Apr. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Queens grand jury indicted Guy Rivera and Lindy Jones in connection to the fatal shooting of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller in Far Rockaway last week, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Monday.
Apr. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry
Nine taxi dispatchers at JFK Airport were arraigned Monday in Queens Criminal Court on bribery charges for taking cash in exchange for letting drivers pick up passengers at terminals without waiting in line with fellow cabbies in chronically long lines at the central taxi dispatch holding lot.
Apr. 1, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The city’s Economic Development Corporation has shut down a free shuttle bus service for commuters heading to and from the 34th Street ferry landing, citing low ridership but rankling some riders. The quasi-public agency overseeing NYC Ferry quietly announced the shuttle bus’s discontinuance on March 14, noting that…
Apr. 1, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
New York’s presidential primary in the 2024 election cycle wraps up on Tuesday, even if the outcome is a fait accompli.
Apr. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Manhattan man was killed by a hit-and-run truck driver near JFK Airport on Sunday afternoon.
Apr. 1, 2024 By Czarinna Andres For the third consecutive year, Cord Meyer Development has announced its commitment as the premier sponsor for the Friends of Crocheron and John Golden Park in Bayside– the nonprofit organization that works alongside the NYC Parks Department to advocate for improvements to the 63-acre park in Bayside. Jessica Burke,…
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Apr. 1, 2024 By Assemblyman David Weprin Our annual budgets express our values as a state and, to a large degree, determine our fate as citizens. That’s why it’s so important to me to fight the cuts Governor Hochul wants to make in next year’s budget to the consumer directed personal assistance program (CDPAP). Cutting…
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Apr. 1, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld Regular service on the F line has been restored between Manhattan and Queens, through Roosevelt Island, following the completion of renovation work in the 63rd Street Tunnel under the East River. Since August, F trains had been running along the E line to and from Queens to accommodate…
Apr. 1, 2024 By Mark Laster and Denise Patel We have all seen it – apartments with windows open in the middle of winter because they are overheated by radiators. Sometimes, we can see steam and black smoke coming out of the exhaust pipes because the building is burning dirty oil. Those same windows are…
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Apr. 1, 2024 By Athena Dawson The NYC Parks Department has teamed up with the Department of Education to offer swimming lessons to second graders throughout the city. The lessons, which are part of the “Swim For Life” water safety program and have been running since October, aim to prevent childhood drownings. The ten-week program…
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