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Jamaica man admits to running down estranged wife with SUV and stabbing her in front of their kids: DA

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Sep. 5, 2023 By Bill Parry Jamaica resident Stephen Giraldo pleaded guilty in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 5, to attempted murder charges for slamming into his estranged wife with his SUV and then stabbing her in the presence of their three children who witnessed the assault as passengers in their father’s vehicle. The mother survived the attack but has not regained consciousness since the December 2022 assault and remains under care, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Giraldo, 36, of 144th Street in Jamaica, pleaded guilty to attempted murder before Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael Yavinsky who…
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‘Queens Live!’ concert brings Reggae to Rockaway

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Sep. 5, 2023 By Gabriele Holtermann Closing out the unofficial end of summer, Far Rockaway residents were jamming to “Reggae on the Boardwalk” at the Rockaway Beach Amphitheatre at Shore Front Parkway at Beach 94th Street on Sept. 3. The event was part of the “Queens Live!” free concert series, presented by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and produced in partnership with NYC Parks and the Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College, celebrating the popular Jamaican genre. Ahead of the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn, New York, DJs Sir Tommy, WiFiOG, Jah Earl, Baddamon, Amy Wachtel and…
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Queens mourns passing of NY1 anchor Ruschell Boone, who died Sunday at age 48

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Sep. 5, 2023 By Bill Parry Emmy award-winning reporter and NY1 anchor Ruschell Boone died Sunday due to complications related to pancreatic cancer, according to the new station where she worked for more than 21 years, mostly covering Queens. She was 48. From covering the devastation from Superstorm Sandy more than two decades ago, to the powderkeg that followed as the city converted the Pan Am Hotel in Elmhurst into a shelter for homeless families in 2014 to being the only TV reporter in the room when she told a young Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that she had defeated Congressman Joe Crowley…
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August real estate report shows continued increase in rent in Queens

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Sep. 5, 2023 By Ethan Marshall MNS Real Estate’s recently released rental report for the month of August in 2023 shows that the average rent price in Queens is still rising. According to the data collected, the average rent has risen 2.81% from July to August, from $2,735 to $2,811. Studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units…
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Four men sought in three Queens robberies that took place within seven minutes: NYPD

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Sep. 5, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 107th Precinct are looking for a quartet of robbers who worked with the precision of a pit crew in ripping off three different commercial businesses in an astonishing seven minutes on the night of Friday, Sept. 1, according to the NYPD. The speedy crew struck first in Hillcrest just two blocks away from the campus of St. John’s University when the three men entered the Double J Deli, located at 168-02 Union Tpke., at 10:22 p.m. One of the men placed an object to the back of a 60-year-old store employee…
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Queens Community Board 5 to host monthly meeting in Middle Village on Sept. 13

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Sep. 5, 2023 By Anthony Medina Queens Community Board 5 (CB 5) will host its next board meeting inside the Christ the King High School, located at 68-02 Metropolitan Ave. in Middle Village, on Wednesday, Sept. 13. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will take place in the Christ the King High…
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Report ranks New York as slowest state to sell realty

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Sep. 5, 2023 By Ethan Marshall After analyzing data from Zillow that details the average time it takes to close a sale in each state, RubyHome Realty concluded that New York is the slowest state in which to sell realty. The compiled data determined that the nationwide average time it takes to close a sale is 33.5 days. According to the data for 2023, it takes an average of 59.83 days for homes in New York state to be sold. Despite this large average, it actually presents an improvement from the same time in 2022. Since last year, the average…
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FDNY battles five-alarm Labor Day warehouse fire in Willets Point

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Sep. 5, 2023 By Bill Parry The FDNY was forced to get creative while battling a massive five-alarm fire in Willets Point on Monday night. The blaze broke out in the roof of a Department of Transportation storage facility along the Whitestone Expressway just before 10 p.m. on Sept. 4, according to FDNY. The first units on the scene immediately recognized that there was virtually no water pressure at the remote location so FDNY maritime units drafted water from Flushing Bay to the 60 units that responded bringing 200 firefighters and EMS personnel to the scene at 32-11 Harper Street…
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Locals gather for annual Arnie Mig Big Band Memorial concert in Howard Beach

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Sep. 5, 2023 By Bill Parry South Queens residents kicked off Labor Day weekend at the 12th annual Arnie Mig Big Band Memorial Concert on Thursday, Aug. 31, in Howard Beach. State Senator Joseph Addabbo and Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato hosted the event in the parking lot at St. Helen’s Catholic Academy, located at the…
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