Apr. 10, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon As New York lawmakers continue their state budget negotiations, what remains on the table is more funding for direct support professionals — caregivers for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Elected officials, including Manhattan Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright, are advocating for a 3.2% cost of living adjustment (COLA)…
Apr. 10, 2024 By Dean Moses
The NYPD Transit Bureau Citywide Vandals Task Force entered the bowels of the city on Tuesday afternoon, following the glint of the rails as they searched for trespassers who use the off-limits subway lines as their personal graffiti playground.
Apr. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry
Jamaica gang member Sean Brown was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday for gunning down 14-year-old Aamir Griffin on a South Jamaica basketball court in a mistaken-identity shooting at the Baisley Park Houses in 2019.
Apr. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry
A truck driver for the city’s Department of Environmental Protection was arrested and charged in a fatal collision in Elmhurst last month.
Apr. 10, 2024 By Ethan Marshall In a stroke of luck for one Ozone Park shopper, the New York Lottery has announced that a local business sold a second-prize-winning ticket for Tuesday evening’s Mega Millions drawing. The lucky ticket, worth a whopping $1 million, was purchased at 88 Liberty Wine and Liquor located at 88-17…
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Apr. 10, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Queens accounted for the most foreclosures among the New York City boroughs in the first quarter of 2024, with 191, according to a report by the real estate agency PropertyShark. These 191 foreclosures accounted for 45% of the 424 cases that occurred in New York City this quarter. Its…
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Apr. 10, 2024 By Dean Moses
Police say they are hot on the trail of the Queens brute who sent a senior tumbling down a church staircase in a vicious attack over the weekend.
Apr. 10, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Over a dozen Queens dining destinations made an appearance on this year’s New York Times list recognizing the best restaurants across the city. While the majority of the restaurants are located in Manhattan, fourteen of the hundred lauded establishments are spread across Queens. But what is most notable about…
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Apr. 10, 2024 By Athena Dawson The Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy is hosting a weekend-long public arts festival at Floyd Bennett Field, located at 31-59 Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn. The inaugural “Floyd Bennett Field! Public Arts Festival” will run from Apr. 19-21, featuring a celebration of art, architecture, live music and other festivities for the…
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Apr. 9, 2024 By Dean Moses
A 16-year-old boy clings to life after being shot twice outside a Queens home on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.