of Oakland Gardens found out their 15-month-old son, Riaan, was diagnosed with Cockayne Syndrome, they had no idea it would be a diagnosis of a rare, fatal neurodegenerative disease which has no cure. “We felt like we were trapped…
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Feb. 23, 2023 By Paul Frangipane Residents of Rochdale Village and community members from across Queens gathered Wednesday night, Feb. 22, for a Black History Month celebration hosted by the Queens District Attorney’s office. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz co-sponsored the event with City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, packing the Rochdale Village Community Center’s grand…
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Feb. 23, 2023 By Ethan Marshall J. Crew Factory will be opening up a location at the Bay Terrace Shopping Center either toward the end of spring or at the beginning of summer, according to Cord Meyer Development Company. The lease was signed to take up 5,741 square feet of space. “Despite global shifts in…
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