May. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry Council member Joann Ariola held her first-ever Hero Story Time at the Howard Beach Library on Saturday, April 29, featuring NYPD, FDNY, and other first responders. More than three dozen children attended the event, which Ariola promised would be the first of many to come across her district, and eventually…
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May. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry
An E train rider was attacked on the platform at a Jamaica subway station early Saturday morning.
May. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for a bank robber who struck in broad daylight at a Murray Hill Chase bank branch on Saturday afternoon. The man walked into the 163-20 Northern Blvd. bank just before 2 p.m. and approached one of the tellers. The suspect…
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May. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry
NYC Parks announced Tuesday, May 2, it has been awarded a $629,000 federal grant to establish a paid internship and training program that will help economically disadvantaged and minority high school and college students participate in coastal habitat restoration along Jamaica Bay.
May. 3, 2023 By Robert Pozarycki Special victims detectives in Queens are looking for the scooter-riding rapist who violently assaulted a woman earlier this week. Police sources said the suspect lured the victim into a ride on his scooter, then took her to a location in Woodside, where he beat and sexually assaulted her…
May. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry
Queens entrepreneurs and small business owners are encouraged to attend a unique networking event at Greater Nexus in Jamaica on May 16 to learn about innovative options for small business funding and growth.
May. 2, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller
Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday said that $1 billion approved in the state budget for reimbursing the Big Apple’s migrant crisis spending won’t be enough to reverse recent wide-ranging cuts he’s made to city agency budgets in anticipation of the influx’s projected cost.
May. 2, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Benjamin N. Cardozo High School held its fifth annual career fair Thursday, April 27, in the school’s gymnasium. Among the many organizations on hand to educate and recruit students were the offices of State Senator John Liu and Assemblymember Edward Braunstein, the NYPD, the FDNY, the U.S. Army, Marines,…
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May. 2, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Almost 300 resident physicians employed by the MediSys Health Network at Jamaica and Flushing Hospital could go on strike later this month if management refuses to agree to their urgent demands which include a living wage, adequate benefits, and patient care. The physicians are represented by the Committee of…
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May. 2, 2023 By Danielle Louie Madison Realty Capital announced it is opening its leasing for two residential towers at Woodside Central. The two towers will be a part of a mixed-use development on Queens Boulevard including mixed-income apartments, retail facilities, outdoor space. This project will also include a new public school. In collaboration with…
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