Sep. 19, 2023 By Anthony Medina An upstate New York man was arraigned on murder and weapon possession charges in Queens Supreme Court Tuesday, Sept. 19, in connection with the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old man in South Richmond Hill in a dispute on the first weekend of September. Shawn Singh, 23, of Schenectady, was arraigned…
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Sep. 19, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 104th Precinct are searching for the thief who broke into an 82-year-old woman’s car in Ridgewood last week. Police say the unidentified male suspect broke into the driver-side window of a black 2018 Hyundai parked in the vicinity of Bleecker Street and Woodward Avenue in Ridgewood, on Tuesday, Sept. 12. The car belonged to an 82-year-old woman who had left her car parked outside since Thursday, Sept. 7, police said. The suspect allegedly tampered with the steering column of the car and fled in an unknown direction in a Kia. The…
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Sep. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry
Sep. 19, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The NYPD’s crime stats for northern and southern Queens precincts spanning Sept. 11 to Sept. 17 reveal that the number of burglaries throughout the borough has dropped, while felony assault cases increased. One thing that remained completely the same compared to last year was the fact that there wasn’t…
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Sep. 19, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Bethpage Federal Credit Union celebrated the soft opening of its first Queens location Monday at 47-21 Queens Blvd. in Sunnyside. This is expected to be the first of multiple Bethpage Federal Credit Union locations opening across the borough over the next year. The grand opening is scheduled for Oct….
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Sep. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica and Transit District 20 are looking for a suspect in a grand larceny case that occurred at the Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue subway station earlier this month. Police say a 58-year-old woman was waiting for a Manhattan-bound E train when a stranger approached…
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Sep. 19, 2023 By Anthony Medina The Middle Village Players Roller Hockey League’s second series of games at the start of the season kicked off with a couple of thrilling matchups on Saturday, Sept. 16. In a nail-biting game between the Hawks and the Jets, the Hawks secured a hard-earned victory 9-7. Mason (No. 21) and Jake (No. 11) of the Hawks delivered outstanding performances, each scoring three goals during the game. The Jets, however, put up a strong fight, with Paul (No. 27) netting four goals and Felix (No. 17) adding 2 more to their tally. The Hawks’ goalie,…
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Sep. 19, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller A group of lawmakers, largely comprised of Republicans, have filed a suit to stop the city from erecting a new mega-migrant shelter at Floyd Bennett Field, after the Adams administration finalized a lease with the White House last week to use part of the federally-owned parkland in Brooklyn…
Sep. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry The Downtown Flushing Transit Hub Business Improvement District (BID) held its 2023 Street Fair on Prince Street and 40th Road on Saturday, Sept. 16, with dozens of vendors selling toys and clothes. Other vendors sold a wide variety of food options including barbecue, fried chicken, bubble tea, tofu, Chinese…
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Sep. 19, 2023 By Ethan Marshall According to a report from NYC-based listing portal RentHop, Queens saw a large increase in rent prices of one-bedroom units over the course of the summer. This finding comes as demand for outer boroughs like Queens has increased and new developments are being put up there. RentHop’s report analyzed…
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